MINNEAPOLIS (AP) Minnesota regulators are telling three more establishments to close indoor in-person dining or face 60-day suspensions of their liquor licenses.
The Interchange in Albert Lea, Cornerstone in Monticello, and The Pour House in Clarks Grove have joined a growing list of eateries that have ignored Gov.
Tim Walz’s executive order aimed and slowing the spread of the coronavirus.
Others facing similar suspensions are Boardwalk Bar and Grill in East Grand Forks, Alibi Drinkery in Lakeville, Mission Tavern in Merrifield, and Neighbors on the Rum in Princeton.
All of the businesses cited for violating the order will have hearings before an administrative law judge.
Minnesota regulators on Saturday told three more establishments that they face 60-day liquor license suspensions for continuing indoor, in-person bar and restaurant service in violation of state pandemic rules.
The Interchange in Albert Lea, Cornerstone Cafe in Monticello and The Pour House in Clarks Grove have joined a growing list of bars and restaurants that have ignored Gov. Tim Walz s executive order aimed and slowing the spread of the coronavirus.
Others facing similar suspensions are Boardwalk Bar and Grill in East Grand Forks, Alibi Drinkery in Lakeville, Mission Tavern in Merrifield and Neighbors on the Rum in Princeton.
“We’re asking the small percentage of bars and restaurants that have opened for inside dining and drinking to stop and comply with the executive order,” Public Safety Commissioner John Harrington said in a news release. “Thousands of our neighbors have died from COVID-19 in Minnesota. That should be enough of a reminder that the health of our comm
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Minnesota regulators notified three more restaurants Saturday of plans to suspend their liquor licenses for bucking Gov. Tim Walz s COVID-19 order to close.
The Interchange in Albert Lea, Cornerstone in Monticello and the Pour House in Clarks Grove now face 60-day suspensions pending a hearing before an administrative judge. They join four other establishments Boardwalk Bar and Grill in East Grand Forks, Alibi Drinkery in Lakeville, Mission Tavern in Merrifield and Neighbors on the Rum in Princeton facing similar suspensions for violating Walz s executive order.
Violators could face a five-year liquor license suspension by the Minnesota Department of Public Safety s Alcohol and Gambling Enforcement Division.
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Three more restaurants are now facing enforcement action for reopening for dine-in service in contravention of the state s COVID-19 law.
Cork in Anoka and Cornerstone Cafe in Monticello are the subject of lawsuits by the Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison for violating Gov. Walz s Executive Order 20-99 prohibiting dine-in service due to widespread COVID-19 levels.
And the Minnesota Department of Health has issued a cease-and-desist order to The Interchange in Albert Lea for doing the same, as well as Alibi Drinkery in Lakeville, which has already been the subject of enforcement action by the Minnesota Department of Public Safety and a lawsuit from the AG s office.
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In the post, Little vows never step foot into Alibi ever again, but also takes special aim at local politicians.