Harold's Chicken Shack #36
Harold's Chicken Shack #36
12-Piece Shrimp Bucket
Half chicken dinner
the outside of the restaurant
8-Piece Mixed Chicken Bucket with fries drenched in mild sauce. Side of cole slaw.
Sign and Front Door
Chicken 4 Wings Special, with extra mild sauce over the top.
Chicken 4 Wings Special, with extra mild sauce over the top.
outside
Large perch (4 pieces)
Large perch (4 pieces)
1/4 white and catfish
chicken, poultry, food, chicken wings and fried chicken, bbq chicken, fried chicken, bbq wings, chicken wings, fried chicken wings
shellfish, mussels, oysters and mussels, oysters, food
also the restaurant is very dirty.
burritos and wraps, menu
Chicken 4 Wings Special, with extra mild sauce over the top.
Bourbon Sauce
Did 6 Wings Special. Chicken fries mild sauce bread and it was cold slaw on the side as well
12 Wings Bucket
1/4 white
Update menu 5/2021
Chicken sandwich (NEW!)
Half chicken dinner
alan y.
Jan 8, 2024
I went here on Dec. 28, 2023, and got incredibly bad service.First of all, the clerk, who, according to the receipt, is named RIAH, has absolutely no business as a customer-facing employee. She acted ENORMOUSLY put upon by me approaching the register to order something. I guess she thinks Harold's should just open and operate with no customers, so her job can be to just stand around looking at her phone. She barked at me if I was picking up or needed to order but it was borderline unintelligible. Once I took a second to understand what she was asking I asked for a half mixed with hot on the side. She started punching away at the register and I noticed it said mild sauce and I said, "No hot," and she said, "You said mild." There's absolutely no way I said mild; I've been ordering this same thing at Harold's for decades. Nevertheless I was able to pay and she said it'd take 20 to 25 minutes. I left and came back a half-hour later.Upon seeing me re-enter, RIAH went over and told the kitchen staff about my order. I added up pretty quickly that she hadn't put my order in, but she didn't tell me that or acknowledge me at all. An older male staff member said aloud, "Yours is gonna be another 15 minutes," not making eye contact with me, looking in my direction or anything. I had to guess that he was talking to me.I'd ordered at 4:36 p.m. and I didn't get my order until 5:40. It took over an hour. Once I got my order the older male staff member said, "Do you want a free pop or ... ?" very hesitantly, begrudgingly. Everyone there just seemed annoyed that I had come in, ordered something, paid for it, and then expected to eventually get it -- you know, the whole point of a restaurant?When people from out of town ask me about fried chicken in Chicago I always proudly tout Harold's but I think that is going to have to change, because the service at this place is so deeply messed up. They seem PROUD to give you horrible service, to where it's a bad idea to recommend it to anyone.tl, dr: When you pay for food at this Harold's, you have to remind them to eventually make it and the attitude is overall horrible.
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Lucy F.
Apr 16, 2023
Enjoyed the Chicken 4 Wings Special, with extra mild sauce over the top for lunch with some friends. The order was cooked just perfect and the sauce complimented the wings perfectly. The great thing is you can also buy their sauce to take home.
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Ariel B.
May 27, 2023
We are just moved to Chicago so of course: Harold's Chicken. We needed something greasy to soak up an early happy hour so we headed over to Harold's #36. The store is straight to the point and unassuming, reminding me a lot of where are the best food is back home in Louisiana. The ordered one $10 wing special and one $10 dark special, the young lady let us know ahead of taking our order that it would be a 30 minute wait and for fresh hot chicken we did not mind one bit. See usually I have pictures as of the actual food. But as my wife and I stood (yes stood) in our kitchen speechless at how hot, fresh, and delicious this chicken was by time I realized I did not take pictures of the chicken it was: GONE. And yes we did get the mild sauce but it was too sweet for our taste. The young lady threw a Hot sauce in our bag and we liked that better. Yea, we tried Harold's YES it's that good.
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Vicky B.
