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CAFE ENA

4601 GRAND AVE S, Minneapolis, MN

Last inspected Sep 9, 2025

Passed. Met health requirements at the latest inspection. Some health departments report pass/fail instead of letter grades.

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Inspection history

  1. Sep 9, 2025

    12 violations
    • Have an item to verify the surface temperature of dishes reaches 160 degrees F inside mechanical hot water dishwashers.
    • 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
    • All equipment and components must be in good repair. Keep them maintained to manufacturer's specifications.
    • Protect food from cross-contamination by using packages or covered containers.
    • Remove dead or trapped birds, insects, rodents, and other pests.
    • Provide control of pests by routinely: • Inspecting incoming food shipments • Inspecting the premises for evidence of pests • Eliminating conditions that attract pests
    • Store all food: • In a clean, dry location • At least 6 inches above the floor
    • Remove frozen fish from the reduced oxygen package prior to thawing under refrigeration or immediately after thawing if using the running water method of thawing.
    • Clean all physical facilities (floors, walls, ceilings). Keep them clean.
    • Equipment food-contact surfaces and utensils must be clean.
    • Relocate insect control devices so they are not over food preparation areas or in areas where dead insects or fragments can fall onto exposed food, clean equipment, utensils, linens and unwrapped single-service and single-use articles.
    • 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.
  2. Sep 30, 2024

    4 violations
    • Have an item to verify the surface temperature of dishes reaches 160 degrees F inside mechanical hot water dishwashers.
    • 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
    • All equipment and components must be in good repair. Keep them maintained to manufacturer's specifications.
    • Keep all cold TCS foods at 41 degrees F or colder under mechanical refrigeration.
  3. Sep 4, 2024

    12 violations
    • Have an item to verify the surface temperature of dishes reaches 160 degrees F inside mechanical hot water dishwashers.
    • Have hand soap at all handwashing sinks.
    • 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
    • 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
    • Have a thin-tipped food thermometer easily available to measure the internal temperature of thin pieces of food.
    • Stop using food contact surfaces with cracks, pits, chips, open seams or rough sections.
    • Have a test kit for the type of sanitizer used.
    • All equipment and components must be in good repair. Keep them maintained to manufacturer's specifications.
    • Keep all cold TCS foods at 41 degrees F or colder under mechanical refrigeration.
    • Throw away TCS foods seven days after being made or opened. Day one is the date food was made or opened.
    • Store in-use food preparation and serving utensils only on clean, sanitized surfaces.
    • 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
  4. Oct 12, 2023

    5 violations
    • Have an item to verify the surface temperature of dishes reaches 160 degrees F inside mechanical hot water dishwashers.
    • Have hand soap at all handwashing sinks.
    • Keep the physical facilities in good repair.
    • 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
    • Store all food: • In a clean, dry location • At least 6 inches above the floor
  5. Aug 30, 2023

    11 violations
    • Have an item to verify the surface temperature of dishes reaches 160 degrees F inside mechanical hot water dishwashers.
    • Have hand soap at all handwashing sinks.
    • Keep the physical facilities in good repair.
    • 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
    • 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
    • Keep all cold TCS foods at 41 degrees F or colder under mechanical refrigeration.
    • Store all food: • In a clean, dry location • At least 6 inches above the floor
    • All equipment and components must be in good repair. Keep them maintained to manufacturer's specifications.
    • Protect food from cross-contamination by using packages or covered containers.
    • Discontinue using a reduced oxygen packaging method for fish that is not frozen before, during, and after packaging and remove frozen fish from the reduced oxygen package prior to thawing.
    • The business is not following their HACCP plan which includes a variance approval.

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