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Potbelly Sandwich Works
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedOctober 13, 2022
- address48 E Roosevelt Rd, Chicago 60605
Is Potbelly Sandwich Works clean?
Potbelly Sandwich Works is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on October 13, 2022. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Potbelly Sandwich Works?
Nothing was written up at the most recent inspection on October 13, 2022. A clean sheet like this is the best possible result — no violations of any severity were recorded.
When was Potbelly Sandwich Works last inspected?
Potbelly Sandwich Works has 20 inspections on record going back to January 26, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| November 28, 2023 | closed by the city | |
| October 13, 2022 | Pass | |
| August 19, 2022 | Pass | |
| August 11, 2022 | Fail | |
| December 22, 2021 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| December 24, 2020 | Pass | |
| March 26, 2020 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| March 18, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| April 11, 2018 | Pass | |
| May 5, 2017 | Pass | |
| October 13, 2016 | Pass | |
| April 12, 2016 | Pass |
Potbelly Sandwich Works vs Near South Side
Near South Side runs 73% clean across 470 tracked restaurants — 338 clean, 92 mid, 36 cooked.
Against the 470 spots Cooked tracks in Near South Side, this one comes out cleaner than 30% 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 October 13, 2022. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.