SPICE & TONIC
903 WASHINGTON AVE S, Minneapolis, MN
Last inspected Jan 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 SPICE & TONIC, spanning January 2023 to January 2026 — 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
Jan 27, 2026
✕6 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.
- Provide containers for food or beverages prepared for takeout or to be eaten immediately. Containers must be reuseable, recyclable or compostable.
- Before using Time as a Public Health Control for TCS food develop, follow and keep written procedures onsite.
- 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.
- The business license must be posted where it can be easily seen.
Feb 12, 2025
✕5 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.
- 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.
- Provide containers for food or beverages prepared for takeout or to be eaten immediately. Containers must be reuseable, recyclable or compostable.
- Provide sink compartments in the 3 compartment sink large enough to accommodate immersion of the largest equipment and utensils.
- 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
Jan 17, 2025
✕15 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Provide containers for food or beverages prepared for takeout or to be eaten immediately. Containers must be reuseable, recyclable or compostable.
- Label all containers of food and food ingredients with their common name.
- Equipment food-contact surfaces and utensils must be clean.
- Post a sign at all handwashing sinks used by employees to remind them to wash their hands.
- Cool cooked TCS food: • Within two hours from 135 to 70 degrees F, and • Within a total of six hours from 135 to 41 degrees F or less
- Use effective cooling methods to cool TCS foods.
- While TCS foods are cooling, keep containers uncovered, unstacked, and spread out.
- Provide sink compartments in the 3 compartment sink large enough to accommodate immersion of the largest equipment and utensils.
- Clearly label working containers of toxic chemicals with the common chemical name.
- The business license must be posted where it can be easily seen.
- Keep all cold TCS foods at 41 degrees F or colder under mechanical refrigeration.
- 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
Feb 29, 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.
- 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 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
- 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.
Feb 8, 2024
✕9 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.
- 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.
- Provide containers for food or beverages prepared for takeout or to be eaten immediately. Containers must be reuseable, recyclable or compostable.
- Keep handwashing sinks accessible at all times. Make sure they are only used for handwashing.
- Use effective cooling methods to cool TCS foods.
- Discontinue using ice as a food after it's use as a medium for cooling the exterior surfaces of food, packaged food, or cooling coils and tubes of equipment.
- Have hand soap at all handwashing sinks.
- 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
- 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.
Jan 18, 2024
✕13 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.
- Keep a log to record employee illness symptoms. Have it available upon request.
- 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.
- Provide containers for food or beverages prepared for takeout or to be eaten immediately. Containers must be reuseable, recyclable or compostable.
- Store in-use food preparation and serving utensils only on clean, sanitized surfaces.
- Food employees must use a closed beverage container within the food preparation or utensil washing areas.
- Keep handwashing sinks accessible at all times. Make sure they are only used for handwashing.
- Store clothing and other personal items in lockers or other suitable places.
- 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
- The business license must be posted where it can be easily seen.
- Use effective cooling methods to cool TCS foods.
- Cool cooked TCS food: • Within two hours from 135 to 70 degrees F, and • Within a total of six hours from 135 to 41 degrees F or less
- Keep all cold TCS foods at 41 degrees F or colder under mechanical refrigeration.
Jan 18, 2023
✕5 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.
- Keep a log to record employee illness symptoms. Have it available upon request.
- Provide sufficient mechanical tempered make-up air and exhaust ventilation to keep rooms free of grease, excessive heat, steam condensation, vapors, obnoxious or disagreeable odors, smoke, and fumes according to State Building and Mechanical codes.
- Post a sign at all handwashing sinks used by employees to remind them to wash their hands.
- 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.
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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.
