• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJuly 1, 2026 →
• address263 Washington St, Boston 02108

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Is Potbelly Sandwich Shop clean?

Potbelly Sandwich Shop is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on July 1, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Potbelly Sandwich Shop?

No failed findings were recorded. Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division marked 4 code checks as passed on July 1, 2026.

Potbelly Sandwich Shop inspection and administrative history

Potbelly Sandwich Shop has 12 inspections on record going back to March 15, 2023.

Potbelly Sandwich Shop vs Downtown

Downtown runs 92% clean across 993 tracked restaurants — 859 clean, 47 mid, 32 cooked.

Against the 993 spots Cooked tracks in Downtown, this one comes out cleaner than 8% 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 July 1, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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