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Local business owners respond to ongoing restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 8:16 am, Dec. 28, 2020 ×
Special to The Forum
Gov. Tim Walz’s Executive Order 20-99 continues to set a tone for restaurants and bars in the Park Rapids area.
Put in place on Nov. 19, the order tightened restrictions on the hospitality industry, limiting bars and restaurants to carry-out, curbside service and delivery.
It was the second such hit to eating and drinking businesses since the state started taking emergency measures against the COVID-19 pandemic in March.
‘We’ll hang in there’
“We’re doing takeout at this time,” said Julie Sauer, owner of Lobo s Bar & Grille at Lake Itasca. “There’s not a lot of takeout, out in the country, out here. A little bit.”