The city announced on January 12 that any establishment that serves food indoors will need to check for proof that their patrons have received the vaccine or have proof of a negative test in the last 72 hours. The businesses object to Mayor Frey overstepping his authority, pushing the public to get vaccinated, forcing restaurants and bars to lose additional customers, and burdening the businesses with new costs to enforce the mandates.
Over half a dozen restaurants in Minneapolis have banded together in a joint suit levied at Mayor Jacob Frey this week over recently instated vaccine mandates.

The city announced on Jan. 12 that any establishment that serves food indoors will need to check for proof that their patrons have received the vaccine or have procured a negative test in the last 72 hours.

The order went into effect Wednesday, prompting legal action from restaurants who have alleged the mayor has overstepped his authority, reported a local Fox News affiliate.

"Minneapolis bars and restaurants are being used as pawns to further Mayor Frey's agenda of pushing for and convincing the public to get vaccinated," the complaint read, accusing the emergency resolution of being "calculated" in pushing a vaccine agenda.