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McDonalds

4435 Lyndale Ave N

Last inspected Sep 11, 2025 · View Map ↗ · Compare ↗

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Repeat problemsSerious findings or closures appear in two or more of the last three inspections. Review the dated records below.

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2 inspections

Routine

Sep 11, 2025

Complete

Official score: 92 · Understand this area’s scale

6 recorded violations

minorCode MN Rule 4626.1515Facility maintenance

Official wording

Keep the physical facilities in good repair.

Inspector’s notes

Observed damaged floor tiles by the walk-in cooler and across from the ice machine. Repair and keep physical facilities in good repair.

In plain English

Floors, walls, ceilings, lighting, ventilation, or garbage areas needed repair or cleaning. These are usually less urgent than food-handling problems but still need to be fixed.

More about building upkeep issues
minorCode MN Rule 4626.0735ABEquipment and utensils

Official wording

All equipment and components must be in good repair. Keep them maintained to manufacturer's specifications.

Inspector’s notes

Observed the gaskets at the stand-up freezer, the line cheese cooler, and the walk-in cooler to be torn. Observed ice build-up in the walk-in freezer. Service equipment and keep equipment in good repair.

In plain English

Equipment, utensils, thermometers, cutting boards, or single-use items were not in good condition, not the right type, or not stored properly.

More about equipment or utensil issues
minorCode MN Rule 4626.1520ACleaning and sanitizing

Official wording

Clean all physical facilities (floors, walls, ceilings). Keep them clean.

Inspector’s notes

Observed the floors/walls under and behind the french fry station fryer and the ice machine to be soiled. Observed the floor under the dish machine to be soiled. Clean and keep physical facilities clean.

In plain English

Dishes, equipment, or surfaces that touch food were not properly washed, rinsed, and sanitized, or sanitizer was not at the right strength. Clean surfaces help stop germs from spreading to food.

More about cleaning or sanitizing problems
minorCode MN Rule 4626.1385BPests

Official wording

Relocate insect control devices so they are not over food preparation areas or in areas where dead insects or fragments can fall onto exposed food, clean equipment, utensils, linens and unwrapped single-service and single-use articles.

Inspector’s notes

Observed buns to be stored underneath the fly trap across from the ice machine. The buns were moved to a different area during inspection. Make sure foods are stored away from pest control devices.

In plain English

The inspector found mice, rats, cockroaches, flies, or evidence of them (like droppings) inside the business, or conditions that could attract them. Pests can spread bacteria to food and surfaces, so this is treated as one of the more serious findings.

More about signs of rodents or insects
criticalCode MN Rule 4626.0070AHandwashing

Official wording

Food employees must clean their hands and exposed portions of their arms for 20 seconds, using soap in a handwashing sink that is properly equipped.

Inspector’s notes

Observed employee performing back-of-house duties, wash their hands for only a few seconds, and then start to handle french fries. Make sure that employees wash their hands, for a minimum, of 20 seconds.

In plain English

Staff were not washing their hands when required, or a handwashing sink was blocked, missing soap or paper towels, or used for something else. Hands are one of the most common ways germs reach food.

More about handwashing problems
criticalCode MN Rule 4626.0225AHandwashing

Official wording

Make sure all ready-to-eat foods and garnishes are not touched with bare hands.

Inspector’s notes

Observed employees to scoop french fries and use their bare hands to make sure that fries stayed in their containers. It was recommended that employees scooping and handling fries wear gloves. Make sure that employees don't touch ready-to-eat foods with their bare hands.

In plain English

Staff were not washing their hands when required, or a handwashing sink was blocked, missing soap or paper towels, or used for something else. Hands are one of the most common ways germs reach food.

More about handwashing problems

Official record from Minneapolis Health Department, Sep 11, 2025 · Original Source

Routine

Sep 5, 2024

Complete

Official score: 96 · Understand this area’s scale

5 recorded violations

minorCode MN Rule 4626.1515Facility maintenance

Official wording

Keep the physical facilities in good repair.

Inspector’s notes

Observed damaged floor tiles at the corners by the walk-in freezer and by the handwashing station at the sandwich assembly line. Observed damaged caulking along the 3-compartment sink. Repair these areas and keep physical facilities in good repair.

In plain English

Floors, walls, ceilings, lighting, ventilation, or garbage areas needed repair or cleaning. These are usually less urgent than food-handling problems but still need to be fixed.

More about building upkeep issues
minorCode MN Rule 4626.0735ABEquipment and utensils

Official wording

All equipment and components must be in good repair. Keep them maintained to manufacturer's specifications.

Inspector’s notes

Observed the gaskets of the stand-up cooler along the cookline and the walk-in cooler to be torn. Observed there to be ice build-up on the floors, walls, and ceilings of the walk-in freezer. Observed the dish machine to not be administering the sanitizer chemical. Service these pieces of equipment and keep equipment in good repair.

In plain English

Equipment, utensils, thermometers, cutting boards, or single-use items were not in good condition, not the right type, or not stored properly.

More about equipment or utensil issues
minorCode MN Rule 4626.0840CCleaning and sanitizing

Official wording

Clean non-food contact surfaces of equipment. Keep them clean.

Inspector’s notes

Observed the gaskets and the interior of the cookline stand-up freezer to have accumulated food debris. Clean this piece of equipment and keep clean.

In plain English

Dishes, equipment, or surfaces that touch food were not properly washed, rinsed, and sanitized, or sanitizer was not at the right strength. Clean surfaces help stop germs from spreading to food.

More about cleaning or sanitizing problems
minorCode MN Rule 4626.1520ACleaning and sanitizing

Official wording

Clean all physical facilities (floors, walls, ceilings). Keep them clean.

Inspector’s notes

Observed the floors behind the french fry fryer station to be soiled with grease, oil, and other debris. Observed the floors under the paper goods racking to be soiled. Clean these areas and keep physical facilities clean.

In plain English

Dishes, equipment, or surfaces that touch food were not properly washed, rinsed, and sanitized, or sanitizer was not at the right strength. Clean surfaces help stop germs from spreading to food.

More about cleaning or sanitizing problems
criticalCode MN Rule 4626.0805C1Chemicals

Official wording

Have an approved chlorine chemical sanitizer solution. The solution must have a minimum concentration of 50 ppm. The solution must also meet the temperature and pH requirements of this rule.

Inspector’s notes

Observed the dish machine to have a sanitizer concentration of 0 ppm chlorine. 3- compartment sink was properly set up. Use the 3-compartment sink until the dish machine provides chlorine sanitizer at an appropriate concentration. Make sure that the dish machine emits a chlorine concentration of 50 - 200 ppm.

In plain English

Cleaning products, pesticides, or other chemicals were stored or labeled in a way that could let them get into food. This is serious because chemical contamination can make people sick quickly.

More about chemicals stored or used unsafely

Official record from Minneapolis Health Department, Sep 5, 2024 · Original Source

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