A sign posted outside J-Rocks Bar and Grill states the restaurant is providing, take-out only until further discretions, after AHS revoked its food licence for not following public health restrictions. NEWS PHOTO ALEX MCCUAIG
The spring came in like a lion and out like a lamb for a Medicine Hat restaurateur who defied public health restrictions imposed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Take-out only until further discretions,” reads a sign posted on the entrance of J-Rocks Bar and Grill located on Box Springs Boulevard, with its glass doors covered by garbage bags and with its blinds down on Tuesday afternoon.
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A truck out front of J Rocks Bar and Grill on Box Springs Boulevard displays a sign reading STAND UP, SPEAK OUT, FIGHT BACK AGAINST ALL LOCKDOWNS, MANDATORY MASKS, MANDATORY VACCINES. The sign also reads WWG1WGA in smaller print, a well known reference to the group QAnon. NEWS PHOTO RYAN MCCRACKEN
Some restaurants in Medicine Hat are choosing to defy the province’s new public health restrictions when they come into effect on Friday.
J-Rocks Bar and Grill opened six weeks ago and has a sign outside its restaurant urging a fight back against lockdowns, mandatory masks and mandatory vaccines.