Subway

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedNovember 9, 2018
• address4436 N Broadway, Chicago 60640

Is Subway clean?

Subway is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on November 9, 2018. 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 November 9, 2018, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • OBSERVED NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY ON SITE. MUST PROVIDE PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION#: 7-38-012(A) NO CITATION ISSUED -
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • OBSERVED NO VOMITING AND DIARRHEAL INCIDENT CLEAN UP POLICY IN PLACE AND KIT ON SITE. MUST PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED -
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized • OBSERVED SLIGHT MINERAL BUILD-UP AT CHUTE OF SELF SERVE ICE MACHINE.NEED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN
• 🧊food not cooled down right
  Proper Date Marking And Disposition • ALL PREPARED FOODS IN COOLERS MUST BE PROPERLY LABELED WITH PRODUCT NAME, AND EXPIRATION DATE WITHIN 7 DAYS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION:7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED. -
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • BACKFLOW PREVENTION DEVICE NOT LOCATED AT ICE MACHINE.INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE OR KNOW THE LOCATION • LEAKING FAUCET AT THREE COMPARTMENT SINK,ALSO HANDWASHING SINK AT FRONT PREP AREA SLOWLY DRAINING,REPAIR CAUSE.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED DUST BUILD-UP AT CEILING VENT ABOVE THE WALK-IN FREEZER AND WALK-IN COOLER.CLEAN AND MAINTAIN
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • NO PROOF OF EMPLOYEES FOOD HANDLER TRAINING CERTIFICATES, MUST PROVIDE.
  All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • NO PROOF OF EMPLOYEES FOOD HANDLER TRAINING CERTIFICATES, MUST PROVIDE.
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • OBSERVED FACILITY FOOD SERVICE SANITATION MANAGERS WITHOUT REQUIRED ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATION. MUST OBTAIN AND MAINTAIN. - -

When was Subway last inspected?

Subway has 17 inspections on record going back to May 6, 2011. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Subway vs Uptown

Uptown runs 37% clean across 725 tracked restaurants — 267 clean, 61 mid, 392 cooked.

Against the 725 spots Cooked tracks in Uptown, 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 November 9, 2018. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.