Potbelly Sandwich Shop

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations3
• last inspectedMay 15, 2026 →
• address3636 N Western Ave, Chicago 60618

Is Potbelly Sandwich Shop clean?

Potbelly Sandwich Shop is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 15, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 3 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Potbelly Sandwich Shop?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 15, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋no certified food manager on dutycritical
  Person In Charge Present, Demonstrates Knowledge, And Performs Duties
• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events
• 🪳pests in the house
  Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training

When was Potbelly Sandwich Shop last inspected?

Potbelly Sandwich Shop has 16 inspections on record going back to September 8, 2014. The 12 most recent are shown below.

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

Potbelly Sandwich Shop vs North Center

North Center runs 83% clean across 494 tracked restaurants — 404 clean, 79 mid, 6 cooked.

Against the 494 spots Cooked tracks in North Center, this one comes out cleaner than 1% of them.

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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.

Read the Chicago ratings guide →

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: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated May 15, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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