The Good Life Soul Food Restaurant

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedDecember 7, 2022
• address11142 S Halsted St, Chicago 60628

Is The Good Life Soul Food Restaurant clean?

The Good Life Soul Food Restaurant is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on December 7, 2022. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at The Good Life Soul Food Restaurant?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 7, 2022, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋no certified food manager on dutycritical
  Person In Charge Present, Demonstrates Knowledge, And Performs Duties • OBSERVED NO PERSON IN CHARGE WITH VALID CHICAGO FOOD SANITATION CERTIFICATE. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO DESIGNATE PERSON IN CHARGE DURING ALL HOURS OF OPERATION. PRIORITY FOUNDATION
• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate • OBSERVED NO CHICAGO FOOD SANITATION MANAGER ON SITE OR VALID CERTIFICATE POSTED WHEN TCS FOOD (CHICKEN 136.4F) PREPARED AND SERVED. A CHICAGO FOOD SANITATION MANAGER MUST BE ON SITE AND VALID CERTIFICATE POSTED AT ALL TIMES TCS FOOD PREPARED AND SERVED. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-012 CITATION ISSUED
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED DAMAGED GASKETS ON REACH-IN COOLER. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED ACCUMULATED GREASE BUILDUP AND FOOD DEBRIS ON INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR SURFACES OF COOLERS, FREEZERS, COOKING EQUIPMENT, HOLDING UNITS, SHELVING UNITS, STEAM TABLES, AND PREP TABLES. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED FOOD DEBRIS AND SPILLS ON WALLS AND FLOORS IN PREP AND STORAGE AREAS. INSTRUCTED MANAGE TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. • OBSERVED STAINED AND MISSING CEILING TILES IN HALLWAY AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REPLACE AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED INADEQUATE LIGHT SHIELDS IN REAR PREP/DISH WASHING AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REPLACE AND MAINTAIN.
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED INADEQUATE LIGHT SHIELDS IN REAR PREP/DISH WASHING AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REPLACE AND MAINTAIN.
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • OBSERVED NO ALLERGEN TRAINING AVAILABLE. ALL CERTIFIED MANAGERS MUST PROVIDE ALLERGEN TRAINING.

When was The Good Life Soul Food Restaurant last inspected?

The Good Life Soul Food Restaurant has 20 inspections on record going back to August 29, 2017. The 12 most recent are shown below.

The Good Life Soul Food Restaurant vs Morgan Park

Morgan Park runs 67% clean across 212 tracked restaurants — 143 clean, 40 mid, 29 cooked.

Against the 212 spots Cooked tracks in Morgan Park, this one comes out cleaner than 14% of them.

Other spots in Morgan Park

• ✓ Two Brothers Authenic Soul Food
  clean · September 26, 2017
• ✓ Americanos
  clean · July 17, 2026
• ✓ Americanos
  clean · February 26, 2018
• ✓ 111Th Food Mart
  clean · January 7, 2021
• ✓ Joey's Red Hots
  clean · December 11, 2025
• ✓ 111 Coffee Bar
  clean · June 21, 2022

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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 7, 2022. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.