LOON CAFE
500 1ST AVE N, Minneapolis, MN
Last inspected Dec 18, 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 3 inspections on record for LOON CAFE, spanning December 2023 to December 2025 — every one straight from Minneapolis Health Department.
It has held failed across its last two inspections.
The most recent inspection noted 6 violations, none of them critical.
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Inspection history
Dec 18, 2025
✕6 violations
- Keep the physical facilities in good repair.
- Discontinue storing food preparation or dispensing utensils in a container of water that is not maintained at 135 degrees F (57 degrees C) and not cleaned when empty.
- Clean all physical facilities (floors, walls, ceilings). Keep them clean.
- 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
- Have an approved chlorine chemical sanitizer solution. The solution must have a minimum concentration of 50 ppm. The solution must also meet the temperature and pH requirements of this rule.
- 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
Dec 20, 2024
✕6 violations
- Keep the physical facilities in good repair.
- Discontinue storing food preparation or dispensing utensils in a container of water that is not maintained at 135 degrees F (57 degrees C) and not cleaned when empty.
- Clean all physical facilities (floors, walls, ceilings). Keep them clean.
- Throw away TCS foods seven days after being made or opened. Day one is the date food was made or opened.
- Make sure all ready-to-eat foods and garnishes are not touched with bare hands.
- Provide a manufacturer's data plate on the warewashing machine that indicates the machines operating specifications required for washing, rinsing and sanitizing temperature, pressure requirements and conveyor or cycle speed.
Dec 12, 2023
✕6 violations
- Keep the physical facilities in good repair.
- Keep the plumbing system in good repair.
- Have an approved chlorine chemical sanitizer solution. The solution must have a minimum concentration of 50 ppm. The solution must also meet the temperature and pH requirements of this rule.
- Have a test kit for the type of sanitizer used.
- Discontinue storing food preparation or dispensing utensils in a container of water that is not maintained at 135 degrees F (57 degrees C) and not cleaned when empty.
- Clean all physical facilities (floors, walls, ceilings). Keep them clean.
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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.