Subway

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedJanuary 6, 2026
• address3946 W Cermak Rd, Chicago 60623

Is Subway clean?

Subway is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 6, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — 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 January 6, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋no certified food manager on dutycritical
  Person In Charge Present, Demonstrates Knowledge, And Performs Duties • OBSERVED NO PERSON IN CHARGE WITH VALID CHICAGO FOOD SANITATION CERTIFICATE.INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO DESIGNATE PERSON IN CHARGE DURING ALL HOURS OF OPERATION. PRIORITY FOUNDATION
• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate • OBSERVED NO CHICAGO FOOD SANITATION MANAGER OR VALID CERTIFICATE ON SITE WHEN TCS FOOD WAS PREPARED AND SERVED. A CHICAGO FOOD SANITATION MUST BE ON SITE, AND A VALID CERTIFICATE MUST BE POSTED AT ALL TIMES. TCS FOOD PREPARED AND SERVED. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-012 CITATION ISSUED
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED CRACKERS AND CONDIMENTS STORED NEXT TO FRONT HAND WASHING SINK AND INSIDE CABINET UNDER HAND WASHING SINK. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REMOVE FOOD ITEMS TO PROTECT FROM POTENTIAL SPLASH AND CONTAMINATION.
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED CRACKERS AND CONDIMENTS STORED NEXT TO FRONT HAND WASHING SINK AND INSIDE CABINET UNDER HAND WASHING SINK. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REMOVE FOOD ITEMS TO PROTECT FROM POTENTIAL SPLASH AND CONTAMINATION.
• ⚠️Single-Use/Single-Service Articles: Properly Stored & Used • OBSERVED SINGLE SERVICE ARTICLES STORED INSIDE CABINET UNDER FRONT HAND WASHING SINK. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REMOVE ALL SINGLE SERVICE ARTICLES TO PROTECT FROM POTENTIAL LEAKAGE.
  Single-Use/Single-Service Articles: Properly Stored & Used • OBSERVED SINGLE SERVICE ARTICLES STORED INSIDE CABINET UNDER FRONT HAND WASHING SINK. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REMOVE ALL SINGLE SERVICE ARTICLES TO PROTECT FROM POTENTIAL LEAKAGE.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED SOILED MOP HEADS STORED INSIDE UTILITY SINK. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROPERLY HANG MOP HEADS TO DRY TO PREVENT INSECT BREEDING. • OBSERVED DEBRIS ON FLOOR ALONG FILE CABINET, WALLS, AND CORNERS IN PREP AND STORAGE AREAS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.

When was Subway last inspected?

Subway has 25 inspections on record going back to July 26, 2011. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Subway vs North Lawndale

North Lawndale runs 60% clean across 620 tracked restaurants — 370 clean, 83 mid, 163 cooked.

Against the 620 spots Cooked tracks in North Lawndale, this one comes out cleaner than 27% of them.

Other spots in North Lawndale

• ✓! Milky Way Food
  mid · June 6, 2013
• ✓ Tom's Food Mart
  clean · August 25, 2011
• ✓ Mexico Dollar
  clean · September 14, 2011
• ? Kentucky Fried Chicken
  cooked · December 20, 2012
• ✓ Bethlehem Food Mart Inc.
  clean · November 30, 2012
• ✓ Save A Lot
  clean · November 27, 2015

See every restaurant inspection in North Lawndale →

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 January 6, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.