Potbelly Sandwich Works Llc

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeCanvass Re-Inspection
• failed findings4
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Official wording: Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used
  Inspector note: 4-501.12 : MUST REPAIR OR REPLACE WORN AND PITTED CUTTING BOARDS TO BE IN GOOD REPAIR.
  code 47
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Official wording: Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
  Inspector note: 4-601.11(B) : MUST CLEAN EXCESSIVE GREASE AND FOOD DEBRIS BUILD UP FROM COOLERS, PREP TABLES,STORAGE CABINETS.MUST DEFROST ICE BUILD UP FROM ICE CREAM FREEZER.
  code 49
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Official wording: Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
  Inspector note: 6-201.13 : MUST SEAL ALL GAPS,CRACKS AND CREVICES IN WALLS,WALL BASES,UNDERSIDES OF COUNTER TOPS TO PREVENT INSECT ENTRY POINTS. • 6-501.13 : MUST CLEAN EXCESSIVE FOOD DEBRIS BUILD UP FROM FLOOR UNDER,AROUND,ALONG WALL BASES INCLUDING FLOOR DRAINS.
  code 55
• ⚠️Previous Priority Foundation Violation Corrected
  Inspector note: PREVIOUS PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION FROM REPORT #2636011 4/30/26 NOT CORRECTED #38-6-501.111 : STILL OBSERVED EVIDENCE OF 10- LIVE ROACHES CRAWLING IN OPENINGS IN FRAME AND CREVICES ON UNDERSIDES OF SODA CABINET,UPPER BEAMS AT SEATING BOOTH IN DINING AREA NEXT TO SODA CABINET AND INSIDE OF GAP SURROUND OF SODA CABINET AND SEVERAL DEAD ROACHES ON FLOOR INSIDE OF CABINETS AND COMPONETS OF SODA MACHINE CABINET.MUST REMOVE DEAD ROACHES,CLEAN AND SANITIZE AREAS. MUST HAVE A PEST CONTROL OPERATOR TO SERVICE PREMISES ON OR AFTER 5/7/26(PRIORITY 7-42-090)(CITATION ISSUED)
  code 59

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Fail on April 30, 2026: 1 finding appeared for the first time. 3 findings recurred. 1 previous finding did not recur.

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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.

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