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HI-LO DINER

4020 LAKE ST E, Minneapolis, MN

Last inspected Sep 10, 2026

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

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The record, in plain English

CleanPlate holds 5 inspections on record for HI-LO DINER, spanning August 2023 to September 2026 — every one straight from Minneapolis Health Department.

No violations were recorded at the most recent inspection.

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Inspection history

  1. Sep 10, 2026

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  2. Sep 18, 2025

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    4 violations
    • 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.
    • Keep all cold TCS foods at 41 degrees F or colder under mechanical refrigeration.
    • Discontinue offering raw or undercooked fish, shellstock ,eggs, steak tartar or comminuted beef unless a consumer advisory is provided as specified in MR 4626.0442.
    • Keep all intake and exhaust air ducts and filters clean.
  3. Sep 12, 2024

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    2 violations
    • The consumer advisory disclosure must include either: • A description of the food as raw or undercooked • An asterisk to a footnote describing the food as raw or undercooked
    • Provide a plumbing system that is designed, constructed, installed, and repaired with approved materials, equipment, and devices complying with chapter 4714 and Minnesota Statutes, sections 326B.43 to 326B.49.
  4. Aug 29, 2024

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    7 violations
    • The consumer advisory disclosure must include either: • A description of the food as raw or undercooked • An asterisk to a footnote describing the food as raw or undercooked
    • Provide a plumbing system that is designed, constructed, installed, and repaired with approved materials, equipment, and devices complying with chapter 4714 and Minnesota Statutes, sections 326B.43 to 326B.49.
    • Food employees must wash their hands after: using the toilet; coughing or sneezing; using a handkerchief or disposable tissue; using tobacco; eating or drinking; handling soiled equipment or utensils; caring for or handling service animals or fish in an aquarium, molluscan shellfish or crustacea in a display tank; as frequently as necessary during food preparation to remove soil, contamination, and to prevent cross-contamination when changing food preparation tasks; when switching between working with raw food and working with RTE food; before donning gloves for working with food; and touching bare human body parts other than clean hands and clean exposed portions of arms.
    • Single-use gloves must be used for only one task and be discarded when damaged or soiled, or when interruptions occur in the operation.
    • Keep all cold TCS foods at 41 degrees F or colder under mechanical refrigeration.
    • 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
    • While TCS foods are cooling, keep containers uncovered, unstacked, and spread out.
  5. Aug 28, 2023

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    5 violations
    • Make sure all ready-to-eat foods and garnishes are not touched with bare hands.
    • Wiping cloths used for wiping surfaces must: • Be held in an approved sanitizing solution • Laundered daily
    • 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.
    • Have at least 50-foot candles of light intensity for areas where food workers are using utensils and equipment.
    • The business license must be posted where it can be easily seen.

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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.