Subway

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedApril 7, 2026
• address816 N State St, Chicago 60610

Is Subway clean?

Subway is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 7, 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 April 7, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED SODA DISPENCER IN NEED OF A DETAIL CLEANING FROM SODA SPLATTER. INSTRUCTED TO KEEP CLEAN AND MAINTAIN AS A MEANS OF PREVENTING POSSIBLE INSECT ACTIVITY. • OBSERVED THE TWO CUTTING BOARDS AT THE PRODUCE PREP STATION WITH DEEP CUTTING GROOVES. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE BOTH, CLEAN AND SANITIZE OFTEN TO AVOID POSSIBLE CONTAMINATION OF FOODS.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED THE FLOORS OF THE WALK IN FREEZER AND THE WALK ING COOLING UNIT IN NEED OF A DETAIL CLEANING. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN BOTH.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED THE FAN UNIT IN THE TOILET ROOM HANGING LOOSE. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN. • OBSERVED THE FLOORS IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN NEED OF A DETAIL CLEANING FROM, DUST, DIRT, DEBRIS AND STAINS...THE BASEMENT FLOOR AREA REAR WHERE SODA DISPENCING COMES FROM, THE BASEMENT FLOOR UNDER SHELVING...THE BASEMENT FLOOR AT THE DISH WASHING AREA...THE STAIRS LEADING TO THE BASEMENT AND THE UP STAIRS AREA NEAR THE REAR EXIT DOOR. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN ALL AREAS.

When was Subway last inspected?

Subway has 7 inspections on record going back to May 27, 2022.

Subway vs Near North Side

Near North Side runs 53% clean across 2,889 tracked restaurants — 1,514 clean, 253 mid, 1,113 cooked.

Against the 2,889 spots Cooked tracks in Near North Side, this one comes out cleaner than 49% 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 April 7, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.