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 issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean

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.

Potbelly Sandwich Shop vs North Center

North Center runs 83% clean across 493 tracked restaurants — 407 clean, 73 mid, 8 cooked.

Against the 493 spots Cooked tracks in North Center, this one comes out cleaner than 22% 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.

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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: 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.

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