7:42 pm, Jun. 5, 2020 ×
Patio tables and chairs sit in front of Jake s Pizza in Willmar for outdoor dining service Thursday evening. Outdoor dining started Monday under the governor s executive order loosening some of the COVID-19 restrictions. Starting June 10, larger numbers of people will be allowed in the outdoor dining areas and indoor dining will return with capacity restrictions and a cap. Dine-in food service has been shuttered since March 17.
Joe Brown / West Central Tribune
WILLMAR Local restaurants are happy with the partial reopening this week after months of government shutdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Tanya Olson, who owns Jake’s Pizza in Willmar with her husband, Ben, said they had a pretty good turnout Monday, the first day of outdoor dining, despite the day’s temperature being in the high 90s.