Lyfe Kitchen

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedMarch 29, 2021
• address831 N State St, Chicago 60610

Is Lyfe Kitchen clean?

Lyfe Kitchen is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on March 29, 2021. A closure means inspectors found conditions serious enough to stop service — it is not the same as a restaurant choosing to shut down, and the listing can change once the problems are fixed and re-inspected.

What did inspectors find at Lyfe Kitchen?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 29, 2021, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate • THE PERSON IN CHARGE DID NOT A VALID CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SANITATION LICENSE ONSITE OR POSTED, WHILE TCS FOODS; CHICKEN, SHRIMP, AE BEING PREPARED AND SERVED. INSTRUCTED TO HAVE A CERTIFIED MANAGER ONSITE AT ALL TIMES WHEN TCS FOODS ARE BEING PREPARED OR SERVED. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-012 CITATION ISSUED.
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized • MUST CLEAN INTERIOR WHITE PANEL OF THE ICE MACHINE, INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Thermometers Provided & Accurate • MUST PROVIDE WORKING THERMOMETERS IN ALL PREP COOLERS, INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN.
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Food Properly Labeled; Original Container • MUST LABEL ALL FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS WITH COMMON FOOD NAMES WEHN FOOD HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM ORIGINAL PACKAGING. INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • MUST REPAIR SLOW DRAIN IN HANDWASHING SINK IN MENS TOILET ROOM, INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • MUST CLEAN DUST ACCUMULATION FROM CEILING VENT COVERS THROUGHOUT, INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. • MUST DETAIL CLEAN DRIED FOOD DEBRIS FROM FLOORS IN WALK-IN COOLER/FREEZER, INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • MUST REPLACE BURNED OUT LIGHT IN KITCHEN HOOD, INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE AND MAINTAIN. • MUST DETAIL CLEAN GREASE ACCUMULATION FROM HOOD FILTERS ABOVE COOKING EQUIPMENT, INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN.
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • MUST REPLACE BURNED OUT LIGHT IN KITCHEN HOOD, INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE AND MAINTAIN. • MUST DETAIL CLEAN GREASE ACCUMULATION FROM HOOD FILTERS ABOVE COOKING EQUIPMENT, INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN.

When was Lyfe Kitchen last inspected?

Lyfe Kitchen has 9 inspections on record going back to April 28, 2016.

Lyfe Kitchen 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 0% 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 March 29, 2021. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.