MAYSLACKS POLKA LOUNGE
1428 4TH ST NE, Minneapolis, MN
Last inspected Aug 27, 2026
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 MAYSLACKS POLKA LOUNGE, spanning June 2023 to August 2026 — 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
Aug 27, 2026
✕5 violations
- Submit a Food Plan Review application to Minneapolis Development Review before: • Remodeling a food or beverage area • Plumbing work • Mechanical ventilation work • Adding ventless cooking equipment • Changing the type of food business Find more information on the Minneapolis Food Plan Review web page.
- Post a sign at all handwashing sinks used by employees to remind them to wash their hands.
- The person in charge must be able to explain: • Their responsibility for preventing the spread of foodborne illness by a food worker • The symptoms associated with a foodborne illness • How food workers must report illness symptoms and diseases • When a food worker must be excluded from work or restricted from working with food • When a food worker can return to work
- Mount the spray arm so it cannot hang below the spill rim of a sink or provide an approved backflow prevention device on the faucet.
- Doors and windows for all outside openings should be self-closing and tight-fitting. Seal openings along the outside of the building.
Oct 9, 2025
✕5 violations
- Submit a Food Plan Review application to Minneapolis Development Review before: • Remodeling a food or beverage area • Plumbing work • Mechanical ventilation work • Adding ventless cooking equipment • Changing the type of food business Find more information on the Minneapolis Food Plan Review web page.
- Post a sign at all handwashing sinks used by employees to remind them to wash their hands.
- The person in charge must be able to explain: • Their responsibility for preventing the spread of foodborne illness by a food worker • The symptoms associated with a foodborne illness • How food workers must report illness symptoms and diseases • When a food worker must be excluded from work or restricted from working with food • When a food worker can return to work
- Mount the spray arm so it cannot hang below the spill rim of a sink or provide an approved backflow prevention device on the faucet.
- Doors and windows for all outside openings should be self-closing and tight-fitting. Seal openings along the outside of the building.
Jul 31, 2025
✕12 violations
- Store single-service and single-use items in a clean dry location. All items must be stored at least 6 inches above the floor.
- Submit a Food Plan Review application to Minneapolis Development Review before: • Remodeling a food or beverage area • Plumbing work • Mechanical ventilation work • Adding ventless cooking equipment • Changing the type of food business Find more information on the Minneapolis Food Plan Review web page.
- Have a thin-tipped food thermometer easily available to measure the internal temperature of thin pieces of food.
- Post a sign at all handwashing sinks used by employees to remind them to wash their hands.
- Restrict a food employee if epidemiological results indicate that the employee presents a risk for transmission of foodborne disease. Permission to return to work must be granted by the regulatory authority.
- The person in charge must be able to explain: • Their responsibility for preventing the spread of foodborne illness by a food worker • The symptoms associated with a foodborne illness • How food workers must report illness symptoms and diseases • When a food worker must be excluded from work or restricted from working with food • When a food worker can return to work
- Make sure all ready-to-eat foods and garnishes are not touched with bare hands.
- When utensils are stored in food, keep the handles stored above the level of the food to prevent contamination.
- Mount the spray arm so it cannot hang below the spill rim of a sink or provide an approved backflow prevention device on the faucet.
- Separate raw animal foods from ready-to-eat foods.
- In food preparation or dish washing areas, employees must not eat, drink from an unapproved container, or use tobacco.
- Doors and windows for all outside openings should be self-closing and tight-fitting. Seal openings along the outside of the building.
Jul 12, 2024
✕6 violations
- Store single-service and single-use items in a clean dry location. All items must be stored at least 6 inches above the floor.
- Have at least one service sink or curbed cleaning area with a floor drain. The drain must be in a convenient location for disposing of mop water.
- Submit a Food Plan Review application to Minneapolis Development Review before: • Remodeling a food or beverage area • Plumbing work • Mechanical ventilation work • Adding ventless cooking equipment • Changing the type of food business Find more information on the Minneapolis Food Plan Review web page.
- Have a thin-tipped food thermometer easily available to measure the internal temperature of thin pieces of food.
- Post a sign at all handwashing sinks used by employees to remind them to wash their hands.
- Keep all cold TCS foods at 41 degrees F or colder under mechanical refrigeration.
Aug 21, 2023
✓4 violations
- Have enough handwashing sinks for convenient use by employees.
- Store single-service and single-use items in a clean dry location. All items must be stored at least 6 inches above the floor.
