✕

Potbelly Sandwich Works # 100

July 22, 2016 · Fail

🪳cooked

official resultFail
resultFail
inspection typeCanvass
failed findings8
critical findings2

← Back to the current restaurant page

Failed findings

certified manager paperwork missingcritical

Official wording: Facilities To Maintain Proper Temperature
Inspector note: OBSERVED PREP COOLER NEXT TO CASH REGISTER SECTION MAINTAINING IMPROPER AIR TEMPERATURE OF 58.3F.PREMISES MUST NOT USE COOLER UNTIL REINSPECTED BY CDPH.MUST USE ADDITIONAL COOLERS ON PREMISES THATS 40F OR BELOW,CDI.CRITICAL VIOLATION ISSUED 7-38-005A
code 2Priority
sick-employee policy not followedcritical

Official wording: Potentially Hazardous Food Meets Temperature Requirement During Storage, Preparation Display And Service
Inspector note: FOUND POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS MAINTAINED AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURES INSIDE COOLER.HUMMUS-53.6F, SLICE TOMATO-53.0F COOKED CHICKEN-53.0F,CHICKEN SALAD-53.9F, COOKED EGGS-106.5F,RAW SPINACH-53.0F,GARBANZO BEAN 56.7F,CHOP EGGS-54.1F.MUST MAINTAIN COLD FOODS AT 40F OR BELOW,AND HOT FOODS AT 140F OR HIGHER.APPROX 12LBS OF FOOD AT COST APPROX $80.00 WAS REMOVED FROM COOLER AND DISCARDED BY MANAGER-CDICRITICAL VIOLATION ISSUED 7-38-005A.
code 3Priority
Outside Garbage Waste Grease And Storage Area; Clean, Rodent Proof, All Containers Covered

Inspector note: OBSERVED OUTSIDE GARBAGE WASTE AREA NOT MAINTAINED,(IE OPEN OVERFLOWING DUMPSTER,TRASH ON GROUNDS AROUND DUMPSTER.INSTRUCTED THAT DUMPSTER MUST BE KEPT COVERED AND AREA AROUND DUMPSTER KEPT CLEAN/MAINTAINED.CRITICAL VIOLATION ISSUED 7-38-020.
code 19
toxic chemicals mishandled

Official wording: Previous Minor Violation(S) Corrected 7-42-090
Inspector note: OBSERVED PREVIOUS MINOR VIOLATION STILL EXIST FROM LAST INSPECTION DATED (1-15-2016,REPORT #1609779) #35 -EXCESSIVE DUST BUILD-UP ON 2-LIGHT SHIELD COVER IN REAR PREP AREA.MUST CLEAN/MAINTAIN.ALSO CHIP PEELING PAINT ON WALL AREAS IN REAR HAND SINK CORNER AND PREP AREA.MUST REPAIR ALL WALLS. SERIOUS VIOLATION ISSUED 7-42-090.
code 29
Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained

Inspector note: EXTERIOR OF STORAGE FOOD CABINET HAS PEELING PAINT LOCATED ABOVE HOT HOLDING UNIT AND COFFEE MACHINE IN FRONT PREP AREA.MUST REPAIR.
code 32
food prep surfaces dirty

Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
Inspector note: OBSERVED COOLERS AND STORAGE EQUIPMENT NOT CLEAN/MAINTAIN.INTERIOR/EXTERIOR OF ALL FRONT PREP COOLERS NOT CLEAN,SHELF ABOVE COOLER FORPRINTER, BOTH OVEN TOASTERS,INCLUDING LEGGS OF EQUIPMWNT,FOOD UNITS INSIDE OF WALS IN COOLER EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR OF WALK IN COOLER DOOR.MUST DETAIL CLEAN /MAINTAIN.
code 33
Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used

Inspector note: FLOORS NOT CLEAN INSIDE OF THE WALK IN COOLER,UNDER AND AROUND HEAVY EQUIPMENT,(STORAGE UNITS).MUST CLEAN/MAINTAIN.
code 34
Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods

Inspector note: SEE VIOLATION #29 EXCESSIVE DUST BUILD-UP ON 2-LIGHT SHIELD COVER IN REAR PREP AREA.MUST CLEAN/MAINTAIN.ALSO CHIP PEELING PAINT ON WALL AREAS IN REAR HAND SINK CORNER AND PREP AREA.MUST REPAIR ALL WALLS.
code 35

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on January 15, 2016: 7 findings appeared for the first time. 1 finding recurred.

Browse this restaurant's inspections

More restaurants in Loop

See every restaurant in Loop →

About this record

This record comes from Chicago Department of Public Health. Cooked keeps the official result and wording separate from its plain-English explanation so you can verify what the inspector actually published.

Source: Chicago Data Portal.