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Subway
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMay 10, 2024
- address1818 W Montrose Ave, Chicago 60613
Is Subway clean?
Subway is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on May 10, 2024. A closure means inspectors found conditions serious enough to stop service — it is not the same as a restaurant choosing to shut down, and the listing can change once the problems are fixed and re-inspected.
What did inspectors find at Subway?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 10, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧻grimy wiping clothsWiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored • PREP AREA WIPING CLOTHS MUST BE HELD IN A CLEAN CONTAINER WITH A SANITIZING SOLUTION.
- ⚠️Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled • CLEAN UTENSILS MUST NOT BE STORED DIRECTLY ABOVE THE WASHBASIN OF THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION FROM DIRTY DISHES/DISH WATER.Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled • CLEAN UTENSILS MUST NOT BE STORED DIRECTLY ABOVE THE WASHBASIN OF THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION FROM DIRTY DISHES/DISH WATER.
- ⚠️Single-Use/Single-Service Articles: Properly Stored & Used • ALL STORED ITEMS THROUGHOUT THE REAR MUST BE ELEVATED FROM THE FLOORS.Single-Use/Single-Service Articles: Properly Stored & Used • ALL STORED ITEMS THROUGHOUT THE REAR MUST BE ELEVATED FROM THE FLOORS.
- 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to codeFood & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • MUST NOT USE MASKING TAPE AS A GUARD ON THE FRONT PREP SPLASH GUARD. MUST BE SMOOTH AND CLEANABLE MATERIAL.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • FLOOR INSIDE THE WALK-IN COOLER WITH FOOD SPILLAGE. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. • ALL UNUSED EQUIPMENT STORED IN THE REAR MUST BE REMOVED TO PREVENT PEST HARBORING.
When was Subway last inspected?
Subway has 21 inspections on record going back to January 7, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| August 1, 2025 | closed by the city | |
| May 10, 2024 | Pass | |
| May 16, 2023 | Pass | |
| July 18, 2022 | Pass | |
| February 2, 2021 | Pass | |
| May 5, 2020 | Pass | |
| May 1, 2020 | Fail | |
| May 8, 2019 | Pass | |
| July 3, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| April 16, 2018 | Pass | |
| November 20, 2017 | Pass | |
| November 13, 2017 | Fail |
Subway vs North Center
North Center runs 68% clean across 976 tracked restaurants — 657 clean, 151 mid, 163 cooked.
Against the 976 spots Cooked tracks in North Center, this one comes out cleaner than 0% 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 May 10, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.