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Subway
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedDecember 18, 2025
- address5131 S Pulaski Rd, Chicago 60632
Is Subway clean?
Subway is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on December 18, 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 December 18, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🪳pests in the houseInsects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present • OBSERVED FRONT DOOR WITH VERTICAL GAP ALONG FRAME. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR TO PREVENT ENTRY OF PESTS.
- 🧻grimy wiping clothsWiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored • OBSERVED WIPING TOWELS HANGING ON SIDE OF HANDSINK SHIELD. INSTRUCTED TO KEEP CLOTHS INSIDE SANITIZING BUCKET.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED ACCUMULATION OF DIRT ON FLOORS ALONG THE PERIMETER OF THE KITCHEN AND PREP AREA. OBSERVED ACCUMULATION OF A STICKY SUBSTANCE ON DOOR HANDLE OF WALK-IN COOLER, AND HANDSINK. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN MORE FREQUENTLY TO AVOID BUILDUP OF DUST AND DIRT ON FLOORS AND EQUIPMENT.
When was Subway last inspected?
Subway has 14 inspections on record going back to November 28, 2017. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| December 18, 2025 | Pass | |
| February 20, 2025 | Pass | |
| February 13, 2025 | Pass | |
| February 6, 2025 | Fail | |
| March 13, 2024 | Pass | |
| January 11, 2024 | — | |
| March 21, 2023 | Pass | |
| August 3, 2022 | Pass | |
| July 27, 2022 | Fail | |
| February 1, 2021 | Pass | |
| January 7, 2020 | Pass | |
| March 7, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions |
Subway vs West Elsdon
West Elsdon runs 76% clean across 399 tracked restaurants — 299 clean, 61 mid, 35 cooked.
Against the 399 spots Cooked tracks in West Elsdon, this one comes out cleaner than 27% 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 December 18, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.