Facing yet another hurdle, Rochester's restaurant industry races to find ways to survive

On this week's podcast, Isaac takes a look at the state of the local restaurant industry, which will be allowed to return in outdoor spaces only starting June 1. The new guidelines issued by Gov. Tim Walz on Wednesday were intended to give restaurants some relief, but it’s caused quite the opposite feeling for some. A vast number of Rochester’s restaurant owners say they can’t go on like this for much longer, and the new guidelines call to use spaces that they simply don’t have. We talked to local restaurant owners and leaders of local hospitality organizations to find out what restaurants can do to maximize the space they have, plus what the city and other organizations are planning to do to give landlocked eateries a lifeline.

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