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Potbelly Sandwich Works
- resultPass
- critical violations1
- last inspectedJuly 20, 2022
- address225 W Randolph St, Chicago 60606
Is Potbelly Sandwich Works clean?
Potbelly Sandwich Works is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on July 20, 2022. A closure means inspectors found conditions serious enough to stop service — it is not the same as a restaurant choosing to shut down, and the listing can change once the problems are fixed and re-inspected.
What did inspectors find at Potbelly Sandwich Works?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 20, 2022, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecriticalAdequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • FOUND HO HANDWASHING SIGNAGE LOCATED IN WOMENS AND MENS TOILET ROOM. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE.
When was Potbelly Sandwich Works last inspected?
Potbelly Sandwich Works has 18 inspections on record going back to August 3, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| December 28, 2023 | closed by the city | |
| July 20, 2022 | Pass | |
| January 13, 2021 | Pass | |
| May 11, 2020 | Pass | |
| February 7, 2019 | Pass | |
| March 6, 2018 | Pass | |
| June 15, 2017 | Pass | |
| June 8, 2017 | Fail | |
| October 17, 2016 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| October 11, 2016 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| April 11, 2016 | Pass | |
| January 29, 2015 | Pass w/ Conditions |
Potbelly Sandwich Works vs Loop
Loop runs 44% clean across 3,616 tracked restaurants — 1,566 clean, 332 mid, 1,687 cooked.
Against the 3,616 spots Cooked tracks in Loop, this one comes out cleaner than 0% 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 20, 2022. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.