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On one of the biggest nights of the year for going out, some Lancaster County bars will be required to shut down extra early.

Things looked grim five years ago for Pennsylvania’s beer distributors.

During nearly a year of restrictions on restaurants meant to limit the spread of COVID-19, Gov. Tom Wolf’s shutdown of dining rooms during the normally busy winter holidays was especially tough for restaurant owners. Some ignored the rules, keeping their dining rooms open during the three-week period that ended Jan. 5. In response, enforcement was stepped up as the Wolf administration started issuing “closed by order” notices on the spot to restaurants found to be in violation, a first during the pandemic. As part of the Wolf administration’s toughened enforcement, 50 rest...

On Monday, Lancaster County restaurants will once again be allowed to offer some indoor dining, ending a three-week ban meant to slow the spread of COVID-19. But instead of shutting down during the normally busy holiday season, some restaurant owners defied Gov. Tom Wolf’s three-week ban, opening their dining rooms up for customers, and themselves up to possible state sanction. And long after dining rooms are legally allowed to be open, problems could persist for owners who violated the latest order, as they did for some who held out against mitigation efforts in the spring, and then fou...