Elia Montoya serves breakfast dishes to U.S. Rep. Chip Roy and his family at Juan In A Million in East Austin in May. Credit: Bronte Wittpenn/Austin American-Statesman via USA TODAY NETWORK/REUTERS
Gov. Greg Abbott directed restaurants to ignore local curfews specifically in Travis County that were implemented to mitigate the spread of the COVID-19 virus on New Year s Eve. To Texas restaurants. A formal statement. The Governor’s statewide executive order allows food establishments to be open for in-person dining on New Years Eve as authorized by the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission. They should remain open. Happy New Year! Cheers! Abbott wrote on Twitter at 7:39 p.m., within three hours before the Austin-area curfew was to go into effect.
Texas Supreme Court halts enforcement of Austin dine-in curfew
On Sixth Street throughout New Year s Eve, there were long lines to get into the bars downtown. Author: KVUE News staff Updated: 10:15 PM CST January 1, 2021
AUSTIN, Texas The Texas Supreme Court has blocked the Austin and Travis County orders that require dine-in beverage and food service to stop from 10:30 p.m. to 6 a.m.
This comes after Paxton said he would be asking for the emergency stay with the Supreme Court of Texas, urging the court to halt enforcement of the orders. The city and county orders clearly violate the governor’s Executive Order No. 32, said Paxton. Local authorities have no authority to override it.
Attorney General Ken Paxton said the local orders cannot be allowed to stand. Author: KVUE News staff Updated: 10:15 PM CST January 1, 2021
AUSTIN, Texas The Texas Supreme Court has blocked the Austin and Travis County orders that require dine-in beverage and food service to stop from 10:30 p.m. to 6 a.m.
This comes after Paxton said he would be asking for the emergency stay with the Supreme Court of Texas, urging the court to halt enforcement of the orders. The city and county orders clearly violate the governor’s Executive Order No. 32, said Paxton. Local authorities have no authority to override it.
Austin can prohibit late on-site dining over holiday weekend, judge rules. But the state could appeal. Elia Montoya serves breakfast dishes to U.S. Rep. Chip Roy and his family at Juan In A Million in East Austin in May. (Source: Bronte Wittpenn/American-Statesman via USA TODAY NETWORK/REUTERS) By Juan Pablo Garnham | December 31, 2020 at 7:57 PM CST - Updated January 4 at 12:33 AM
Dec. 31, 2020
A Travis County District judge upheld Austinâs curfew restricting when restaurants and bars can serve customers during New Yearâs weekend, after Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued the city and Travis County to stop the measure.
Jan 1, 2021
Update as of 8 p.m. 1/1/21
The Texas Supreme Court has blocked Austin and Travis County s dine-in restaurant and bar restrictions that stopped service after 10:30 p.m. Attorney General Ken Paxton had argued the city and county restrictions were in violation of Governor Abbott s orders.
The city and county had imposed a four-day shutdown of dine-in food and beverage services from 10:30 p.m. to 6:00 a.m., December 31 through January 3.
“We thank the Supreme Court of Texas for upholding the rule of law. Local declarations cannot order needless shutdowns in conflict with the governor’s order, and these orders demonstrated blatant contempt for the citizens and businesses of our great state,” said Attorney General Paxton. “The Court was right to end these oppressive, illegal city and county declarations and I wish every Texan and Texas business a happy and safe New Year.”