HOOK FISH & CHICKEN
221 LAKE ST W, Minneapolis, MN
Last inspected Sep 2, 2025
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 7 inspections on record for HOOK FISH & CHICKEN, spanning August 2023 to September 2025 — every one straight from Minneapolis Health Department.
It has held failed across its last two inspections.
The most recent inspection noted 5 violations, none of them critical.
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Inspection history
Sep 2, 2025
✕5 violations
- All equipment and components must be in good repair. Keep them maintained to manufacturer's specifications.
- Keep the plumbing system in good repair.
- Keep a log to record employee illness symptoms. Have it available upon request.
- Keep the physical facilities in good repair.
- 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.
Aug 18, 2025
✕12 violations
- 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 non-food contact equipment surfaces clean.
- All equipment and components must be in good repair. Keep them maintained to manufacturer's specifications.
- Keep the plumbing system in good repair.
- Have a test kit for the type of sanitizer used.
- 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 a log to record employee illness symptoms. Have it available upon request.
- Keep the physical facilities in good repair.
- Prevent grease or condensation from exhaust ventilation hood systems from draining or dripping onto food, equipment, utensils, linens, single-service articles, 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.
- Wiping cloths used for wiping surfaces must: • Be held in an approved sanitizing solution • Laundered daily
- Provide control of pests by routinely: • Inspecting incoming food shipments • Inspecting the premises for evidence of pests • Eliminating conditions that attract pests
Aug 1, 2025
✕8 violations
- 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 non-food contact equipment surfaces clean.
- All equipment and components must be in good repair. Keep them maintained to manufacturer's specifications.
- Keep the plumbing system in good repair.
- Have a test kit for the type of sanitizer used.
- 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 a log to record employee illness symptoms. Have it available upon request.
- Keep the physical facilities in good repair.
Jul 17, 2025
✕17 violations
- 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 non-food contact equipment surfaces clean.
- All equipment and components must be in good repair. Keep them maintained to manufacturer's specifications.
- Use an effective method to date mark refrigerated, ready-to-eat, TCS food prepared in a processing plant and held for more than 24 hours once opened. Day one is the day the food was opened.
- Thaw TCS food by one of the following methods: • Inside a refrigerator • Kept completely under running water of 70 degrees F or less. The food must remain at 41 degrees F or less. • In a microwave oven • As part of the cooking process
- 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.
- Separate raw animal foods from ready-to-eat foods.
- Keep the plumbing system in good repair.
- Sanitize food contact surfaces before using and after cleaning.
- Have a test kit for the type of sanitizer used.
- 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
- 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.
- 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
- Keep a log to record employee illness symptoms. Have it available upon request.
- Provide control of pests by routinely: • Inspecting incoming food shipments • Inspecting the premises for evidence of pests • Eliminating conditions that attract pests
- Keep the physical facilities in good repair.
Jul 16, 2024
✕22 violations
- All equipment and components must be in good repair. Keep them maintained to manufacturer's specifications.
- Post the Certified Food Protection Manager certificate.
- Keep all cold TCS foods at 41 degrees F or colder under mechanical refrigeration.
- Provide control of pests by routinely: • Inspecting incoming food shipments • Inspecting the premises for evidence of pests • Eliminating conditions that attract pests
- Provide chemical sanitizers to sanitize equipment and utensils during all hours of operation.
- Thaw TCS food by one of the following methods: • Inside a refrigerator • Kept completely under running water of 70 degrees F or less. The food must remain at 41 degrees F or less. • In a microwave oven • As part of the cooking process
- Have a thermometer in the: • Warmest part of mechanically refrigerated units • Coldest part of hot food storage units
- Have a food thermometer easily available to measure the internal temperature of foods.
- Use an effective method to date mark refrigerated, ready-to-eat, TCS food prepared in a processing plant and held for more than 24 hours once opened. Day one is the day the food was opened.
- Keep a log to record employee illness symptoms. Have it available upon request.
- Designate a person in charge and ensure that the person in charge is present in the establishment during all hours of operation.
- The person in charge must be able to demonstrate their knowledge to the inspector of the importance of the following food handling procedures to preventing foodborne disease: handwashing; avoiding cross contamination; avoiding hand contact with ready-to-eat foods; time and temperature requirements for safely refrigerating, hot holding, cooling, and reheating TCS food; hazards of eating raw or undercooked meat, poultry, eggs, and fish; food temperatures and cooking times required to safely cook TCS food including meat, poultry, eggs, and fish; foods identified as major food allergens and the symptoms of an allergic reaction; identification of critical control points in a food service operation and steps to be taken to ensure the points are controlled.
- Employees must wash their hands in a handwashing sink. Discontinue using the following sinks for handwashing: sinks used for food preparation or warewashing or a service sink or a curbed cleaning basin used for the disposal of mop water.
- Food employees must clean their hands and exposed portions of their arms for 20 seconds, using soap in a handwashing sink that is properly equipped.
- Have hand soap at all handwashing sinks.
- Food employees must use the following procedure when cleaning their hands and exposed portions of their arms: rinse their hands under clean, warm running water; apply hand soap to their hands; rub their hands together vigorously for at least 10 to 15 seconds; remove soil from beneath fingernails while cleaning their hands; thoroughly rinse their hands under clean, warm running water; and thoroughly dry their hands with individual, disposable towels, or a continuous towel system that supplies the user with a clean towel.
- Keep the plumbing system in good repair.
- Make sure light fixtures have light shields or shatter-resistant light bulbs in areas with: • Exposed food • Clean equipment and utensils • Clean linens • Unwrapped single-service items
- Keep all intake and exhaust air ducts and filters clean.
- Clean all physical facilities (floors, walls, ceilings). Keep them clean.
- Sanitize food contact surfaces before using and after cleaning.
- 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.)
Sep 12, 2023
✓2 violations
- All equipment and components must be in good repair. Keep them maintained to manufacturer's specifications.
- Post the Certified Food Protection Manager certificate.
Aug 10, 2023
✕10 violations
- 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.
- Keep all cold TCS foods at 41 degrees F or colder under mechanical refrigeration.
- 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.)
- Have hand soap at all handwashing sinks.
- 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
- Remove all items unnecessary to the operation of the business from the premises.
- Clean all physical facilities (floors, walls, ceilings). Keep them clean.
- Post the Certified Food Protection Manager certificate.
- Wiping cloths used for wiping surfaces must: • Be held in an approved sanitizing solution • Laundered daily
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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.
