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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 grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED FOOD DEBRIS UNDER SHELVING AND BEHIND EQUIPMENT. INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
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.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| July 2, 2026 | Pass | |
| May 19, 2025 | Pass | |
| May 22, 2024 | Pass | |
| May 18, 2023 | Pass | |
| February 3, 2022 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| February 6, 2020 | Pass | |
| March 25, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| March 21, 2019 | Fail | |
| March 14, 2019 | Fail | |
| March 20, 2018 | Pass | |
| June 16, 2017 | Pass | |
| June 9, 2017 | Fail |
Potbelly Sandwich Works vs Clearing
Clearing runs 73% clean across 157 tracked restaurants — 115 clean, 23 mid, 19 cooked.
Against the 157 spots Cooked tracks in Clearing, this one comes out cleaner than 29% 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.
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.