ST.PAUL, MN — Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison announced Wednesday that Freeborn County District Court has granted his office’s motion for a temporary restraining order against The Interchange Wine & Coffee Bistro in Albert Lea and Scott County District Court has granted his office’s motion for a temporary restraining order against St. Patrick’s Tavern and Restaurant in New Prague.
Both courts ordered that the establishments are “prevented, restrained, and enjoined from taking any action violating” Executive Orders 20-99 and 20-103,” and that they “shall fully comply with” the orders and “any future Executive Orders… that apply to restaurants and/or bars, while those Executive Orders are effective.”
The Interchange and St. Patrick’s must now comply with the orders or risk being found in contempt of court.
On Monday, Attorney General Ellison’s office sued both establishments for openly violating the ban on indoor on-premises dining in Governor Tim Walz’s Executive Order 20-99.
On Tuesday, December 22, the Attorney General’s office filed for temporary restraining orders to prevent The Interchange and St. Patrick’s from further violating the order and to compel them to comply with the order and any future applicable executive orders.
Executive Order 20-99 is a targeted dial-back of certain activities to halt the spread of COVID-19. Among the requirements of the executive order, as modified and extended by Executive Order 20-103, are that bars and restaurants must close for on-premises indoor dining until January 10, 2021, at 11:59 p.m.
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