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Subway
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJanuary 6, 2026
- address6044 S Western Ave, Chicago 60636
Is Subway clean?
Subway is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 6, 2026. 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 January 6, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • Inadequate lighting in walk-in cooler, dark section in food storage shelves. instructed to provide more lighting.Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • Inadequate lighting in walk-in cooler, dark section in food storage shelves. instructed to provide more lighting.
When was Subway last inspected?
Subway has 13 inspections on record going back to May 19, 2017. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 6, 2026 | Pass | |
| February 19, 2025 | Pass | |
| February 14, 2025 | Fail | |
| February 7, 2025 | Fail | |
| February 28, 2024 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| April 27, 2023 | Pass | |
| April 20, 2022 | Pass | |
| November 19, 2021 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| February 18, 2021 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| August 4, 2020 | Pass | |
| October 15, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| September 21, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions |
Subway vs Gage Park
Gage Park runs 71% clean across 393 tracked restaurants — 278 clean, 70 mid, 42 cooked.
Against the 393 spots Cooked tracks in Gage Park, this one comes out cleaner than 32% 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 January 6, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.