Subway

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedDecember 10, 2025
• address3348 W Lawrence Ave, Chicago 60625

Is Subway clean?

Subway is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on December 10, 2025. 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 Subway?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 10, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚰handwashing sink issuescritical
  Hands Clean & Properly Washed • OBSERVED EMPLOYEE ON SITE WASHING HIS HANDS IN THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK AFTER PERFORMING CLEANING DUTIES. REVIEWED WITH THE CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER THAT ALL HAND WASHING MUST BE DONE IN HAND WASHING SINKS ONLY. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-010 CITATION ISSUED.
• ⚠️Single-Use/Single-Service Articles: Properly Stored & Used • ALL STORED ITEMS IN THE REAR STORAGE MUST BE ELEVATED FROM THE FLOORS.
  Single-Use/Single-Service Articles: Properly Stored & Used • ALL STORED ITEMS IN THE REAR STORAGE MUST BE ELEVATED FROM THE FLOORS.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • MUST NOT USE SODA CRATES AS A MEANS OF ELEVATION INSIDE THE WALK-IN COOLER.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • NOTED PEELING PLASTIC ON THE INTERIOR METAL SURFACES OF THE FRONT PREP TWO DOOR COOLER. MUST REMOVE TO PREVENT A PHYSICAL CONTAMINATION IN FOODS.----MUST NOT USE PAPER AS LINER INSIDE COOLER SHELVING.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • BLACKENED, MOLDY WALL CAULKING AT THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK. MUST REPLACE.
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • ALL CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGERS MUST HAVE PROOF OF ALLERGEN TRAINING OR CERTIFICATES.
• ⚠️Previous Core Violation Corrected • PREVIOUS CORE VIOLATION NOT CORRECTED FROM REPORT #2610175 ON 1-7-25. #57- OBSERVED AN EMPLOYEE PERFORMING CLEANING DUTIES WITHOUT A FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATE.INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO SHOW PROOF OF TRAINING FOR ALL FOOD HANDLING EMPLOYEES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-42-090 CITATION ISSUED.
  Previous Core Violation Corrected • PREVIOUS CORE VIOLATION NOT CORRECTED FROM REPORT #2610175 ON 1-7-25. #57- OBSERVED AN EMPLOYEE PERFORMING CLEANING DUTIES WITHOUT A FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATE.INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO SHOW PROOF OF TRAINING FOR ALL FOOD HANDLING EMPLOYEES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-42-090 CITATION ISSUED.

When was Subway last inspected?

Subway has 33 inspections on record going back to November 24, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Subway vs Albany Park

Albany Park runs 58% clean across 828 tracked restaurants — 478 clean, 149 mid, 198 cooked.

Against the 828 spots Cooked tracks in Albany Park, this one comes out cleaner than 30% of them.

Other spots in Albany Park

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  clean · December 28, 2010
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  clean · June 10, 2015
• ✓ Sahar International Supermarket
  clean · July 8, 2025
• ✓ Lulala Restaurant
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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 December 10, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.