Bar owner who defied Walz s orders reportedly selling Lakeville, Northfield restaurants
The Northfield establishment was recently denied a liquor license.
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The owner of the Alibi Drinkery in Lakeville and Alibi at Froggy Bottoms in Northfield is reportedly selling the restaurants.
Lisa Monet Zarza, who repeatedly violated Gov. Tim Walz s COVID-19 executive orders by keeping the Lakeville bar open last December and January, said this week she s selling both establishments, according to Sun This Week and FOX 9.
Zarza s decision to keep the Alibi Drinkery open in defiance of the indoor bar service shutdown as cases, hospitalizations and deaths from COVID-19 peaked was the subject of multiple legal actions from state authorities and led to the suspension of her liquor license. A trial is slated to begin in July.
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Owner of Alibi Drinkery denied liquor license for Northfield bar and restaurant
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The council decision means Alibi at Froggy Bottoms Owner Lisa Monet Zarza will not be able to legally serve alcohol at her establishment.
Councilors Suzie Nakasian and George Zuccolotto and Mayor Rhonda Pownell voted to grant Zarza a license until an administrative law judge decides whether a five-year liquor license revocation she faces at her Alibi location in Lakeville will stand.
The decision came after Northfield Police Chief Mark Elliott recommended not renewing the Northfield license based in part on Zarzaâs refusal to comply with a statewide mandated closure of in-person dining and alcohol last winter at her Lakeville establishment during a statewide outbreak of COVID-19 cases.
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