MR SANTANA
601 UNIVERSITY AVE SE, Minneapolis, MN
Last inspected Jun 10, 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 5 inspections on record for MR SANTANA, spanning June 2023 to June 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
Jun 10, 2026
✕5 violations
- Keep the physical facilities in good repair.
- 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 all physical facilities (floors, walls, ceilings). Keep them clean.
- Backflow prevention devices must be installed in accordance with chapter 4714.
Jun 12, 2025
✕5 violations
- Keep the physical facilities in good repair.
- Keep the plumbing system in good repair.
- Discontinue operating the ventilation system with the filters removed.
- 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.
- Contain rodent bait in a covered, tamper-resistant bait station.
Jun 27, 2024
✓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.
- Have a ventilation hood system that prevents grease or condensation from collecting on walls or ceilings.
- Keep the physical facilities in good repair.
- Keep the plumbing system in good repair.
Jun 13, 2024
✕20 violations
- Post a sign at all handwashing sinks used by employees to remind them to wash their hands.
- 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.
- Have a ventilation hood system that prevents grease or condensation from collecting on walls or ceilings.
- Keep the physical facilities in good repair.
- 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
- Provide permanently mounted temperature measuring device for cold or hot holding equipment used for TCS food.
- Clean non-food contact surfaces of equipment. Keep them clean.
- Keep all cold TCS foods at 41 degrees F or colder under mechanical refrigeration.
- Keep the plumbing system in good repair.
- Sanitize food contact surfaces before using and after cleaning.
- Clean the warewashing machine; compartments of sinks, basins, or other receptacles used for washing and rinsing equipment, utensils, raw foods, or wiping cloths; drainboards or equipment used for drainboards, before use and as often as necessary throughout the day to prevent contamination of equipment and utensils, and at least once every 24 hours.
- Have a thermometer in the: • Warmest part of mechanically refrigerated units • Coldest part of hot food storage units
- All equipment and components must be in good repair. Keep them maintained to manufacturer's specifications.
- Have hand soap at all handwashing sinks.
- 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
- 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.
- Use effective cooling methods to cool TCS foods.
- While TCS foods are cooling, keep containers uncovered, unstacked, and spread out.
- Wiping cloths used for wiping surfaces must: • Be held in an approved sanitizing solution • Laundered daily
- 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.
Jun 14, 2023
✕12 violations
- Post a sign at all handwashing sinks used by employees to remind them to wash their hands.
- 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.
- Have a ventilation hood system that prevents grease or condensation from collecting on walls or ceilings.
- Keep the physical facilities in good repair.
- Provide containers for food or beverages prepared for takeout or to be eaten immediately. Containers must be reuseable, recyclable or compostable.
- 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
- Include the following information on the food label: 1. common name of the food; 2. ingredient list; 3. quantity; 4. manufacturer name and location; 5. allergen declaration; 6. nutrition label, unless exempt; 7. fish color additives.
- Store single-service and single-use items in a clean dry location. All items must be stored at least 6 inches above the floor.
- Provide permanently mounted temperature measuring device for cold or hot holding equipment used for TCS food.
- Clean non-food contact surfaces of equipment. Keep them clean.
- Store all food: • In a clean, dry location • At least 6 inches above the floor
- Keep all cold TCS foods at 41 degrees F or colder under mechanical refrigeration.
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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.
