Bartender receives national attention for noting ‘hypocrisy’ of California virus closures Updated: December 21, 2020 Published December 21, 2020
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Print article She moved to Los Angeles to become - what else? - an actor. Then dabbled in real estate. Studied to become a dental tech. But Angela Marsden has spent her life in restaurants since she was a teenager in Fort Wayne, Ind., serving coffee at Bob’s Big Boy and working the drive-through at Dairy Queen. “I kept chasing the dreams for this and that, when I was happiest working restaurants,” says Marsden, 48. This and that fell by the wayside. Working restaurants became her everything.
A Los Angeles restaurateur is suing Gov. Gavin Newsom in federal court, seeking to overturn a ban on outdoor dining implemented across vast swaths of California in an effort to slow the spread of the coronavirus.
The lawsuit was filed on behalf of the Pineapple Hill Saloon & Grill in Sherman Oaks. The owner, Angela Marsden, was seen in a viral video fighting back tears over the ban, which had forced the closure of her restaurant even as an outdoor dining area was set up by a Hollywood movie crew a short distance away.
The legal team, led by famed attorney Mark Geragos, seeks to overturn the ban, calling it an unconstitutional stretch of power by Newsom that is not supported by scientific evidence.
SHERMAN OAKS A Sherman Oaks restaurant owner whose viral video showed a film production’s dining area operating next to the patio she was forced to close sued California officials in federal court Sunday aiming to overturn the outdoor dining ban part of state orders meant to curb COVID-19 transmission.
Like many restaurants in Los Angeles County, Pineapple Hill Saloon and Grill in Sherman Oaks modified dining operations multiple times this year to comply with public health guidelines.
State officials have forced restaurants and other dining establishments to close entirely at times when COVID-19 was widespread. Restaurants in parts of the state may have been allowed to partially reopen later only to then be limited again to takeout or delivery when their regional hospital capacity triggered new restrictions.
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Over $185,000 has been donated to help a Southern California restaurant owner after she posted an emotional video expressing her anger and frustration over the in-person dining ban.