Potbelly Sandwich Works

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass Re-Inspection
• failed findings3
• 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.
  code 47
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Official wording: Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
  Inspector note: BROKEN BRICK WALLS AT DRY STORAGE(SODA BOXES) AND HALLWAY WERE FOOD AND FOOD CONTAINERS ARE STORED IN BASEMENT AREA. INSTRUCTED TO SEAL BRICK WALLS AT MENTIONED AREA.SURFACE MUST BE SMOOTH AND CLEANABLE
  code 55
• ⚠️Compliance With Clean Indoor Air Ordinance
  Inspector note: OBSERVED ONE MALE CUSTOMER VAPING INSIDE THE RESTAURANT. LATER ANOTHER GROUP OF CUSTOMERS CAME IN, SAT DOWN AND A FEMALE CUSTOMER START TO VAPING. MANAGER WAS INFORMED OF THE SITUATION OF THE FIRST INCIDENT BY THE SANITARIAN. WHEN SECOND GROUP CAME IN MANAGER OBSERVED THE FEMALE CUSTOMER VAPING, BOTH TIMES MANAGER ASK THE GROUP TO LEAVE THE PREMISES. NO SMOKING/VAPING IN PUBLIC PLACE. INDOOR AIR ORDINANCE. SMOKING IN PUBLIC PLACE: 7-32-015, CITATION ISSUED.
  code 62

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Fail on February 24, 2020: 1 finding appeared for the first time. 2 findings recurred. 2 previous findings 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.

Source: Chicago Data Portal.