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At least 60 Michigan restaurants are defying state orders and remaining open for indoor dining.
Owners said they don t believe public health warnings about the dangers of coronavirus, The Washington Post reported.
Many say they can t afford to operate without indoor dining.
Some restaurants in Michigan are refusing to abide by state-mandated measures to quell the spread of the coronavirus, claiming the virus is over-politicized and the science untrustworthy, the Washington Post reported. I don t think it s as bad as they re saying it is, David Koloski owner of the Sunrise Family Diner told the Post. The whole thing with the coronavirus is political. I think Democrats are dug in and unwilling to move on this.
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by Alan Stamm Political resistance takes varied forms lately, and can involve serving mostaciolli, prime rib and beer-battered perch to sit-down restaurant guests. Once-ordinary acts are small-scale revolutions in a time of state epidemic orders, incluing a ban on inside public dining that eases Monday. Restaurant dining rooms, counters and bars can reopen at 25-percent capacity.
Livingston County restaurant promotes dine-in service before it s allowed. (Photos: Facebook) For some defiant business owners, partial service wouldn t be an increase from zero seatings now. That s because they ignored the Coivid epidemic orders from the state health department and governor, as The Washington Post describes this weekend.
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Dozens of restaurants in Michigan defy virus restrictions Updated: January 31 Published January 31
A diner leaves Jimmy s Roadhouse in Newaygo, which has stayed opened for indoor dining despite Michigan s coronavirus restrictions. As a result, the restaurant has been fined and has had its liquor license suspended. Photo by Ed Ou for The Washington Post
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Print article HOWELL, Mich. - It’s a Monday morning and the Sunrise Family Diner is full. Retirees in jeans and plaid sit by the window, chatting over coffee and the local newspaper. A sign posted at the entrance urges customers to wear masks, but some don’t. They get seated anyway, within arm’s length of strangers in other booths.