Potbelly Sandwich Works

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJuly 2, 2026 →
• address5709 S Harlem Ave, Chicago 60638

Is Potbelly Sandwich Works clean?

Potbelly Sandwich Works is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on July 2, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Potbelly Sandwich Works?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 2, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean

When was Potbelly Sandwich Works last inspected?

Potbelly Sandwich Works has 21 inspections on record going back to September 14, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Potbelly Sandwich Works vs Clearing

Clearing runs 86% clean across 90 tracked restaurants — 77 clean, 12 mid, 1 cooked.

Against the 90 spots Cooked tracks in Clearing, this one comes out cleaner than 18% 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.

Read the Chicago ratings guide →

Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated July 2, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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