SOJOURNER TRUTH ACADEMY
3820 EMERSON AVE N, Minneapolis, MN
Last inspected Oct 5, 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 9 inspections on record for SOJOURNER TRUTH ACADEMY, spanning May 2023 to October 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
Oct 5, 2026
✕5 violations
- All equipment and components must be in good repair. Keep them maintained to manufacturer's specifications.
- Keep all cold TCS foods at 41 degrees F or colder under mechanical refrigeration.
- 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
- Floors, walls and/or ceiling finishes are not approved. Finishes must be smooth and easily cleanable.
- Keep non-food contact equipment surfaces clean.
May 18, 2026
✕4 violations
- Keep the physical facilities in good repair.
- All equipment and components must be in good repair. Keep them maintained to manufacturer's specifications.
- Keep all cold TCS foods at 41 degrees F or colder under mechanical refrigeration.
- In food preparation or dish washing areas, employees must not eat, drink from an unapproved container, or use tobacco.
Nov 21, 2025
✓3 violations
- Keep the physical facilities in good repair.
- Clean all physical facilities (floors, walls, ceilings). Keep them clean.
- Floors, walls and/or ceiling finishes are not approved. Finishes must be smooth and easily cleanable.
Apr 21, 2025
✓2 violations
- While TCS foods are cooling, keep containers uncovered, unstacked, and spread out.
- Remove dead or trapped birds, insects, rodents, and other pests.
Nov 6, 2024
✕1 violation
- Keep all cold TCS foods at 41 degrees F or colder under mechanical refrigeration.
Apr 30, 2024
✕3 violations
- Clean non-food contact surfaces of equipment. Keep them clean.
- Keep all cold TCS foods at 41 degrees F or colder under mechanical refrigeration.
- Food employees must avoid recontamination of their hands after handwashing by using a disposable paper towel or similar clean barrier to close faucet handles on a handwashing sink or the handle on a restroom door.
Oct 31, 2023
✓7 violations
- Keep the plumbing system in good repair.
- Keep the physical facilities in good repair.
- Place fixed equipment to allow access for cleaning or, seal to adjoining equipment or walls.
- Food businesses must have handwashing sinks with a water temperature of: • At least 100 degrees F • Not hotter than 130 degrees F • If children use the sink, the water temperature must not be hotter than 120 degrees F
- Clean non-food contact surfaces of equipment. Keep them clean.
- Remove all multi-use equipment, utensils, and food storage containers that are not: • Smooth • Easily cleanable • Durable • Nonabsorbent • In good condition
- 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
May 24, 2023
✓2 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.
- While TCS foods are cooling, keep containers uncovered, unstacked, and spread out.
May 4, 2023
✕8 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 test kit for the type of sanitizer used.
- Have an approved quaternary ammonium sanitizing solution: • Within the concentration specified in 21CFR.178.1010, and • According to the manufacturer/'s directions
- 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
- 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.
- While TCS foods are cooling, keep containers uncovered, unstacked, and spread out.
- The person in charge must be able to demonstrate their knowledge to the inspector of the importance of the following food handling procedures to preventing foodborne disease: handwashing; avoiding cross contamination; avoiding hand contact with ready-to-eat foods; time and temperature requirements for safely refrigerating, hot holding, cooling, and reheating TCS food; hazards of eating raw or undercooked meat, poultry, eggs, and fish; food temperatures and cooking times required to safely cook TCS food including meat, poultry, eggs, and fish; foods identified as major food allergens and the symptoms of an allergic reaction; identification of critical control points in a food service operation and steps to be taken to ensure the points are controlled.
- Have a food thermometer easily available to measure the internal temperature of foods.
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