JJ'S POKE
509 14TH AVE SE, Minneapolis, MN
Last inspected Jan 16, 2026
Official source: Minneapolis Health Department (minneapolismn.gov) · All data sources
Passed. Met health requirements at the latest inspection. Some health departments report pass/fail instead of letter grades.
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The record, in plain English
CleanPlate holds 5 inspections on record for JJ'S POKE, spanning February 2023 to January 2026 — every one straight from Minneapolis Health Department.
It has held passed across its last two inspections.
The most recent inspection noted 5 violations, none of them critical.
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Inspection history
Jan 16, 2026
✓5 violations
- Before using Time as a Public Health Control for TCS food develop, follow and keep written procedures onsite.
- Label all containers of food and food ingredients with their common name.
- Wiping cloths used for wiping surfaces must: • Be held in an approved sanitizing solution • Laundered daily
- Clean all physical facilities (floors, walls, ceilings). Keep them clean.
- Remove all items unnecessary to the operation of the business from the premises.
Feb 11, 2025
✓3 violations
- Before using Time as a Public Health Control for TCS food develop, follow and keep written procedures onsite.
- Provide containers for food or beverages prepared for takeout or to be eaten immediately. Containers must be reuseable, recyclable or compostable.
- Label all containers of food and food ingredients with their common name.
Jan 28, 2025
✕15 violations
- Before using Time as a Public Health Control for TCS food develop, follow and keep written procedures onsite.
- Keep handwashing sinks accessible at all times. Make sure they are only used for handwashing.
- Provide a written agreement or statement from the supplier stipulating that the fish are frozen to a temperature and for a time as specified in rule.
- Wiping cloths used for wiping surfaces must: • Be held in an approved sanitizing solution • Laundered daily
- Provide containers for food or beverages prepared for takeout or to be eaten immediately. Containers must be reuseable, recyclable or compostable.
- Immediately maintain all TCS food that has been slacked at 41 degrees F (5 degrees C) or less under mechanical refrigeration.
- 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.
- Have hand soap at all handwashing sinks.
- Store in-use food preparation and serving utensils only on clean, sanitized surfaces.
- Sanitize food contact surfaces before using and after cleaning.
- 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.
- 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
- Label all containers of food and food ingredients with their common name.
- Have a food thermometer easily available to measure the internal temperature of foods.
- Keep all cold TCS foods at 41 degrees F or colder under mechanical refrigeration.
Feb 16, 2024
✓8 violations
- Provide sufficient mechanical tempered make-up air and exhaust ventilation to keep rooms free of grease, excessive heat, steam condensation, vapors, obnoxious or disagreeable odors, smoke, and fumes according to State Building and Mechanical codes.
- Before using Time as a Public Health Control for TCS food develop, follow and keep written procedures onsite.
- Keep handwashing sinks accessible at all times. Make sure they are only used for handwashing.
- Provide and maintain for 90 days beyond the sale or service of the ready-to-eat raw, marinated or partially cooked fish, records of the freezing temperatures and time to which the fish are subjected.
- Provide a written agreement or statement from the supplier stipulating that the fish are frozen to a temperature and for a time as specified in rule.
- Provide lockers or other suitable facilities for the orderly storage of employees' clothing and other possessions.
- Wiping cloths used for wiping surfaces must: • Be held in an approved sanitizing solution • Laundered daily
- Provide containers for food or beverages prepared for takeout or to be eaten immediately. Containers must be reuseable, recyclable or compostable.
Feb 21, 2023
✓11 violations
- Provide sufficient mechanical tempered make-up air and exhaust ventilation to keep rooms free of grease, excessive heat, steam condensation, vapors, obnoxious or disagreeable odors, smoke, and fumes according to State Building and Mechanical codes.
- Store all food: • In a clean, dry location • At least 6 inches above the floor
- Before using Time as a Public Health Control for TCS food develop, follow and keep written procedures onsite.
- Keep all intake and exhaust air ducts and filters clean.
- Clean non-food contact surfaces of equipment. Keep them clean.
- Keep handwashing sinks accessible at all times. Make sure they are only used for handwashing.
- Clean all physical facilities (floors, walls, ceilings). Keep them clean.
- Provide and maintain for 90 days beyond the sale or service of the ready-to-eat raw, marinated or partially cooked fish, records of the freezing temperatures and time to which the fish are subjected.
- Provide a written agreement or statement from the supplier stipulating that the fish are frozen to a temperature and for a time as specified in rule.
- Provide lockers or other suitable facilities for the orderly storage of employees' clothing and other possessions.
- 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.
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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.
