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Potbelly Sandwich Shop
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations1
- last inspectedFebruary 26, 2026
- address600 E Grand Ave, Chicago 60611
Is Potbelly Sandwich Shop clean?
Potbelly Sandwich Shop is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on February 26, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — 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 February 26, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 📋certified manager paperwork missingcriticalCity Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate • PERSON IN CHARGE WITH NO VALID CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER CERTIFICATE, ONLY PHOTO COPY ON PREMISES. INSTRUCTED MUST HAVE A VALID/ORGINAL CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD MANAGER CERTIFICATE ON PREMISES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-012.
When was Potbelly Sandwich Shop last inspected?
Potbelly Sandwich Shop has 11 inspections on record going back to October 1, 2018.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| February 26, 2026 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| March 6, 2025 | Pass | |
| April 19, 2024 | Pass | |
| April 15, 2024 | Pass | |
| May 25, 2023 | Pass | |
| August 23, 2022 | Pass | |
| October 5, 2021 | Pass | |
| July 9, 2019 | Pass | |
| July 5, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| October 3, 2018 | Pass | |
| October 1, 2018 | — |
Potbelly Sandwich Shop vs Near North Side
Near North Side runs 53% clean across 2,889 tracked restaurants — 1,514 clean, 253 mid, 1,113 cooked.
Against the 2,889 spots Cooked tracks in Near North Side, this one comes out cleaner than 40% 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 February 26, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.