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Subway
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJanuary 8, 2026
- address2811 S Kedzie Ave, Chicago 60623
Is Subway clean?
Subway is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 8, 2026. 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 January 8, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED CONDIMENTS STORED INSIDE CABINET UNDER FRONT HAND WASHING SINK. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REMOVE FOOD ITEMS UNDER HAND WASHING SINK TO PROTECT FROM POTENTIAL LEAKAGE.Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED CONDIMENTS STORED INSIDE CABINET UNDER FRONT HAND WASHING SINK. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REMOVE FOOD ITEMS UNDER HAND WASHING SINK TO PROTECT FROM POTENTIAL LEAKAGE.
- ⚠️Single-Use/Single-Service Articles: Properly Stored & Used • OBSERVED SINGLE SERVICE ARTICLES STORED INSIDE CABINET UNDER FRONT HAND WASHNG SINK. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REMOVE ALL SINGLE SERVICE ARTICLES UNDER HAND WASHING SINK TO PROTECT FROM POTENTIAL LEAKAGE.Single-Use/Single-Service Articles: Properly Stored & Used • OBSERVED SINGLE SERVICE ARTICLES STORED INSIDE CABINET UNDER FRONT HAND WASHNG SINK. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REMOVE ALL SINGLE SERVICE ARTICLES UNDER HAND WASHING SINK TO PROTECT FROM POTENTIAL LEAKAGE.
- 🥜allergen training missingAllergen Training As Required • OBSERVED NO ALLERGEN TRAINING AVAILABLE FOR CERTIFIED MANAGER ON DUTY. ALL CERTIFIED MANAGERS MUST PROVIDE ALLERGEN TRAINING.
When was Subway last inspected?
Subway has 28 inspections on record going back to December 1, 2011. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 8, 2026 | Pass | |
| February 25, 2025 | Pass | |
| January 9, 2024 | Pass | |
| May 24, 2023 | Pass | |
| May 11, 2022 | Pass | |
| June 25, 2021 | Pass | |
| September 18, 2020 | Pass | |
| April 8, 2020 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| March 26, 2020 | Fail | |
| February 7, 2020 | Pass | |
| February 22, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| January 25, 2018 | Pass |
Subway vs South Lawndale
South Lawndale runs 64% clean across 668 tracked restaurants — 427 clean, 92 mid, 146 cooked.
Against the 668 spots Cooked tracks in South Lawndale, this one comes out cleaner than 71% 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 January 8, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.