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Potbelly Sandwich Shop
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedDecember 15, 2025
- address3636 N Western Ave, Chicago 60618
Is Potbelly Sandwich Shop clean?
Potbelly Sandwich Shop is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on December 15, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Potbelly Sandwich Shop?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 15, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🚻bathroom / plumbing issuesPlumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • OBSERVED FLOOR-MOUNTED DRAIN BENEATH 3-COMPARTMENT SINK IN THE WAREWASHING AREA TO BE HEAVILY-SOILED AND NO LONGER EASILY-CLEANABLE. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN OR REPLACE FLOOR-MOUNTED DRAIN BENEATH 3-COMPARTMENT SINK AND MAINTAIN ALL PLUMBING FIXTURES EASILY-CLEANABLE.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED FLOOR, WALLS, AND BEVERAGE TUBING BENEATH BEVERAGE MACHINE IN THE FRONT SERVICE AREA HEAVILY-SOILED WITH DRIED FOOD DEBRIS AND DUST DEBRIS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN FLOORS, WALLS, AND OTHER PHYSICAL FACILITIES BENEATH EQUIPMENT AT ADEQUATE FREQUENCY TO PREVENT BUILD UP OF DUST, DRIED FOOD DEBRIS, AND OTHER SOILS AND MAINTAIN.
When was Potbelly Sandwich Shop last inspected?
Potbelly Sandwich Shop has 15 inspections on record going back to September 8, 2014. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| December 15, 2025 | Pass | |
| February 4, 2025 | Pass | |
| January 22, 2024 | Pass | |
| May 12, 2023 | Pass | |
| July 14, 2022 | Pass | |
| April 15, 2022 | Pass | |
| February 9, 2021 | Pass | |
| December 3, 2019 | Pass | |
| May 14, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| October 26, 2017 | Pass | |
| July 3, 2017 | Pass | |
| November 18, 2016 | Pass |
Potbelly Sandwich Shop vs North Center
North Center runs 41% clean across 976 tracked restaurants — 402 clean, 74 mid, 495 cooked.
Against the 976 spots Cooked tracks in North Center, this one comes out cleaner than 61% 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.
Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated December 15, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.