NOLO'S KITCHEN & BAR / THE BASEMENT BAR
511 WASHINGTON AVE N, Minneapolis, MN
Last inspected Nov 13, 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 6 inspections on record for NOLO'S KITCHEN & BAR / THE BASEMENT BAR, spanning March 2023 to November 2025 — every one straight from Minneapolis Health Department.
It has held failed across its last two inspections.
The most recent inspection noted 4 violations, none of them critical.
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Inspection history
Nov 13, 2025
✕4 violations
- While TCS foods are cooling, keep containers uncovered, unstacked, and spread out.
- 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.
- Provide containers for food or beverages prepared for takeout or to be eaten immediately. Containers must be reuseable, recyclable or compostable.
- 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
Oct 28, 2025
✕7 violations
- 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.
- Protect food from cross-contamination by using packages or covered containers.
- While TCS foods are cooling, keep containers uncovered, unstacked, and spread out.
- 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.
- 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.
Oct 4, 2024
✕5 violations
- Have an approved quaternary ammonium sanitizing solution: • Within the concentration specified in 21CFR.178.1010, and • According to the manufacturer/'s directions
- Post a sign at all handwashing sinks used by employees to remind them to wash their hands.
- Record the date on the tag or label from the original container when the last shellstock from it is sold or served.
- Provide permanently mounted temperature measuring device for cold or hot holding equipment used for TCS food.
- Resurface scratched cutting boards. Discard them if they can not be cleaned or resurfaced.
Mar 12, 2024
✕2 violations
- Provide containers for food or beverages prepared for takeout or to be eaten immediately. Containers must be reuseable, recyclable or compostable.
- Have an approved quaternary ammonium sanitizing solution: • Within the concentration specified in 21CFR.178.1010, and • According to the manufacturer/'s directions
Feb 27, 2024
✕7 violations
- Provide containers for food or beverages prepared for takeout or to be eaten immediately. Containers must be reuseable, recyclable or compostable.
- Keep all cold TCS foods at 41 degrees F or colder under mechanical refrigeration.
- Wiping cloths used for wiping surfaces must: • Be held in an approved sanitizing solution • Laundered daily
- Have an approved quaternary ammonium sanitizing solution: • Within the concentration specified in 21CFR.178.1010, and • According to the manufacturer/'s directions
- Before engaging in an activity that requires a HACCP plan, a license applicant or licensee? shall submit to the regulatory authority for approval a properly prepared HACCP plan as specified? in part 4626.1735
- Food workers must wash their hands before starting food preparation tasks.
- Throw away TCS foods seven days after being made or opened. Day one is the date food was made or opened.
Mar 7, 2023
✓5 violations
- Store in-use food preparation and serving utensils only on clean, sanitized surfaces.
- Use a consumer advisory to inform customers of the increased risk of consuming raw or undercooked animal foods.
- 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
- Provide containers for food or beverages prepared for takeout or to be eaten immediately. Containers must be reuseable, recyclable or compostable.
- Use approved trapping devices or other means of pest control when pests are found.
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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.
