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.