More mask insanity. Nothing like a far left wing city like Minneapolis destroying its own businesses and driving all of the foot traffice to the suburbs. There were already enough reasons to not go into Minneapolis so they decided to add one more. What idiots.
Restaurant owners: Vaccine-or-test mandate means night and day difference in Twin Cities v. suburb business - KSTP.com Eyewitness News
Some restaurant owners who have businesses in the Twin Cities and the suburbs said they’re seeing night and day differences in foot traffic — and that the vaccine-or-test mandate is to blame.
“Unfortunately when the vaccine-or-test mandate went into effect we saw a 30% drop in our Minneapolis locations overnight,” Luke Derheim, Craft and Crew Hospitality co-owner, said.
Derheim said navigating a drop in customers and sales has become second nature in the pandemic.
“It seems like every single week there’s something new,” he said.
The hospitality group owns two restaurants in Minneapolis and the rest are in the western suburbs.
He said foot traffic is steady in Craft and Crew businesses outside the Twin Cities and at “The Block” in St. Louis Park there’s an increase.
“I think a lot of people want to come to St. Louis Park, Minnetonka and Hopkins because there’s less regulation if they’re vaccinated or not,” Derheim said.
Bunny’s Bar and Grill is seeing a similar trend.
“With the mandate especially, business is down anywhere between 30-40%,” Jason Rackner, Bunny’s Bar and Grill assistant general manager, said.
