Sunny Sub

• resultFail
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJuly 20, 2026
• address5140 W Madison St, Chicago 60644

Is Sunny Sub clean?

Sunny Sub is currently Fail from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on July 20, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.

What did inspectors find at Sunny Sub?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 20, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Food Properly Labeled; Original Container • OBSERVED BULK CONTAINERS NOT LABELED IN PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO LABEL ALL BULK CONTAINTERS WITH COMMON NAME OF FOOD.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present • OBSERVED OVER 50 RAT DROPPINGS SCATTERED ON SHELVES UNDER FRONT COUNTER, ON PALLETS, INSIDE CONTAINERS, ON FLOOR ALONG WALLS AND CORNERS IN REAR PREP AND STORAGE AREAS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO CALL AN EXTERMINATOR FOR SERVICE, CLEAN AND SANITIZE ALL AREAS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-020(A) CITATION ISSUED • OBSERVED FLY STRIPS HANGING IN CEILING ABOVE UNCOVERED BREADING IN REAR PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REMOVE ALL FLY STRIPS FROM PREP AREA.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Wiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored • OBSERVED SOILED WIPING CLOTHS STORED ON PREP TABLES. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROPERLY STORE WIPING CLOTHS IN SANITIZING SOLUTION BETWEEN USES.
• ⚠️Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled • OBSERVED MULTI-USE EQUIPMENT STORED INSIDE UTILITY SINK. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REMOVE, RE-WASH, RINSE, SANITIZE AND STORE CLEAN MULTI-USE EQUIPMENT IN SANITARY MANNER.
  Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled • OBSERVED MULTI-USE EQUIPMENT STORED INSIDE UTILITY SINK. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REMOVE, RE-WASH, RINSE, SANITIZE AND STORE CLEAN MULTI-USE EQUIPMENT IN SANITARY MANNER.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED RAW WOOD SURFACES ON SHELVING IN REAR STORAGE AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO SEAL ALL RAW WOOD SURFACES TO MAKE SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE. • OBSERVED CRATES USED AS SHELVING IN PREP AND STORAGE AREAS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REMOVE ALL CRATES AND PROVIDE ADEQUATE SHELVING FOR EASY CLEANING AND PEST CONTROL.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED GREASE BUILDUP ON INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR SURFACES OF COOKING EQUIPMENT, FOOD DEBRIS ANS DUST BUILDUP ON COOLERS, FREEZERS, SHELVING UNITS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED UNUSED ARTICLES AND EQUIPMENT IN PREP AND STORAGE AREAS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REMOVE ALL UNUSED ITEMS TO PREVENT PEST HARBORAGE. • OBSERVED FOOD DEBRIS AND GREASE BUILDUP ON FLOOR UNDER ALL COOKING EQUIPMENT, ALONG WALLS AND IN ALL CORNERS IN PREP AREAS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • OBSERVED EXPIRED ALLERGEN TRAINING FOR CERTIFIED MANAGER. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE VALID ALLERGEN TRAINING FOR ALL CERTIFIED MANAGERS.

When was Sunny Sub last inspected?

Sunny Sub has 24 inspections on record going back to March 18, 2014. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Sunny Sub vs West Garfield Park

West Garfield Park runs 69% clean across 620 tracked restaurants — 424 clean, 107 mid, 85 cooked.

Against the 620 spots Cooked tracks in West Garfield Park, this one comes out cleaner than 11% of them.

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• ✓! Westside Food Market
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• ✓ Bp
  clean · August 2, 2017
• ✓ Jack's Burger
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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 July 20, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.