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Maintains the active food establishment license registry
Kyaw Karen Market, a Karen-owned grocery and restaurant on Saint Paul's Rice Street, no longer shows up on Minnesota's list of active food establishment licenses. It appeared there on September 10; two readings since have come up empty.
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Maintains the active food establishment license list used in this report
Saint Paul Spice Company, a small hot sauce maker, has dropped off Minnesota's active food license list. The state registry showed its license as active on August 28. It was gone from readings on September 10 and September 12.
License issuer
Cultural Destinations LLC, a Saint Paul platform promoting culturally-owned businesses, holds a Minnesota mobile food handler license. State records list it at two Saint Paul addresses, Snelling Avenue and Parkview Avenue, so the organization can run a mobile food business.
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License issuer for the new market
A new grocery license appeared on Minnesota's public list September 10: Xiong Choua, doing business as Chouas Market, cleared for food handler retail at 995 University Avenue West, Suite 129 in Saint Paul. The address sits on University Avenue, the commercial spine of the Twin Cities' Hmong community.
Issues retail food handler licenses across Minnesota
Joyful African Foods now holds a Minnesota food handler retail license for 1632 White Bear Avenue North in Saint Paul. The state's online license list, first read September 10, 2026, is the public record confirming the West African restaurant is cleared to operate.
Licensing authority
A new retail food store is cleared to open at 1355 Arlington Ave E in St. Paul. The Minnesota Department of Agriculture's public records now list a food handler retail license for the business, called Meng Store.
Issues retail food-handler licenses
Meng Store has cleared a food-handler license to operate at 1001 Johnson Parkway, unit A16 inside Saint Paul's Hmong Village. The Minnesota Department of Agriculture lists the business as cleared to handle food at retail, without saying when the store will open.
Issues food establishment licenses
Patina Inc., a gift and home decor store in Saint Paul's Highland Park neighborhood, has disappeared from the city's list of active food establishment licenses. The store was on the list as of September 6; it has been missing from two consecutive readings since.
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Issues and tracks food establishment licenses
Households that use WIC at the small market on Payne Avenue may have lost a nearby licensed grocery. Shwe Ozi Market has been missing from Minnesota's active food establishment license list across two straight readings since September 6.
Regulator
A new Hmong-owned business, Hmong Eastern Health LLC, has been granted a retail food handler license by the Minnesota Department of Agriculture, according to state records. The license, first observed on the MDA's public list on September 7, 2026, authorizes the company to operate at 1001 Johnson Pkwy Unit 33 in Saint Paul—space inside the Hmong Village Shopping Center.
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Publishes the active license list
Beyond Tobacco, a shop at 898 Arcade Street in Saint Paul, has vanished from Minnesota's list of active food establishment licenses. The Minnesota Department of Agriculture's list included the shop when first read on August 28 and again on September 2. It has been missing from two consecutive readings since.
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Maintains the active food establishment license list used to track this business
A pretzel shop at 231 White Bear Ave in Saint Paul has vanished from Minnesota's active food establishment license list. The Pretzel Shop Inc appeared on the list when first checked on August August 28 — and has been absent from every reading since, includingthe most recent on September 4.
Licensor whose list flagged the lapse
A Planet Fitness in West St. Paul appears to have closed. The gym dropped off Minnesota's list of licensed food establishments in early September, after showing up on two straight readings in late August.
Publishes the active food establishment license list that Double Dragon disappeared from
Double Dragon Foods, the largest grocery in St. Paul's North End, has dropped off Minnesota's active food license list. It was on the list when the state database was read Aug. 28 and absent from three consecutive readings since Sept. 1.
Issued the food handler retail license
Cookie Cart, the Minneapolis nonprofit that gives teens their first jobs baking cookies, cleared a key regulatory step for its long-planned Saint Paul location. A Minnesota food handler retail license for 946 Payne Ave appeared on the state's public registry on September 1, 2026.
Issued the food handler license
Insomnia Cookies, the late-night cookie delivery chain, now has a Minnesota food handler license for its Saint Paul location at 241 7th Street West. The permit, issued by the state's agriculture department, authorizes the business to operate a retail food handler establishment.
A new general merchandise vendor is cleared to open at Hmongtown Marketplace, the first Hmong-owned and operated marketplace in the United States. The Minnesota Department of Agriculture's food handler retail license for Xiong Kia Lee Dba General Merchandise appeared on the agency's list on August 29, 2026.
Issued the license
Toung Family Market LLC has been granted a retail food handler license by the Minnesota Department of Agriculture for its location at 1383 Maryland Avenue East in Saint Paul. The license is a permit to sell food, not a confirmation that the store is open.
Issues and tracks retail food handler licenses in Minnesota
Morelos Bakery LLC now holds a Minnesota retail food license for 1248 Arcade Street, clearing the way for the business to sell food on Saint Paul's East Side. The record appeared on the state Department of Agriculture's licensing list on August 29.
Issues food handler licenses for retail food businesses
Pk Produce LLC now holds a Minnesota food handler retail license, clearing it to sell produce at 1001 Johnson Parkway, Unit 182 on Saint Paul's East Side. The record first appeared in the state's licensing database on August 29, 2026.
The Holiday Stationstores at 500 7th St E in Saint Paul no longer appears on Minnesota's list of licensed food establishments. The license was present on September 1, then missing from three consecutive readings since. The state publishes no license date, so this is an indication, not confirmation.
Issuing agency for retail food handler licenses
A new company called Mna Grocery LLC can now legally sell food at 361 Earl Street on Saint Paul's East Side. The Minnesota Department of Agriculture's public license list shows it cleared for retail food sales, a record first visible September 3, 2026.
Issuer of the retail food handler license for the Saint Paul club
A Planet Fitness franchisee has cleared a required licensing step for a new Saint Paul gym on West 7th Street. Baseline Fitness Minnesota LLC, doing business as Planet Fitness Sibley, now has a Minnesota retail food handler license on record for 2417 7th St W.
Issues food-handler licenses for retail food businesses
A food-handler license for a Holiday Stationstores at 1400 Arcade St in Saint Paul appeared on Minnesota's state list on September 2, 2026. It clears the location to sell food to the public without saying which brand will go on the sign.
Issuess food handler licenses and maintains public license search
A Goodwill-Easter Seals Minnesota campus in St. Paul is cleared for food retail. State records show a food handler retail license on file for the nonprofit at 1270 Energy Lane.
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Licensing authority for retail food handlers in Minnesota
Little Brazil MN Market & Cafe is cleared to operate as a retail food handler in downtown Saint Paul. The Minnesota Department of Agriculture logs the business, run by Little Brazil MN LLC, as licensed at 230 Spring St, near the Xcel Energy Center and the Science Museum of Minnesota.
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