After announcing a mandate requiring proof of vaccination or a negative test taken within 72 hours for customers at all places where food or drink is sold or served for consumption, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and several city council members are calling on residents to support local businesses.
A Hennepin County judge denied a request from a group of Minneapolis restaurant and bar owners for the court to temporarily halt enforcement of the city’s new requirement that customers show proof of a COVID-19 vaccination or a recent negative test.
A group of restaurant and bar owners sued the city over its new rule that customers must show proof of vaccination or a negative COVID test in order to dine in.
The case is raising questions about how much authority the city has to enact emergency measures during the pandemic. The judge presiding over the case didn t issue a ruling Wednesday but promised to do so "as soon as I can."