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Subway
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations1
- last inspectedFebruary 14, 2022
- address5959 W Diversey Ave, Chicago 60639
Is Subway clean?
Subway is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on February 14, 2022. 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 February 14, 2022, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 📋certified manager paperwork missingcriticalCity Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate • OBSERVED NO CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER ON THE PREMISES WHILE TCS FOODS (CHICKEN AND TUNA SANDWICHES) WERE BEING PREPARED AND SERVED. INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT THAT A CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER MUST BE PRESENT AT ALL TIMES WHILE TCS FOODS ARE BEING PREPARED OR SERVED. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-012. CITATION ISSUED.
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedFood-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized • OBSERVED BLACK AND PINK SLIME BUILD UP WITHIN THE ICE MACHINE DRIPPING INTO ICE, ICE USED FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005. CITATION ISSUED. ALL ICE IN ICE MACHINE HAS BEEN VOLUNTARILY DISCARDED AND MANAGEMENT HAS CLEANED AND SANITIZED MACHINE.
- 🚿plumbing acting upNon-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • FOUND HEAVY ICE BUILD UP ON THE SHELVES INSIDE THE WALK-IN FREEZER. MUST REMOVE ICE AND MAINTAIN.
- ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • OBSERVED NO COVERED RECEPTACLE (WASTE CAN WITH LID) INSIDE THE WOMENS WASHROOM. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE COVERED WASTE RECEPTACLE FOR FEMININE HYGIENE PRODUCTS.Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • OBSERVED NO COVERED RECEPTACLE (WASTE CAN WITH LID) INSIDE THE WOMENS WASHROOM. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE COVERED WASTE RECEPTACLE FOR FEMININE HYGIENE PRODUCTS.
When was Subway last inspected?
Subway has 14 inspections on record going back to April 6, 2012. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| October 18, 2022 | closed by the city | |
| February 14, 2022 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| February 4, 2021 | Pass | |
| January 23, 2020 | Pass | |
| June 27, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| December 17, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| July 28, 2017 | Pass | |
| July 21, 2017 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| August 24, 2016 | Pass | |
| February 8, 2016 | Pass | |
| May 26, 2015 | Pass | |
| January 22, 2014 | Pass |
Subway vs Belmont Cragin
Belmont Cragin runs 60% clean across 787 tracked restaurants — 470 clean, 175 mid, 137 cooked.
Against the 787 spots Cooked tracks in Belmont Cragin, this one comes out cleaner than 24% of them.
Other spots in Belmont Cragin
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 February 14, 2022. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.