San Diego judge allows strip clubs to stay open, indicates restaurants could also reopen COVID-era restrictions are noted at the Eastbound Bar and Grill in September in Lakeside in San Diego County. (Eduardo Contreras / San Diego Union-Tribune) SAN DIEGO — A San Diego County Superior Court judge ruled Wednesday that two strip clubs can remain open and operating during the most recent COVID-19 shutdown orders from the state, a decision that appears to extend to the county’s beleaguered restaurants and allow them to reopen to some extent. The ruling by Superior Court Judge Joel Wohlfeil came in a case filed by two San Diego strip clubs. And while the clubs prevailed in earning an injunction that allowed them to continue to offer live dancing, the judge went a significant step further and said the injunction can apply across San Diego’s restaurant sector, which has been crushed by the COVID-19 pandemic.