Minimum food service requirement.
Minneapolis Code of Ordinances § 360.80
in effect360.80. - Minimum food service requirement.
All on sale liquor and beer licenses issued for new premises shall meet the minimum food service requirement provided by this section.
(1) The establishment shall:
a. Be under the control of a single proprietor or manager.
b. Have suitable kitchen facilities for the proposed menu. The equipment and premises shall meet the provisions of all food and health codes.
c. Provide food service consisting of no less than four (4) principal food items as approved by the licensing official, and a choice of non-alcoholic beverages. Prepackaged foods shall not comprise greater than twenty-five (25) percent of the enumerated required food items.
d. Provide food service during a substantial portion of the operating hours of the establishment.
(2) The section does not apply to currently licensed on sale liquor and beer establishments with a validly issued license, or renewals thereof, operating and in existence on the date of passage of this ordinance, nor to establishments operating as a brewer taproom or cocktail room as defined in section 360.10, nor to temporary licenses issued under Chapters 362, 363, and 366 of the Minneapolis Code of Ordinances.
(Ord. No. 2025-046, § 1, 10-9-25)
Source: City of Minneapolis, Minnesota, Code of Ordinances, City Charter and Park and Recreation Board Code of Ordinances (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/mn/minneapolis/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=COOR_TIT14LIBE_CH360INGE_360.80MIFOSEREFetched: 11/2/2026