Photo: KSTP. Updated: May 06, 2021 11:11 PM Created: May 06, 2021 06:09 PM Outdoor capacity limits and outdoor mask requirements for bars, restaurants and wedding venues will end Friday, under Governor Walz's new plan for reopening Minnesota. The plan also lifts the mandatory closing time of 11 p.m., which was put in place during the pandemic. Indoor capacity limits are set to end May 28. Restaurant owners told 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS the announcement came as a major relief, after a year of losses. "I literally reflected back on his press conference when he said, 'We need a couple weeks and we're going to get control of this.' I don't think any of us would ever have imagined that here we are, 15 months later," said Brian Ingram, owner of Purpose-Driven Restaurants in St. Paul.