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Governor Tim Walz announced the phases in his Stay Safe Plan on May 20, 2020, including limited outdoor dining at restaurants and bars and 25% occupancy for salons and barbershops to ensure the safety of both the employees and the customers starting June 1, 2020.

Restaurants and bars can reopen on June 1, 2020, for outdoor service only as long as they:

• Have adopted and implemented a COVID-19 Preparedness Plan.
• Ensure a minimum of six feet of distance between tables.
• Limit on-premises capacity to no more than 50 persons.
• Limit table service to four persons, or six if part of one family unit.
• Require reservations in advance.
• Require workers to wear masks and strongly encourage masks be worn by customers.

Personal care services (such as hair and nail salons, barbershops, and tattoo parlors) can reopen on June 1, 2020,  to provide services indoors as long as they:

• Have adopted and implemented a COVID-19 Preparedness Plan.
• Limit number of clients inside the business at any time to ensure six feet of distance between persons except when providing services.
• Reduce occupant capacity to no more than 25%.
• See clients by appointment only; do not allow walk-ins.
• Require workers and clients to wear masks at all times; do not provide services that cannot be performed without masks.

If you want to go to the gym or go to an event in Minnesota you will have to wait. The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development website states:

•  Gyms and fitness studios are still prohibited from opening at this time.
• Other places of public amusement, such as museums, zoos, concerts, race tracks, auctions, bowling alleys and indoor event venues are still prohibited from opening.