Dear Sub

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMay 26, 2022
• address4749 W North Ave, Chicago 60639

Is Dear Sub clean?

Dear Sub is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on May 26, 2022. A closure means inspectors found conditions serious enough to stop service — it is not the same as a restaurant choosing to shut down, and the listing can change once the problems are fixed and re-inspected.

What did inspectors find at Dear Sub?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 26, 2022, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • NOTED ALUMINUM FOIL AND CARDBOARD BEING USED TO LINE THE SHELVES INSIDE COOLERS AND ON PREP TABLES/EQUIPMENT IN THE COOKS LINE AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT TO REMOVE ALL CARDBOARD AND ALUMINUM FOIL FROM EQUIPMENT, COOLERS, AND PREP TABLES SO THAT SURFACES ARE SMOOTH, CLEANABLE, AND NON-ABSORBENT.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • FOUND HEAVY ICE BUILD UP INSIDE THE CHEST FREEZER LOCATED NEXT TO THE MOP SINK. INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT TO REMOVE ICE, CLEAN, AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • FOUND NO COVERED WASTE RECEPTACLE INSIDE THE UNISEX RESTROOM. INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT TO PROVIDE.
  Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • FOUND NO COVERED WASTE RECEPTACLE INSIDE THE UNISEX RESTROOM. INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT TO PROVIDE.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • FOUND A DAMAGED LIGHT SHEILD FALLING OFF THE CEILING IN THE REAR STORAGE AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT TO REPAIR.

When was Dear Sub last inspected?

Dear Sub has 18 inspections on record going back to July 19, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Dear Sub vs Hermosa

Hermosa runs 35% clean across 816 tracked restaurants — 281 clean, 67 mid, 466 cooked.

Against the 816 spots Cooked tracks in Hermosa, this one comes out cleaner than 0% of them.

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• ✓ Laguardia's Cuban Bistro
  cooked · January 24, 2011
• ✓ La Luna Grocery
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• ✓ El Rebozo
  cooked · June 14, 2011
• ✓ 4 - Caminos
  cooked · March 16, 2011

See every restaurant inspection in Hermosa →

How Chicago grades restaurants

Chicago does not use letter grades. Every inspection ends in one of three official results: Pass, Pass with Conditions, or Fail. Pass with Conditions means violations were found but corrected on the spot or under a deadline — the restaurant is open, with homework. A Fail means serious violations went uncorrected, and it usually brings a re-inspection within days. Chicago also flags “priority” violations, the ones most likely to actually make someone sick. Cooked reads Pass as clean, Pass with Conditions as mid, and Fail as cooked, and shows the itemized violations behind each result.

Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated May 26, 2022. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.