Mar. 13—Before long, as pandemic restrictions eventually recede into memories, late-night visitors should expect to see a line of clubgoers extending from the door of one new Chestnut Street business,
The news release did not include what the infractions were for either business. The department coordinates its inspections based on traditional food and safety guidelines along with the Department of Health s current mitigation guidelines, which include 25% occupancy for indoor dining (unless a restaurant is self-certified), on-site alcohol consumption must include a meal purchase, and an 11 p.m. curfew for alcohol sales.
Restaurant enforcement has been handled by the Department of Agriculture, the Pennsylvania State Police Bureau of Liquor Control Enforcement and local authorities. A restaurant can be cited for a violation or ordered to close. If the restaurant continues to operate without correction, the Department of Agriculture forwards that information to the Department of Health for further enforcement.
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2 more Lehigh Valley bars cited for COVID violations, state police say
Updated Mar 05, 2021;
Pennsylvania State Police announced two more citations filed against Lehigh Valley bars for alleged violations of state COVID-19 mitigation rules.
The state police Bureau of Liquor Control Enforcement in Allentown said establishments cited in February included the following in Lehigh County.
Fossil’s Last Stand LLC, 429 Race St. in Catasauqua, was cited for allegedly serving, selling or allowing the consumption of food or alcohol inside the premises and selling prepared beverages and mixed drinks for off-premises consumption that failed to include a mixer, both on Dec. 18. The bar also allegedly on Jan. 15 failed to require all customers to wear face masks while entering, exiting or walking around inside the establishment, failed to provide face masks for employees or require that they be worn by employees at all times while at the establishment and allowed a patron to be seated at the
It’s been a decade since State Patty’s Day weekend reached its infamous peak in 2011. As time has gone on, crime over the Penn State student-created drinking holiday weekend has generally decreased, and that was no exception this year.
Last weekend’s State Patty’s resulted in the lowest crime totals on record for the weekend in nearly every category, according to data released by the State College Police Department on Wednesday.
A total of 102 crimes or ordinance violations were reported by State College and Penn State police over the weekend 19 below 2019’s State Patty’s, which resulted in the lowest figures on record.