The Boardwalk Bar and Grill intends to appeal the ruling.
5:15 pm, Dec. 22, 2020
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The Boardwalk Bar and Grill in East Grand Forks stayed open despite a state lawsuit and subsequent restraining order on Friday, Dec. 11. The restaurant, like others in the city, is chafing under Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz's order banning dine-in meal service to slow the spread of a novel coronavirus. Joe Bowen / Grand Forks Herald
A Polk County judge has ruled that the Boardwalk Bar and Grill in East Grand Forks must comply with Executive Order
20-99 and is prohibited from opening for dine-in services.
The ruling comes weeks after the East Grand Forks restaurant opened its dining room in defiance of Walz's order closing hospitality businesses in the state to slow the spread of COVID-19. Walz’s order was recently extended until Jan. 11.