Potbelly

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedJune 1, 2026 →
• address3424 N Southport Ave, Chicago 60657

Is Potbelly clean?

Potbelly is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on June 1, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Potbelly?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 1, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting
• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized
• ⚠️Personal Cleanliness
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean

When was Potbelly last inspected?

Potbelly has 27 inspections on record going back to June 22, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Potbelly vs Lake View

Lake View runs 79% clean across 1,124 tracked restaurants — 879 clean, 218 mid, 20 cooked.

Against the 1,124 spots Cooked tracks in Lake View, this one comes out cleaner than 3% of them.

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  clean · June 30, 2017
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  cooked · December 7, 2017
• ✓ Socca
  clean · August 27, 2013
• ✓ Mayan Palace
  cooked · March 22, 2018
• ? Socca
  cooked · August 27, 2013
• ✓ Kubo
  clean · May 12, 2026

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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.

Read the Chicago ratings guide →

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 June 1, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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