The Boardwalk Bar and Grill intends to appeal the ruling. 7:19 pm, Dec. 22, 2020 ×
The Boardwalk Bar and Grill in East Grand Forks stayed open despite a state lawsuit and subsequent restraining order on Friday, Dec. 11. The restaurant, like others in the city, is chafing under Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz s order banning dine-in meal service to slow the spread of a novel coronavirus. Joe Bowen / Grand Forks Herald
EAST GRAND FORKS, Minn. A Polk County judge has ruled that the Boardwalk Bar and Grill in East Grand Forks must comply with Executive Order
20-99 and is prohibited from opening for dine-in services.
The Boardwalk Bar and Grill intends to appeal the ruling. 5:15 pm, Dec. 22, 2020 ×
The Boardwalk Bar and Grill in East Grand Forks stayed open despite a state lawsuit and subsequent restraining order on Friday, Dec. 11. The restaurant, like others in the city, is chafing under Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz s order banning dine-in meal service to slow the spread of a novel coronavirus. Joe Bowen / Grand Forks Herald
A Polk County judge has ruled that the Boardwalk Bar and Grill in East Grand Forks must comply with Executive Order
20-99 and is prohibited from opening for dine-in services.
The ruling comes weeks after the East Grand Forks restaurant opened its dining room in defiance of Walz s order closing hospitality businesses in the state to slow the spread of COVID-19. Walz’s order was recently extended until Jan. 11.
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Boardwalk Bar and Grill owner makes court appearance, no decision yet
No decision made after Polk County judge hears arguments about the Boardwalk Bar and Grill owners rights to reopen their dining room in defiance of an Executive Order. 4:24 pm, Dec. 18, 2020 ×
The Boardwalk Bar and Grill in East Grand Forks stayed open despite a state lawsuit and subsequent restraining order on Friday, Dec. 11. The restaurant, like others in the city, is chafing under Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz s order banning dine-in meal service to slow the spread of a novel coronavirus. Joe Bowen / Grand Forks Herald
No decision was made Friday afternoon, Dec. 18, in the state s lawsuit against Boardwalk Bar and Grill and its owner, Jane Moss, though the judge did extend the restraining order prohibiting the East Grand Forks establishment from allowing dine-in services until a judgment is issued.
UPDATED: Judge orders closure of northwest Minnesota bar and grill
Attorney General Keith Ellison filed a lawsuit against the establishment Friday. A judge made the decision to close the establishment later in the day. 4:19 pm, Dec. 11, 2020 ×
A water tower in East Grand Forks, Minn. (Grand Forks Herald photo)
EAST GRAND FORKS, Minn. A northwest Minnesota bar and restaurant was ordered to close Friday after the state attorney general filed a lawsuit that said the business refused to comply with Executive Order 20-99, which prohibits on-premises dining through Dec. 18.
Minnesota Attorney General Ellison announced shortly after 5 p.m. that Polk County District Court granted his office’s motion for a temporary restraining order to prohibit Boardwalk Bar and Grill from remaining open to the public for on-premises dining. He said the establishment had been operating in violation of the order for approximately 72 hours.