Potbelly Sandwich Works

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

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Failed findings

• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Official wording: Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used
  Inspector note: OBSERVED HEAVY ICE BUILD UP IN ICE CREAM CHEST. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO DEFROST
  code 47
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Official wording: Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices
  Inspector note: OBSERVED A SLOW DRAINING AT THE FRONT HAND SINK. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REPAIR.
  code 51
• ⚠️Previous Core Violation Corrected
  Inspector note: OBSERVED PREVIOUS CORE VIOLATION NOT CORRECTED.OBSERVED NO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER ON SITE WITH FOOD ALLERGEN CERTIFICATION. REPORT#2545907 DATED 12-22-2021 INSTRUCTED FACILITY TO COMPLY WITH FOOD ALLERGEN REQUIREMENTS BY 3-22-2022. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-42-090. CITATION ISSUED
  code 60

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass w/ Conditions on December 22, 2021: 2 findings appeared for the first time. 1 finding recurred. 3 previous findings did not recur.

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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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