Subway

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedApril 7, 2026
• address2421 N Clark St, Chicago 60614

Is Subway clean?

Subway is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 7, 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 April 7, 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 • THE PERSON IN CHARGE AT THE TIME OF THE INSPECTION DOES NOT HAVE A CITY OF CHICAGO SANITATION CERTIFICATE.
• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate • NO CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER ON SITE WHILE TCS FOODS ARE BEING PREPARED AND SERVED. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-012 CITATION ISSUED.
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • NOTED CLEAN UTENSILS STORED HANGING INCHES ABOVE THE DIRTY WASH BASIN OF THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTRUCTED TO PROPERLY STORE CLEAN EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS AWAY FROM POSSIBLE CONTAMINATION.
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • NOTED CLEAN UTENSILS STORED HANGING INCHES ABOVE THE DIRTY WASH BASIN OF THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTRUCTED TO PROPERLY STORE CLEAN EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS AWAY FROM POSSIBLE CONTAMINATION.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • NOTED EXTREMELY SLOW DRAINING HAND WASHING SINK AT THE FRON PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR.
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • NO PROOF OF ALLERGEN TRAINING OR CERTIFICATES FOR BOTH THE CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGERS/CERTIFICATES THAT ARE POSTED ON THE PREMISES. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
• ⚠️Summary Report Displayed And Visible To The Public • NOTED A PASSING SUMMARY REPORT FROM THE OWNERS OTHER SUBWAY LOCATION AT 2008 N HALSTED DATED 6-3-25 WAS POSTED ON THE PREMISES OF THIS LOCATION REPLACING THE PASS WITH CONDITIONS SUMMARY REPORT FROM REPORT #2618109 POSTED ON 5-27-25. INSTRUCTED/REVIEWED MUST NOT REMOVE, ALTER THE SUMMARY REPORT THAT IS POSTED AND MUST BE POSTED IN PLAIN VIEW OF THE ESTABLISHMENTS CUSTOMERS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-42-010(B) CITATION ISSUED.
  Summary Report Displayed And Visible To The Public • NOTED A PASSING SUMMARY REPORT FROM THE OWNERS OTHER SUBWAY LOCATION AT 2008 N HALSTED DATED 6-3-25 WAS POSTED ON THE PREMISES OF THIS LOCATION REPLACING THE PASS WITH CONDITIONS SUMMARY REPORT FROM REPORT #2618109 POSTED ON 5-27-25. INSTRUCTED/REVIEWED MUST NOT REMOVE, ALTER THE SUMMARY REPORT THAT IS POSTED AND MUST BE POSTED IN PLAIN VIEW OF THE ESTABLISHMENTS CUSTOMERS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-42-010(B) CITATION ISSUED.

When was Subway last inspected?

Subway has 19 inspections on record going back to August 20, 2014. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Subway vs Lincoln Park

Lincoln Park runs 67% clean across 1,649 tracked restaurants — 1,089 clean, 360 mid, 187 cooked.

Against the 1,649 spots Cooked tracks in Lincoln Park, this one comes out cleaner than 14% of them.

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• ✓! Latin School Of Chicago Lower School
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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 April 7, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.