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BAMBOO EXPRESS LLC

601 MARQUETTE AVE #204, Minneapolis, MN

Last inspected Sep 9, 2026

Official source: Minneapolis Health Department (minneapolismn.gov) · All data sources

Failed. Did not meet health requirements at the latest inspection. Many failures are fixed and re-inspected within days — check the inspection date.

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The record, in plain English

CleanPlate holds 6 inspections on record for BAMBOO EXPRESS LLC, spanning July 2024 to September 2026 — every one straight from Minneapolis Health Department.

It has held failed across its last two inspections.

The most recent inspection noted 8 violations, none of them critical.

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Inspection history

  1. Sep 9, 2026

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    8 violations
    • The business license must be posted where it can be easily seen.
    • Separate raw animal foods from ready-to-eat foods.
    • Label and locate personal medications in areas that do not contaminate food, equipment, linens, and single-service and single-use articles.
    • Food employees must use a closed beverage container within the food preparation or utensil washing areas.
    • Store the food preparation and dispensing utensil in a food that is not TCS food with the handles above the top of the food within containers or equipment that can be closed such as bins of sugar, flour or cinnamon.
    • Clean all physical facilities (floors, walls, ceilings). Keep them clean.
    • Clean non-food contact surfaces of equipment. Keep them clean.
    • All equipment and components must be in good repair. Keep them maintained to manufacturer's specifications.
  2. Sep 15, 2025

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    1 violation
    • Maintain all hot, TCS foods at 135 degrees F or hotter. (Roast beef may be held at 130 degrees F or hotter, if it is cooked according to Part 4626.0340 item B or reheated according to Part 4626.0360, item E.)
  3. Aug 19, 2025

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    12 violations
    • All equipment and components must be in good repair. Keep them maintained to manufacturer's specifications.
    • Maintain all hot, TCS foods at 135 degrees F or hotter. (Roast beef may be held at 130 degrees F or hotter, if it is cooked according to Part 4626.0340 item B or reheated according to Part 4626.0360, item E.)
    • Keep all cold TCS foods at 41 degrees F or colder under mechanical refrigeration.
    • Use effective cooling methods to cool TCS foods.
    • Wiping cloths used for wiping surfaces must: • Be held in an approved sanitizing solution • Laundered daily
    • Discontinue the use of a food preparation sink for anything other than food preparation.
    • Clean food-contact surfaces of equipment and utensils used for TCS foods at least every four hours.
    • GREEN TO GO RECYCLING/ORGANICS SYSTEM. Provide consumers with an opportunity to recycle and/or appropriately manage compostable plastics and utilize a qualified recycling and/or organics management system. This ordinance shall take effect April 22, 2015. (89-Or-060,§ 1, 3-31-89; 96-Or-059, ? 3, 6-28-96; 2014-Or-023, ? 3, 5-23-14)
    • Clean non-food contact surfaces of equipment. Keep them clean.
    • Use an effective method to date mark refrigerated, ready-to-eat, TCS food prepared and held for more than 24 hours. Day one is the day the food was made.
    • The person in charge must make sure employees follow proper food safety procedures, including: • Proper handwashing • Preventing cross-contamination from bare hands • Proper cooking of TCS foods • Proper cooling of TCS foods • Proper hot and cold temperatures of TCS foods • Preventing plumbing cross connections • Properly sanitizing equipment and utensils
    • Reheat previously cooked, refrigerated, TCS food for hot holding within 2 hours to a temperature of at least 165 degrees F (74 degrees C) for 15 seconds.
  4. Oct 1, 2024

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    1 violation
    • All equipment and components must be in good repair. Keep them maintained to manufacturer's specifications.
  5. Sep 12, 2024

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    6 violations
    • Maintain all hot, TCS foods at 135 degrees F or hotter. (Roast beef may be held at 130 degrees F or hotter, if it is cooked according to Part 4626.0340 item B or reheated according to Part 4626.0360, item E.)
    • Keep all cold TCS foods at 41 degrees F or colder under mechanical refrigeration.
    • Use effective cooling methods to cool TCS foods.
    • While TCS foods are cooling, keep containers uncovered, unstacked, and spread out.
    • All equipment and components must be in good repair. Keep them maintained to manufacturer's specifications.
    • Clean surfaces contacting non-TCS foods: • When surfaces may have been contaminated • At least once every 24 hours for consumer self-service utensils • Before restocking consumer self-service equipment and utensils • As often as needed to keep surfaces clean
  6. Jul 25, 2024

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    15 violations
    • Discontinue the use of a food preparation sink for anything other than food preparation.
    • Discontinue use of a warewashing sink for handwashing or disposal of mop water.
    • Clean and sanitize the warewashing sink before and after washing produce, thawing food, or washing wiping cloths.
    • Use only chemical sanitizers on food-contact surfaces that meet Title 40, Code of Federal Regulations requirements: • Part 180, section 180.940 • Part 180, subpart E, section 180.2020
    • Keep at each handwashing sink or group of adjacent handwashing sinks one of: • A supply of disposable towels • A continuous towel system • An approved air temperature hand drying device
    • Separate raw animal foods from ready-to-eat foods.
    • Maintain all hot, TCS foods at 135 degrees F or hotter. (Roast beef may be held at 130 degrees F or hotter, if it is cooked according to Part 4626.0340 item B or reheated according to Part 4626.0360, item E.)
    • Keep all cold TCS foods at 41 degrees F or colder under mechanical refrigeration.
    • Use effective cooling methods to cool TCS foods.
    • While TCS foods are cooling, keep containers uncovered, unstacked, and spread out.
    • Wiping cloths used for wiping surfaces must: • Be held in an approved sanitizing solution • Laundered daily
    • Keep clean utensils that are unwrapped in trays and holders with their handles up.
    • All equipment and components must be in good repair. Keep them maintained to manufacturer's specifications.
    • Clean non-food contact surfaces of equipment. Keep them clean.
    • The business must employ at least one valid Minnesota Food Protection Manager's certification (CFPM). Find more information on the Minnesota Department of Health web page.

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Source: Minneapolis Health Department (minneapolismn.gov). Data shown unmodified from the official government record. CleanPlate is an independent service, not affiliated with any government agency. See something wrong? Report a data issue.