Subway

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJuly 10, 2025
• address3952 N Sheridan Rd, Chicago 60613

Is Subway clean?

Subway is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on July 10, 2025. 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 July 10, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Wiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored • OBSERVED WIPING CLOTHS STORED DAMP OUTSIDE OF SANITIZER CONTAINER. INSTRUCTED TO STORE WIPING CLOTHS DRY OR STORED IN ADEQUATE SANITIZER SOLUTION IF USED TO CLEAN FOOD- OR NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Single-Use/Single-Service Articles: Properly Stored & Used • OBSERVED SINGLE-SERVICE ARTICLES (CUPS, PLASTIC UTENSILS, FOOD PACKAGING) STORED IN PROHIBITED AREAS SUCH AS BENEATH THE FRONT HANDWASHING SINK DRAIN PLUMBING AND IN THE UNUSED TOILET ROOM. INSTRUCTED TO RELOCATE SINGLE-SERVICE ARTICLES OUTSIDE OF PROHIBITED AREAS AND MAINTAIN SINGLE-SERVICE ARTICLES AT LEAST 6" ABOVE THE FLOOR DURING STORAGE.
  Single-Use/Single-Service Articles: Properly Stored & Used • OBSERVED SINGLE-SERVICE ARTICLES (CUPS, PLASTIC UTENSILS, FOOD PACKAGING) STORED IN PROHIBITED AREAS SUCH AS BENEATH THE FRONT HANDWASHING SINK DRAIN PLUMBING AND IN THE UNUSED TOILET ROOM. INSTRUCTED TO RELOCATE SINGLE-SERVICE ARTICLES OUTSIDE OF PROHIBITED AREAS AND MAINTAIN SINGLE-SERVICE ARTICLES AT LEAST 6" ABOVE THE FLOOR DURING STORAGE.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • OBSERVED THE FOLLOWING PLUMBING FIXTURES TO BE IN POOR REPAIR: REAR KITCHEN AREA HANDWASHING SINK DAMAGED ALONG SPLASH GUARD, UNUSED TOILET ROOM SINK REMOVED FROM WALL (NOT IN-USE), UNUSED TOILET ROOM TOILET NON-FUNCTIONAL. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR OR REPLACE PLUMBING FIXTURES IN POOR REPAIR OR REMOVE PLUMBING FIXTURES NO LONGER IN-USE AND MAINTAIN ALL PLUMBING FIXTURES IN GOOD REPAIR.
• ⚠️Garbage & Refuse Properly Disposed; Facilities Maintained • OBSERVED REAR REFUSE STORAGE AREA (IMMEDIATELY OUTSIDE OF REAR EXTERIOR DOOR) TO BE CLUTTERED WITH NON-FUNCTIONAL/DISASSEMBLED EQUIPMENT AND ITEMS UNNECESSARY TO FOOD OPERATIONS. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE NON-FUNCTIONAL EQUIPMENT AND OTHER ITEMS UNNECESSARY FROM REAR OUTDOOR WASTE ENCLOSURE AND MAINTAIN ENCLOSURE FREE FROM THESE ITEMS.
  Garbage & Refuse Properly Disposed; Facilities Maintained • OBSERVED REAR REFUSE STORAGE AREA (IMMEDIATELY OUTSIDE OF REAR EXTERIOR DOOR) TO BE CLUTTERED WITH NON-FUNCTIONAL/DISASSEMBLED EQUIPMENT AND ITEMS UNNECESSARY TO FOOD OPERATIONS. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE NON-FUNCTIONAL EQUIPMENT AND OTHER ITEMS UNNECESSARY FROM REAR OUTDOOR WASTE ENCLOSURE AND MAINTAIN ENCLOSURE FREE FROM THESE ITEMS.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED UNUSED TOILET ROOM IN REAR AREA TO BE HEAVILY CLUTTERED WITH SINGLE-SERVICE ARTICLES AND ITEMS NOT IN-USE. INSTRUCTED TO RELOCATE OR REORGANIZE SINGLE-SERVICE ARTICLES AND REMOVE ALL ITEMS UNNECESSARY TO FOOD OPERATIONS AND MAINTAIN THIS AREA FREE FROM THESE ITEMS.

When was Subway last inspected?

Subway has 18 inspections on record going back to March 28, 2016. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Subway vs Lake View

Lake View runs 68% clean across 2,211 tracked restaurants — 1,492 clean, 440 mid, 272 cooked.

Against the 2,211 spots Cooked tracks in Lake View, this one comes out cleaner than 36% of them.

Other spots in Lake View

• ✓ Panz
  clean · April 13, 2016
• ✓! Wrigleyville Rooftop
  mid · June 11, 2021
• ✕ Little Wok
  cooked · July 14, 2026
• ✓ Little Wok
  clean · July 19, 2016
• ✓ Tuco & Blondie
  clean · July 17, 2025
• ✓ Tuco & Blondie
  clean · September 13, 2016

See every restaurant inspection in Lake View →

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 10, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.