Take Contractor to Small Claims Court?

[Micah Haworth]

Hey BP,

Recently had a contractor that I've been working with for 3 months just totally ghost me. We have a signed contract with what work needs to be done and when. After he finishes work he gets paid. But we had a handful of additions, some that he had already done and some that hadn't. We signed an amendment to the contract adding the additions and I paid him it all at once and he dipped out a couple weeks later. Very frustrating, at this point he has left with $2500 of work not done. Given that we have the contract I'm curious about pursuing small claims court to get the $2500 back. Anyone have any experience with this? Would love to get some pointers. Im Based in Minnesota.