- Have at least one service sink or curbed cleaning area with a floor drain. The drain must be in a convenient location for disposing of mop water.
- Submit a Food Plan Review application to Minneapolis Development Review before: • Remodeling a food or beverage area • Plumbing work • Mechanical ventilation work • Adding ventless cooking equipment • Changing the type of food business Find more information on the Minneapolis Food Plan Review web page.
Jul 12, 2023
✕15 violations
- Use a consumer advisory to inform customers of the increased risk of consuming raw or undercooked animal foods.
- Keep the plumbing system in good repair.
- Provide containers for food or beverages prepared for takeout or to be eaten immediately. Containers must be reuseable, recyclable or compostable.
- 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
- Floors, walls and/or ceiling surfaces are missing. Install smooth, durable, and easily cleanable floor, wall and ceiling surfaces.
- Provide control of pests by routinely: • Inspecting incoming food shipments • Inspecting the premises for evidence of pests • Eliminating conditions that attract pests
- Discontinue storage of food, clean equipment, linens, utensils, in locker rooms; toilet rooms; garbage rooms; mechanical rooms; under unshielded sewer lines; under leaking water lines or sources of condensation or moisture; under open stairwells; or under other sources of contamination.
- Have enough handwashing sinks for convenient use by employees.
- 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 a thermometer in the: • Warmest part of mechanically refrigerated units • Coldest part of hot food storage units
- Store single-service and single-use items in a clean dry location. All items must be stored at least 6 inches above the floor.
- Have at least one service sink or curbed cleaning area with a floor drain. The drain must be in a convenient location for disposing of mop water.
- Submit a Food Plan Review application to Minneapolis Development Review before: • Remodeling a food or beverage area • Plumbing work • Mechanical ventilation work • Adding ventless cooking equipment • Changing the type of food business Find more information on the Minneapolis Food Plan Review web page.
- Make sure all ready-to-eat foods and garnishes are not touched with bare hands.
- Have a thin-tipped food thermometer easily available to measure the internal temperature of thin pieces of food.
Jun 28, 2023
✕23 violations
- Food employees must use a closed beverage container within the food preparation or utensil washing areas.
- Use a consumer advisory to inform customers of the increased risk of consuming raw or undercooked animal foods.
- Make sure all ready-to-eat foods and garnishes are not touched with bare hands.
- Have an approved quaternary ammonium sanitizing solution: • Within the concentration specified in 21CFR.178.1010, and • According to the manufacturer/'s directions
- Have a test kit for the type of sanitizer used.
- Hang mops to dry after using. Store mops in a way that will not make walls, equipment or supplies dirty.
- Keep the plumbing system in good repair.
- Provide containers for food or beverages prepared for takeout or to be eaten immediately. Containers must be reuseable, recyclable or compostable.
- Use effective cooling methods to cool TCS foods.
- 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
- Floors, walls and/or ceiling surfaces are missing. Install smooth, durable, and easily cleanable floor, wall and ceiling surfaces.
- Provide control of pests by routinely: • Inspecting incoming food shipments • Inspecting the premises for evidence of pests • Eliminating conditions that attract pests
- Discontinue storage of food, clean equipment, linens, utensils, in locker rooms; toilet rooms; garbage rooms; mechanical rooms; under unshielded sewer lines; under leaking water lines or sources of condensation or moisture; under open stairwells; or under other sources of contamination.
- Clean all physical facilities (floors, walls, ceilings). Keep them clean.
- Have enough handwashing sinks for convenient use by employees.
- The licensee must train employees to report when they have any of the following: • Symptoms of an illness that can be transmitted through food • Infectious diseases that can be transmitted through food, as diagnosed by a health practitioner • Exposure to a suspected or confirmed disease outbreak
- 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.
- Keep all cold TCS foods at 41 degrees F or colder under mechanical refrigeration.
- Have a thermometer in the: • Warmest part of mechanically refrigerated units • Coldest part of hot food storage units
- Store single-service and single-use items in a clean dry location. All items must be stored at least 6 inches above the floor.
- Have at least one service sink or curbed cleaning area with a floor drain. The drain must be in a convenient location for disposing of mop water.
- Submit a Food Plan Review application to Minneapolis Development Review before: • Remodeling a food or beverage area • Plumbing work • Mechanical ventilation work • Adding ventless cooking equipment • Changing the type of food business Find more information on the Minneapolis Food Plan Review web page.
- Have a thin-tipped food thermometer easily available to measure the internal temperature of thin pieces of food.
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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.
