Subway

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMarch 15, 2024
• address3167 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago 60657

Is Subway clean?

Subway is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on March 15, 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 March 15, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized • Observed ice shoot at soda dispenser in front with slight build up of residue at edges. Maintain and regularly clean surface to keep free from build up.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present • Observed gap larger than 1/4 inch at bottom of doors at Lincoln Ave entrance. Repair or replace door sweep to remove gap.

When was Subway last inspected?

Subway has 21 inspections on record going back to June 18, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

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 March 15, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.