Subway is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on September 6, 2016. 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 September 6, 2016, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
⚠️Clean Multi-Use Utensils And Single Service Articles Properly Stored: No Reuse Of Single Service Articles • MUST NOT STORE CLEAN BREAD BAKING TRAYS OVER THE ONE COMPARTMENT PREP SINK NOZZLE TO DRY.
Clean Multi-Use Utensils And Single Service Articles Properly Stored: No Reuse Of Single Service Articles • MUST NOT STORE CLEAN BREAD BAKING TRAYS OVER THE ONE COMPARTMENT PREP SINK NOZZLE TO DRY.
⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • FLOOR WITH EXCESSIVE DEBRIS IN AND AROUND THE SUBMERGED, CAPPED FLOOR PIPING IN THE BASEMENT. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • FLOOR WITH EXCESSIVE DEBRIS IN AND AROUND THE SUBMERGED, CAPPED FLOOR PIPING IN THE BASEMENT. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
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Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • SLOW DRAINING EXPOSED HAND SINK IN THE REAR PREP. MUST REPAIR. INOPERABLE VENTILATION IN THE BASEMENT WASHROOM. MUST REPAIR. BASEMENT TOILET NOT MAINTAINED. FOUND EXTREMELY DIRTY. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
⚠️Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • BROKEN EXTERIOR THERMOMETER ON THE WALK-IN FREEZER. MUST REPAIR OR PROVIDE AN INTERNAL THERMOMETER FOR THE FREEZER.
Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • BROKEN EXTERIOR THERMOMETER ON THE WALK-IN FREEZER. MUST REPAIR OR PROVIDE AN INTERNAL THERMOMETER FOR THE FREEZER.
When was Subway last inspected?
Subway has 12 inspections on record going back to March 10, 2010.
date
result
score
November 29, 2017
closed by the city
August 11, 2017
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September 6, 2016
Pass
February 23, 2016
Pass w/ Conditions
February 19, 2015
Pass w/ Conditions
October 1, 2014
Pass
March 11, 2014
Pass
January 17, 2014
Pass
February 25, 2013
Pass
October 19, 2012
Pass
March 17, 2010
Pass
March 10, 2010
Fail
Subway vs Lake View
Lake View runs 40% clean across 2,211 tracked restaurants — 880 clean, 214 mid, 1,110 cooked.
Against the 2,211 spots Cooked tracks in Lake View, this one comes out cleaner than 0% of them.
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 September 6, 2016. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.