Potbelly Sandwich Works

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeCanvass
• 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: MUST NOT USE MILK CRATES AS A MEANS OF ELEVATION FOR STORED ITEMS,THROUGHOUT THE PREMISES,INCLUDED BASEMENT AREA. • INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR OF VENT HOSE INSIDE THE SMALL REACH-IN COOLER UNDER COLD LINE HAS A BUILD UP OF GRIMES,INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN
  code 47
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned
  Inspector note: MUST PROVIDE A COVER(COMPLETELY ENCLOSED)TO RECEPTACLE INSIDE WASHROOM USED FOR STAFF AND CUSTOMERS
  code 53
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Official wording: Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
  Inspector note: CRACKED PEELING PAINT ABOVE THE PREP/SERVING AREA(EAST WALL),FRONT AREA,REMOVE. REPAINT SURFACE MUST BE SMOOTH,CLEANABLE AND NON-ABSORBENT SURFACE. GRIMES AND DEBRIS THROUGHOUT THE FLOORS: UNDER SHELVES,COOKING EQUIPMENT AND BASEMENT STORAGE AREA.DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN
  code 55
• ⚠️Previous Core Violation Corrected
  Inspector note: PREVIOUS CORE VIOLATION NOT CORRECTED FROM 1-15-2019,REPORT #2252572 #55) 6-201.11 OBSERVED CRUMBLED BRICK DUST AND DEBRIS ALONG WALL AND FLOOR JUNCTIONS IN REAR DRY STORAGE ROOM ADJACENT TO OFFICE, IN BASEMENT. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION: 7-42-090,CITATION ISSUED
  code 60

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on January 15, 2019: 3 findings appeared for the first time. 1 finding 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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