Gov. Walz orders bars and restaurants across Minnesota to close to dine-in customers

The Governor has ordered the closing of bars and restaurants throughout Minnesota beginning tomorrow at 5pm. Needless to say, that puts the kibosh on a lot of St. Patricks Day festivities for this year.  We're disappointed that we'll have to prematurely shut down during this festive occasion for the duration and we'll miss seeing you during these trying times. We've been here through WWII and 911, and we'll most certainly be here after covid-19. We look forward to seeing you all once this crisis has passed. Until then, be safe and take care.

Please note: We will still be providing To Go orders from 11am to 8pm during this time.

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Gov. Walz orders bars and restaurants across Minnesota to close to dine-in customers Tuesday night

Emergency Executive Order 20-04
Providing for Temporary Closure of Bars, Restaurants, and Other Places of Public Accommodation

I, Tim Walz, Governor of the State of Minnesota, by the authority vested in me by the Constitution and applicable statutes, issue the following Executive Order:The COVID-19 pandemic presents an unprecedented challenge to our State. Minnesota has takenproactive steps to ensure that we are ahead of the curve on COVID-19 prevention and response.On March 13, 2020, I issued Executive Order 20-01 and declared a peacetime emergency because this pandemic, an act of nature, threatens the lives of Minnesotans, and local resources are inadequate to address the threat.

For these reasons, I order as follows:
1. Beginning no later than March 17, 2020 at 5:00 pm, and continuing until March 27, 2020 at 5:00 pm, the following places of public accommodation are closed to ingress, egress, use, and occupancy by members of the public:

a. Restaurants, food courts, cafes, coffeehouses, and other places of public
accommodation offering food or beverage for on-premises consumption,
excluding institutional or in-house food cafeterias that serve residents,
employees, and clients of businesses, child care facilities, hospitals, and long term care facilities.

b. Bars, taverns, brew pubs, breweries, microbreweries, distilleries, wineries,
tasting rooms, clubs, and other places of public accommodation offering
alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption.

c. Hookah bars, cigar bars, and vaping lounges offering their products for on premises consumption.

d. Theaters, cinemas, indoor and outdoor performance venues, and museums.

e. Gymnasiums, fitness centers, recreation centers, indoor sports facilities,
indoor exercise facilities, exercise studios, and spas.

f. Amusement parks, arcades, bingo halls, bowling alleys, indoor climbing
facilities, skating rinks, trampoline parks, and other similar recreational or
entertainment facilities.

g. Country clubs, golf clubs, boating or yacht clubs, sports or athletic clubs, and dining clubs.

(Complete order available here)