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Gov. Tim Walz on Wednesday will announce he is extending his current monthlong ban on indoor bar and restaurant service through the year-end holidays; he’ll also detail a strategy to get elementary schools back to in-person learning, an aide to the governor said Tuesday night.
News that the restrictions will continue is likely to come as a blow to the thousands of bar and restaurant owners and workers across the state. Those businesses have been forced to do takeout-only or delivery the past few weeks as health officials worked to slow the spread of COVID-19.
Those restrictions were set to expire on Friday.
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Suspension to last 60 days, according to an order issued by the Minnesota Department of Public Safety.
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The Boardwalk Bar and Grill in East Grand Forks stayed open despite a state lawsuit and subsequent restraining order on Friday, Dec. 11. The restaurant, like others in the city, is chafing under Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz s order banning dine-in meal service to slow the spread of a novel coronavirus. Joe Bowen / Grand Forks Herald
EAST GRAND FORKS, Minn. The Minnesota Department of Public Safety on Sunday, Dec. 13, suspended the liquor license of an East Grand Forks restaurant that has opted to remain open despite pandemic-related restrictions ordered by Gov. Tim Walz.
COVID-19: East Grand Forks bar that reopened has license suspended
The announcement was made Sunday.
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The East Grand Forks bar that reopened in defiance of Gov. Tim Walz s four-week shutdown has had its license suspended.
The Minnesota Department of Public Safety Alcohol and Gambling Enforcement announced Sunday that the liquor license of the Boardwalk Bar & Grill has had its liquor license suspended for 60 days for continuing to violate Executive Order 20-99.
This suspension will be in effect till Feb. 9, which could take it well beyond the end of Gov. Walz s shutdown on dine-in service at bars and restaurants, even if he extends it on Wednesday.
Just days after defying Minnesota Governor Tim Walz s executive order on indoor dining, Boardwalk Bar and Grill has now faced sanctions by the State of Minnesota.
Jane Moss, who is co-owner of Boardwalk Bar and Grill in East Grand Forks, Minn., told WZFG Radio last week that the amount of love and support was just unbelievable when the business opened on Wednesday night. Moss told WZFG Radio that she wasn t afraid of the fines that would potentially come, but that customers may not come.
The opening violated Executive Order 20-99. Moss says she received a call from the Minnesota Department of Health asking if she was sure she wanted to open, but Moss told the department that she had no choice.