Normal Fines Restaurant for COVID-Mitigation Violations wglt.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from wglt.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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UPDATED 10 a.m. | The Normal Liquor Commission on Monday voted 5-2 to fine a bar and restaurant about $4,000 for violating COVID-19 mitigation rules.
The owners of Joe’s Station House Pizza Pub, located at the Shoppes at College Hills, plan to appeal the decision, their attorney said.
The fines come after owners Tony and Joe Wargo ignored Gov. JB Pritzker’s executive orders prohibiting indoor dining, as part of the state’s COVID restrictions n place at the tme. The business was cited for allowing patrons to eat and drink indoors, twice in November, and once in December.
Tom DeVore, attorney for the owners of Joe s Station House Pizza and Pub, makes an argument during a Normal Liquor Commission hearing Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021, at Normal City Hall.
Lawyers for the Town of Normal and a local business accused of violating COVID-19 restrictions faced off Tuesday at a Liquor Commission hearing, but a decision on the matter isn’t expected for several weeks.
Still, Tom DeVore, who represents the owners of Joe’s Station House Pizza and Pub, said after the hearing, if Normal rules against his clients brothers Joe and Tony Wargo he ll appeal the case to the Illinois State Liquor Commission. The Wargos attended the hearing, but declined to comment to WGLT.
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