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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 rest...

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...

Read / Add Comments Pennsylvania officials announced three dozen more restaurants that have closed following defiance of the state’s COVID-19 mitigation measures. The Department of Agriculture earlier this week said the 36 restaurants violated an indoor dining ban -- which was lifted Jan. 4 -- following unannounced inspections from Dec. 28 through Jan. 3. Gov. Wolf's temporary COVID-19 mitigation order mandated the closure of indoor dining, gyms and limiting indoor gatherings to a maximum capacity of 10 people. The following establishments were ordered temporarily closed acco...

Six Lancaster County restaurants were among 36 businesses the state ordered to close for defying COVID-19 restrictions during Gov. Tom Wolf’s indoor dining ban which ended Monday. One closure notice was issued by Lancaster city, which conducts its own inspections.  The “closed by notice” orders from the state Department of Agriculture were issued for the week ending Jan. 3, the day before the temporary order banning indoor dining expired. With six restaurants ordered to close, Lancaster County was tied with York County for the most in the state last week.  The department ...