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Potbelly Sandwich Works
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJanuary 6, 2026
- address5426-5428 S Lake Park Ave, Chicago 60615
Is Potbelly Sandwich Works clean?
Potbelly Sandwich Works is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 6, 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 6, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🚿plumbing acting upNon-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • FOUND INTERIOR CABINETS UNDER FOUNTAIN BEVERAGE MACHINE WITH ACCUMULATED FOOD DEBRIS. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
- ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • OBSERVED NO COVERED RECEPTACLE FOR PROPER DISPOSAL OF SANITARY NAPKINS IN GENDER NEUTRAL WASHROOMS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE COVERED WASTE RECEPTACLE.Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • OBSERVED NO COVERED RECEPTACLE FOR PROPER DISPOSAL OF SANITARY NAPKINS IN GENDER NEUTRAL WASHROOMS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE COVERED WASTE RECEPTACLE.
When was Potbelly Sandwich Works last inspected?
Potbelly Sandwich Works has 22 inspections on record going back to November 4, 2015. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 6, 2026 | Pass | |
| December 4, 2025 | Pass | |
| July 28, 2025 | Pass | |
| July 18, 2025 | Fail | |
| April 23, 2025 | Pass | |
| February 27, 2025 | Pass | |
| July 25, 2024 | Pass | |
| May 6, 2024 | Pass | |
| December 18, 2023 | Pass | |
| December 8, 2023 | Pass | |
| October 16, 2023 | Pass | |
| August 22, 2022 | Pass |
Potbelly Sandwich Works vs Hyde Park
Hyde Park runs 73% clean across 335 tracked restaurants — 243 clean, 69 mid, 21 cooked.
Against the 335 spots Cooked tracks in Hyde Park, 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 January 6, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.