Apr 1, 2023
Harold's is iconic for fried chicken (and more) with franchises in and around Chicago and a few other cities and states. And while menu items and prices are subject to some variation, it's not a significant difference. I ordered Harold's through DoorDash from the Wicker Park location. Their menu offers the obvious fried chicken that can be customized to the number and type of pieces in any combination. They have quarter, half and full chickens, mixed, all white or all dark, wings and boneless wings as well as tenders. They also sell fish - catfish and perch. Sides are also plentiful and include fries, mac and cheese and others. We ordered the 2 fried chicken breast dinner which came with fries, white bread and your choice from quite a few sauces (and we added coleslaw (at no additional charge) and a side of mac and cheese. The fried chicken breasts were delivered piping hot with each breast being very large, well seasoned, crunchy and juicy. It was one of the best pieces of fried chicken I've ever had! The fries were packaged under the chicken in a paper bag and were cold and soggy by the time they arrived and the Mac and cheese was also cold. My advice is don't get this food delivered - other than the chicken, it didn't stand up to being in the DoorDasher's car in only a paper bag while he made another delivery first and ended up delivering my order 20 minutes late (that's the norm for Door Dash).The only suggestion I would make to Harold's would be to better package their food for pick-up and delivery orders. Otherwise the food was delicious and the restaurant had it ready on time. I'd also suggest that you don't waste your money on DoorDash.
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Diamond H.
Dec 27, 2023
One of the workers gave someone else our order but the manager came in clutch to remake our order less than 10 mins & gave us two beverages on the way out. Shoutout to him, he's appreciated. They're wait times are always accurate! 10/10
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Elyse T.
Sep 20, 2022
Iconic Chicago fried chicken chain that serves fresh, crispy, juicy chicken and a delicious vinegar-based dipping sauce for fried chicken unlike you've had it before. It's a to-go or standing only (with a ledge) if you dine in. Huge portions, delicious food and hits the spot if you're looking for that Chicago fried chicken experience.
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Adrian G.
Jan 18, 2024
They say they close at 10 o'clock but they stopped taking in orders at 9:20 that makes no sense
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Javier W.
Feb 24, 2024
Fuego! Excellent! Brilliant! This location has earned all of the superlatives befitting the best Harold's I've had in Chicago.Translation: This shit goood boooa!
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Sharina G.
Dec 29, 2023
I tried calling for over 20 mins so that the food could be ready once we arrived. Calls repeatedly went to voicemail.When we arrived 1 PERSON was waiting on food. We waited over 45 mins for the food to be ready. No one showed any sense of urgency. When asked how much longer after the first 20 mins employee seems annoyed the question was asked. In person prices and website prices are wayyyyyyy off. Like almost double the price. Save yourself time and a decent amount of money and go elsewhere. The food we were given wasn't the food Keith Lee was given. My husband had a hot wing dinner and fried green tomatoes, I had the wing and catfish combo. Catfish was good, fries were fine, wings were tasteless. Neither meal was complete as the coleslaw was missing from both. Of course when we tried calling back to go back and get it. Phone went to vm. We were given no condiments and 1 fork.
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Chela C.
Apr 7, 2024
ZERO STARTS ZERO EFFORTSZERO ACCOUNTABILITY THE worst service anyone can receive from a restaurant is get completely ignored; the young cashier was annoyed and angry because they were busy.... she was doing everything but take orders; and when I say doing everything but take orders, i mean, stocking up sauces, refill bottles of sauce, walking in and out the cooler; 20 minutes passed by and didn't even bothered interacting with anyone in the counter.no acknowledgement; she was completely bothered by customers walking into the restaurant; I didn't want to be rude for calling her out but her looks just screamed, bothered; Uber and doordash orders kept coming in (the tablets kept ringing) and this young lady kept printing doordash orders and Uber orders, than, take care of the customers standing in the restaurant!! WORST CASHIER I EVER ENCOUNTER. I know y'all making money and won't care about my feedback BUT I know I'm not the only one complaining about that young lady cashier. (Long micro braids) I ended up walking out and people followed; she is the worst of the worst. Ain't no damn Chicken that good to deal with her bullshit.
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