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Southtown Sub
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations1
- last inspectedApril 9, 2026
- address112 E 71St St, Chicago 60619
Is Southtown Sub clean?
Southtown Sub is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 9, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Southtown Sub?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 9, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🤒staff working while sickcriticalProcedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • OBSERVED FACILITY WITH NO VOMIT AND DIARRHEA CLEAN UP KIT AND WRITTEN PROCEDURE TO RESPOND TO VOMIT AND DIARRHEA EVENTS. PROVIDED VOMIT AND DIARRHEA KIT HAD FIRST AID SUPPLIES (PAIN PATCH, BANDAGES, NEOSPORIN ETC.) INSTRUCTED TO ESTABLISH A WRITTEN PROCEDURE AND MAINTAIN ALL SUPPLIES TO ENSURE PROPER CLEAN UP OF ANY VOMIT OR DIARRHEA EVENTS THAT CAN POTENTIALLY OCCUR INSIDE OF ESTABLISHMENT. PERSON IN CHARGE ORDERED KIT AT TIME OF INSPECTION. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION #7-38-005. CITATION ISSUED
- 🏷️food improperly labeledFood Properly Labeled; Original Container • NOTED BULK DRY INGREDIENTS STORED ON SHELF IN REAR WITHOUT LABEL OF COMMON NAME. INSTRUCTED TO LABEL ALL ITEMS REMOVED FROM ITS ORIGINAL CONTAINER WITH A COMMON NAME
- ⚠️Personal Cleanliness • NOTED EMPLOYEE NOT WEARING HAIRNET IN A WAY THAT CONTAINS LONG HAIR. INSTRUCTED TO PROPERLY WEAR HAIR NETPersonal Cleanliness • NOTED EMPLOYEE NOT WEARING HAIRNET IN A WAY THAT CONTAINS LONG HAIR. INSTRUCTED TO PROPERLY WEAR HAIR NET
When was Southtown Sub last inspected?
Southtown Sub has 5 inspections on record going back to February 16, 2022.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 9, 2026 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| November 26, 2025 | Pass | |
| August 25, 2025 | Pass | |
| June 12, 2024 | Pass | |
| February 16, 2022 | Pass |
Southtown Sub vs Greater Grand Crossing
Greater Grand Crossing runs 64% clean across 489 tracked restaurants — 312 clean, 67 mid, 106 cooked.
Against the 489 spots Cooked tracks in Greater Grand Crossing, this one comes out cleaner than 26% of them.
Other spots in Greater Grand Crossing
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 April 9, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.