ST. PAUL, MINN. – Minnesota bars and restaurants are resuming indoor service with limits today, as COVID-19 cases have been declining.
The eased restrictions return bars and restaurants about to where they were before Gov. Tim Walz imposed a “pause” in response to soaring cases in November.
They can resume indoor service at 50% capacity but with 10 p.m. curfews and social distancing. Movie theaters, bowling alleys, and museums can reopen at 25% capacity. Most venues must limit the number of people inside to no more than 150.
Hospitality Minnesota head Liz Rammer says it’s going to help, as will state aid to some establishments plus federal assistance. However, she says it’s “going to maybe in some cases be too little, too late for some of these folks, as they have just been really operating on fumes over these past several months.”
