A judge ruled Austin and Travis County can restrict on-site dining overnight from Thursday until Sunday. Gov. Greg Abbott says restaurants should ignore the curfew.
The
Texas Supreme Court has blocked Austin’s limitations on dine-in services over New Year’s Eve weekend. The highest civil court in the state issued its decision last night (Jan. 1), just hours before Austin-Travis County limitation’s on dine-in food and beverage services were set to begin at 10:30pm for a second night.
The court’s brief decision came a day after a Travis County District judge had denied Texas Attorney General
Ken Paxton’s petition for a temporary injunction and a temporary restraining order against the local orders. Following a remote hearing before the
201st District Court on New Year s Eve, Judge
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.
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.
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