Some Pa. restaurants defy indoor-dining ban, others comply with takeout, outdoor seating
Updated Dec 13, 2020;
A Facebook page intended to let diners know what restaurants are open across the state amid the pandemic has grown to more than 30,000 members in recent days.
The “Pennsylvania Opening Businesses/Defying the Governor” group rose in the wake of Gov. Tom Wolf’s most recent coronavirus-prompted restrictions that include a ban on indoor dining through the holidays – a crucial time for many restaurants.
Along with much commentary on the restrictions, the page also features a growing list of more than 100 restaurants around the state that posters say are open.
At least 4 restaurants in central Pa. are defying Gov. Wolf’s shutdown of indoor dining this weekend
Updated Dec 11, 2020;
Posted Dec 11, 2020
Fenicci s of Hershey is located at 102 W. Chocolate Ave. Chocolate Avenue in Hershey, October 28, 2019.
Dan Gleiter | dgleiter@pennlive.com
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Governor Tom Wolf says to close, but at least four restaurants are saying “no.”
The Wolf administration unveiled new coronavirus restrictions on Dec. 10. The restrictions go into effect on Dec. 12 and include the closure of indoor dining. But some restaurant owners objected to the shutdown order and the short notice.
“You said you weren’t closing, that it was all a rumor,” Guarno said in a Facebook Live. “So what did restaurants do? Restaurants went out and bought food for the weekend. We filled our refrigerators for the weekend because we believed in our corrupt government official. We believed in Tom Wolf.”
‘There’s going to be a loss of jobs’: Indoor dining ban hits restaurants already in crisis
Updated Dec 11, 2020;
Posted Dec 10, 2020
Kuppy s Diner on Brown Street in Middletown, pictured in April, announced plans to defy Gov. Tom Wolf s indoor dining ban. Dan Gleiter | dgleiter@pennlive.com
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HAMPDEN TOWNSHIP At Black N Bleu, restaurateur Donny Brown did his best to put on a brave face for his 46 employees even as Gov. Tom Wolf’s ban on indoor dining presents yet another existential threat.
“I’m trying to settle them down; just give me a little time to digest this,” Brown said Thursday. “But there’s going to be a loss of jobs.”