‘The ball is really in their court,’ Attorney General Ellison says of East Grand Forks restaurant as it reopens for a fourth night
Under financial pressure reportedly brought on by a gubernatorial order, an East Grand Forks bar and grill opened for the fourth night in a row on Saturday, despite a statewide restriction. It s facing a lawsuit from Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison and a restraining order from a Polk County judge, and penalties could quickly pile up from there. Ellison told the Herald that the figurative ball is in the restaurant s court. 5:49 pm, Dec. 12, 2020 ×
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
An East Grand Forks bar re-opened to dine-in customers on Wednesday and Thursday, despite an order from Gov. Tim Walz designed to slow the spread of a novel coronavirus. The city's police are leaving enforcement of that order up to the state powers-that-be.
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Jane Moss said she didn t have a choice but to risk it all. Written By: Matt Henson | ×
Boardwalk Bar & Grill owner Jane Moss talks with patrons on the first night she re-opened. Matt Henson/WDAY News
EAST GRAND FORKS Erica Young was happy to get her mouth on some lavosh with her family the night of Wednesday, Dec. 9. She last had it the same day the Boardwalk Bar & Grill was forced to close under Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz s second shutdown order. We don t want to see these communities lose these places for good, she said.
Boardwalk patron Mark Rustad was craving beer and wings.
Boardwalk Bar and Grill opens in defiance of Walz COVID order
The Boardwalk Bar and Grill defied a gubernatorial order on Wednesday, Dec. 9, and opened to dine-in customers during the COVID-19 pandemic. 6:21 pm, Dec. 9, 2020 ×
East Grand Forks Police Chief Mike Hedlund, right, hands a copy of Gov. Tim Walz s executive order to Jane Moss, who owns the Boardwalk Bar and Grill. Moss opened her restaurant on Wednesday, Dec. 9, despite Walz s order, which bars in-person dining service. Joe Bowen / Grand Forks Herald
An East Grand Forks restaurant is the site of a small rebellion.
The Boardwalk Bar and Grill reopened to dine-in customers Wednesday afternoon, despite Gov. Tim Walz’s executive order that explicitly banned it in an effort to slow the spread of a novel coronavirus.