by Charlie Smith on April 12th, 2021 at 8:48 AM 1 of 3 2 of 3
Recently, the owner of an Italian restaurant in the Olympic Village came under withering criticism for defying a public health order to shut down.
Federico Fuoco’s eatery, Gusto: A Taste of Italy, only had four tables at the time. Its large windows could be opened to create a great deal of fresh air flowing through the establishment. But he broke the rules and the city temporarily suspended his licence until April 20.
He complied with the inspectors order after they visited. This stood in contrast with the other outlier, Corduroy, where the inspectors were shouted out of the establishment by antimask advocates. The city wanted to send a message so each received the same penalty.
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The COVID-19 pandemic is hitting Vancouver’s hospitality industry harder now than at anytime during the health crisis.
According to Vancouver Coastal Health, 12 restaurants were ordered closed over a 10-day period from March 26 to April 4 due to either virus exposure or for violating public-health measures meant to help contain the spread of COVID-19. It’s the largest cluster of health-ordered restaurant closures in the city since the beginning of the pandemic.
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In a Monday post on Twitter, the city wrote “Last night we suspended the business licenses for both Gusto’s and Corduroy Lounge until April 20, 2021.
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“Both businesses must remain closed during the suspension period. This suspension followed closure orders from Vancouver Coastal Health for failing to comply with (provincial health officer) orders.”
The orders were issued on March 29 and outlaw pubs, restaurants or cafés from serving food or drinks at tables indoors. Businesses with outdoor patio space are allowed to serve patrons outside. All indoor group activity at gyms and indoor church services was also banned. The rules put in place to help bring down an accelerated COVID-19 case count are in place until April 19 and could be extended.
It came after they deliberately violated Dr. Bonnie Henry s order to end dine-in service by Charlie Smith on April 5th, 2021 at 2:55 PM 1 of 3 2 of 3
Two Vancouver restaurants are spending time in the penalty box for disrespecting an order from Dr. Bonnie Henry.
That s because today, the City of Vancouver imposed temporary business-licence suspensions on Corduroy and Gusto restaurants, which each remained open for dine-in service last week.
This was despite the provincial health officer s order not to do so in the face of rising COVID-19 counts.
As a result of the city s action, these two restaurants cannot serve customers until April 20, which is the day after Henry s order expires.
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A Vancouver restaurant that had its business licence suspended by the city and its premises ordered closed by health officials for defying orders banning indoor dining says it will remain closed until further notice.
Vancouver Coastal Health issued a closure notice for Kitsilano’s Corduroy Restaurant on Saturday after police received several complaints that the eatery was flouting COVID-19 orders by serving patrons indoors, many of them anti-restriction protesters.
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A video posted to Facebook showed health inspectors presenting restaurant owner Rebecca Matthews with a closure notice inside her restaurant while she accused the officials of trespassing, citing sovereign citizen law, and a throng of maskless patrons chanting “get out!”