• resultFail
• critical violations1
• last inspectedOctober 22, 2026 →
• address200 Terminal Rd, East Boston 02128

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Is Potbelly Sandwich Shop clean?

Potbelly Sandwich Shop is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on October 22, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🚩.

What did inspectors find at Potbelly Sandwich Shop?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 22, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️(A)(2) and (B) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P)critical
• ⚠️Cooling Heating and Holding Capacities-Equipment (Pf)
• ⚠️Wiping Cloths Air Drying Location (C)
• ⚠️Service Sink (C)
• ⚠️Handwashing Cleanser Availability (Pf)

Potbelly Sandwich Shop inspection and administrative history

Potbelly Sandwich Shop has 23 inspections on record going back to November 26, 2018. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Graded visits shown below · newest first · tap a date for the record

History worth a look: 3 of these 7 displayed graded visits read cooked. The current result above stands on its own.

Potbelly Sandwich Shop vs East Boston

East Boston runs 93% clean across 526 tracked restaurants — 471 clean, 18 mid, 20 cooked.

Against the 526 spots Cooked tracks in East Boston, this one comes out cleaner than 2% of them.

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How Boston grades restaurants

Boston reports inspections as a pass or a fail, with no score and no letter. What separates a bad fail from a trivial one is the violation severity ladder: a single star is a minor issue, two stars is more serious, and three stars marks a critical foodborne-illness risk factor — temperature abuse, bad handwashing, cross-contamination. A restaurant can fail on paperwork alone, which is not the same as failing on food safety. Cooked splits Boston fails accordingly: a fail with a three-star violation reads cooked, a fail on minor items only reads mid.

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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

Source: Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division via Analyze Boston. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated October 22, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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