Subway

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJuly 17, 2013
• address1501 W Madison St, Chicago 60607

Is Subway clean?

Subway is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on July 17, 2013. 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 July 17, 2013, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • MUST CLEAN FLOORS AROUND AND BEHIND EQUIPMENT.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • MUST CLEAN FLOORS AROUND AND BEHIND EQUIPMENT.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • MUST REPAIR LOWER WALL BASE AT CENTER COLUMN BY WINDOW OBSERVED IN POOR REPAIR. CLEAN CEILING VENTS TO REMOVE DUST WHERE NEEDED.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • MUST REPAIR LOWER WALL BASE AT CENTER COLUMN BY WINDOW OBSERVED IN POOR REPAIR. CLEAN CEILING VENTS TO REMOVE DUST WHERE NEEDED.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Lighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded • LIGHTS IN SECOND FLOOR PREP AREA NOT SHIELDED; PROVIDE SHIELDS. LIGHTS ABOVE OVENS DO NOT HAVE END CAPS; PROVIDE END CAPS.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • VENTILATION FANS IN WASHROOMS NOT WORKING; REPAIR. VENT FAN IN MENS WASHROOM IS LOOSE FROM CEILING; REATTACH. LEAKING OBSERVED TODAY (JULY 17, 2013) FROM VALVES OF EXPOSED HANDSINK THAT WAS REPAIRED; REPAIR LEAKS.

When was Subway last inspected?

Subway has 4 inspections on record going back to August 1, 2012.

Subway vs Near West Side

Near West Side runs 50% clean across 2,033 tracked restaurants — 1,019 clean, 227 mid, 774 cooked.

Against the 2,033 spots Cooked tracks in Near West Side, 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 July 17, 2013. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.