Clarkfield Café plans to fully open Friday with other businesses in Minnesota, AG warns against doing so Elsie’s Café, in Clarkfield, a town of about 850, is planning to fully open Friday in defiance of Gov. Tim Walz's executive order barring restaurants from indoor dining. 6:11 pm, Dec. 16, 2020 × Clarkfield, Minnesota, locator map CLARKFIELD — Two days before Gov. Tim Walz shut down in-person dining at Minnesota restaurants in November, Natasha Lynne bought Elsie’s Café in Clarkfield. She had been managing it since August of last year but decided to buy it from the city of Clarkfield. She said the community has been supportive of her efforts to run the restaurant.