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Potbelly Sandwich Works
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJanuary 7, 2026
- address8300 S Holland Rd, Chicago 60620
Is Potbelly Sandwich Works clean?
Potbelly Sandwich Works is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 7, 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 January 7, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🚿plumbing acting upNon-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED DUST AND BLACK SUBSTANCE ON THE WALLS AND CEILING IN THE WALK IN COOLER. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. MUST CLEAN THE COUNTER TOP AT THE SELF SERVE POP STATION TO REMOVE SPILLS AND DERIS.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN FLOOR DRAINS AND GREASE TRAP.
When was Potbelly Sandwich Works last inspected?
Potbelly Sandwich Works has 24 inspections on record going back to November 5, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 7, 2026 | Pass | |
| January 8, 2025 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| March 15, 2024 | Pass | |
| March 7, 2024 | Fail | |
| April 14, 2023 | Pass | |
| March 11, 2022 | Pass | |
| March 4, 2022 | Fail | |
| February 7, 2022 | Pass | |
| February 3, 2022 | Fail | |
| January 20, 2022 | Fail | |
| April 22, 2021 | Pass | |
| March 23, 2020 | Pass |
Potbelly Sandwich Works vs Chatham
Chatham runs 62% clean across 443 tracked restaurants — 275 clean, 85 mid, 81 cooked.
Against the 443 spots Cooked tracks in Chatham, this one comes out cleaner than 39% 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 January 7, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.