Potbelly Sandwich Works
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedDecember 29, 2025 →
- address211 W Wacker Dr, Chicago 60606
Is Potbelly Sandwich Works clean?
Potbelly Sandwich Works is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on December 29, 2025. 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 December 29, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
When was Potbelly Sandwich Works last inspected?
Potbelly Sandwich Works has 16 inspections on record going back to April 6, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
December 29, 2025 Pass
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View full inspection →August 28, 2024 Pass
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View full inspection →August 3, 2023 Pass
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View full inspection →August 26, 2022 Pass w/ Conditions
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View full inspection →October 5, 2021 Pass
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View full inspection →November 5, 2020 Pass
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View full inspection →February 22, 2019 Pass
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View full inspection →May 9, 2018 Pass
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View full inspection →August 4, 2017 Pass
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View full inspection →July 28, 2017 Fail
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View full inspection →August 12, 2016 Pass w/ Conditions
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View full inspection →October 14, 2015 Pass w/ Conditions
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View full inspection →Potbelly Sandwich Works vs Loop
Loop runs 81% clean across 1,996 tracked restaurants — 1,595 clean, 329 mid, 43 cooked.
Against the 1,996 spots Cooked tracks in Loop, this one comes out cleaner than 23% 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.
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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.
Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated December 29, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.
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