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Subway
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMarch 6, 2024
- address7852 S Cottage Grove Ave, Chicago 60619
Is Subway clean?
Subway is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 6, 2024. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Subway?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 6, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Personal Cleanliness • OBSERVED EMPLOYEE IN THE FOOD PREP AREAS NOT WEARING A HAIR RESTRAINT. INSTRUCTED TO HAVE ALL EMPLOYEES IN THE FOOD PREP AREAS TO WEAR A HAIR RESTRAINT. MAINTAIN SAME.Personal Cleanliness • OBSERVED EMPLOYEE IN THE FOOD PREP AREAS NOT WEARING A HAIR RESTRAINT. INSTRUCTED TO HAVE ALL EMPLOYEES IN THE FOOD PREP AREAS TO WEAR A HAIR RESTRAINT. MAINTAIN SAME.
- 🚻bathroom / plumbing issuesPlumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • OBSERVED THE WASHBOWL IN THE TOILET ROOM LEAKING PROFUSELY FROM UNDERNEATH WHEN THE WATER IS TURNED ON. INSTRUCTED TO FIX AND MAINTAIN PLUMBING.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED A BROKEN/DAMAGED VENT COVER IN FRONT OF THE REAR DOOR. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE COVER AND MAINTAIN. -INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE WATER STAINED CEILING TILES ABOVE TOILET ROOM. -INSTRUCTED TO FIX LOOSE WALL PANEL BY FIRST AID KIT. MAINTAIN ALL. • OBSERVED FLOORS AROUND THE SAFE IN THE FRONT AND IN THE ELECTRICAL ROOM WITH DIRT AND DEBRIS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
- 🥜allergen training missingAllergen Training As Required • OBSERVED CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGERS (CFM) WITH NO OR EXPIRED ALLERGEN CERTIFICATES. INSTRUCTED TO OBTAIN AND MAINTAIN CURRENT ALLERGEN CERTIFICATES.
When was Subway last inspected?
Subway has 26 inspections on record going back to September 22, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 17, 2025 | closed by the city | |
| March 6, 2024 | Pass | |
| September 15, 2023 | Pass | |
| September 5, 2023 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| March 17, 2023 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| June 17, 2022 | Pass | |
| February 11, 2021 | Pass | |
| August 11, 2020 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| November 29, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| December 11, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| May 4, 2017 | Pass | |
| January 24, 2017 | Pass |
Subway vs Chatham
Chatham runs 62% clean across 443 tracked restaurants — 275 clean, 85 mid, 81 cooked.
Against the 443 spots Cooked tracks in Chatham, this one comes out cleaner than 39% 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 6, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.