Lakeville bar has license suspended after opening to large, maskless crowd
The State of Minnesota also suspended the license of a Princeton bar, with another facing a suspension.
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The State of Minnesota has suspended the license of two bars that opened Wednesday in defiance of the COVID-19 dine-in shutdown, while another is facing a license suspension for opening this past Friday.
Alibi Drinkery in Lakeville and Neighbors on the Rum in Princeton have been served with 60-day liquor license suspensions for blatantly violating Gov. Walz s executive order, according to the Minnesota Department of Public Safety Alcohol and Gambling Enforcement Division (DPS-AGED).
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Businesses Facing License Suspensions, Fines
UNDATED The Minnesota Department of Public Safety Alcohol and Gambling Enforcement Division has notified a pair of businesses that they face a 60-day suspension of their liquor licenses for opening early.
Neighbors on the Rum in Princeton and Alibi Drinkery in Lakeville were found to be allegedly in violation of the governor s executive order. The state says they have documented evidence that they both opened for on-site consumption including police reports and media reports showing large crowds. DPS plans to suspend their liquor licenses for 60 days pending a hearing before a judge.
Meanwhile, local law enforcement visited several bars and restaurants that had announced they were planning on opening including the Pizza Depot in Becker but they found them to be closed.
17 Dec 2020
Democrat Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has loosened some of his crushing coronavirus restrictions, but that is not enough for some business owners in the state including Lisa Monet Zarza, who owns a restaurant and is part of the ReOpen Minnesota Coalition.
“We put our heart and soul into Alibi,” said Lisa Monet Zarza, owner of the Alibi Drinkery restaurant in Lakeland, Minnesota.
“I’ve been in the industry for almost 30 years and this was always my dream to own my own business and to own my own restaurant and it finally came true,” Zarza said.
KARE 11 reported on the pushback across the state:
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