Potbelly Sandwich Works

• official resultPass
• resultPass
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings3
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Official wording: Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
  Inspector note: OBSERVED EXCESSIVE FOOD DEBRIS ENCRUSTED ON HEAVY EQUIPMENT IN FRONT PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
  code 49
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Official wording: Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices
  Inspector note: OBSERVED HANDSINK IN REAR PREP AREA SLOW DRAINING. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN IN GOOD CONDITION.
  code 51
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Official wording: Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
  Inspector note: OBSERVED FOOD DEBRIS ALONG SIDE OF DEEP FREEZER ON FLOORS LOCATED IN REAR PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
  code 55

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on August 7, 2019: 3 findings appeared for the first time.

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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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