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Subway
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations2
- last inspectedFebruary 19, 2019
- address3550 N Austin Ave, Chicago 60634
Is Subway clean?
Subway is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on February 19, 2019. 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 February 19, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcriticalManagement, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • OBSERVED NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY ON SITE.INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT TO CREATE AN EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-010 NO CITATION ISSUED
- 🤒staff working while sickcriticalProcedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • OBSERVED NO CLEAN UP POLICY/KIT ON SITE.INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT TO CREATE A CLEAN UP POLICY/KIT. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005 NO CITATION ISSUED.
- 🚻bathroom / plumbing issuesPlumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • UNABLE TO LOCATE BACKFLOW DEVICE AT ICE/SODA MACHINE AT SERVICE AREA/DINING AREA.INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT TO FIND LOCATION OF BACKFLOW DEVICE OR INSTALL ONE AT THIS SITE BY CORRECTED BY DATE CORE VIOLATION
- ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED NO FOOD HANDLER'S TRAINING CERTIFICATION ON SITE.INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT TO GET EMPLOYEES CERTIFIED. CORE VIOLATIONAll Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED NO FOOD HANDLER'S TRAINING CERTIFICATION ON SITE.INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT TO GET EMPLOYEES CERTIFIED. CORE VIOLATION
- 🥜allergen training missingAllergen Training As Required • OBSERVED NO ALLERGEN CERTIFICATION ON SITE.INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT TO BE ALLERGEN CERTIFIED. CORE VIOLATION
When was Subway last inspected?
Subway has 8 inspections on record going back to July 29, 2016.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 18, 2020 | closed by the city | |
| February 19, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| February 14, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| February 11, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| January 23, 2018 | Pass | |
| November 22, 2017 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| January 12, 2017 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| July 29, 2016 | Pass |
Subway vs Portage Park
Portage Park runs 65% clean across 715 tracked restaurants — 462 clean, 142 mid, 107 cooked.
Against the 715 spots Cooked tracks in Portage Park, this one comes out cleaner than 17% 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 February 19, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.