Boardwalk Bar and Grill opens in defiance of Walz COVID order The Boardwalk Bar and Grill defied a gubernatorial order on Wednesday, Dec. 9, and opened to dine-in customers during the COVID-19 pandemic. 6:21 pm, Dec. 9, 2020 × East Grand Forks Police Chief Mike Hedlund, right, hands a copy of Gov. Tim Walz's executive order to Jane Moss, who owns the Boardwalk Bar and Grill. Moss opened her restaurant on Wednesday, Dec. 9, despite Walz's order, which bars in-person dining service. Joe Bowen / Grand Forks Herald An East Grand Forks restaurant is the site of a small rebellion. The Boardwalk Bar and Grill reopened to dine-in customers Wednesday afternoon, despite Gov. Tim Walz’s executive order that explicitly banned it in an effort to slow the spread of a novel coronavirus.