Restrictions for Minnesota are loosening

How restaurants are prepping.

"* thousand as you just heard, many restrictions are being lifted in minnesota today, which makes planning saint patrick's day celebrations a bit easier than last year.

This is the first st.

Patty's day for the new irish pub in rochester, olde brickhouse.

Paula rathman with the restaurant says, they don't reach 50 percent capacity right now anyway with the way they have to space out tables.

So increasing the limit up to 75% won't make that much of a difference.

She says dine in services will look the same on wednesday just like any other day.

"you know, get on a wait list, you have to wait and be sat at your table and be sat the bar and come and still dine in and join with us.

But it's not like your typical st.

Patty's day where your bars are packed."

Governor tim walz says easing the restrictions comes as the state has now vaccinated more than 1 million