More restaurants in Pennsylvania are being affected by challenging Governor Tom Wolf’s COVID-19 mitigation orders.
As part of its latest round of inspections, the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture announced that it has ordered 33 restaurants closed for allowing customers to eat indoors. The inspections took place from December 21st to 27th.
Under the governor’s most recent mandate, restaurants are not allowed to serve customers indoors for three weeks, ending January 4. In addition, restaurants must continue to follow the rules that require employees to wear masks, while offering takeaway food and takeaway food and serving customers outdoors.
Restaurants that have closed include Denny’s Lennies Restaurant in Halifax, Villa Schiano in Elizabethville and CC’s Kitchen in Mechanicsburg.
The Department of Agriculture conducted 381 inspections. Fifty of these inspections were motivated by complaints registered about non-compliance with COVID-19 mitigation orders. Last week, the department announced that 40 restaurants were closed for contempt.
Other agencies in the state, including the Bureau of Licor Control Enforcement, oversee the application of COVID-19. The agency recently cited dozens of licensed establishments in the state.
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Restaurants that continue to challenge closing orders and operate in any way, according to the Department of Agriculture, will be referred to the Pennsylvania Department of Health for further legal action.
On December 23, the Department of Health filed an injunction through the Commonwealth Court against 22 restaurants that continue to challenge the ban on eating indoors, despite having been ordered to close. The injunction requires the closing of restaurants and seeks “compensatory damages and all costs related to compliance with the provisions of the order”.
Complaints, whether general food security issues or those related to COVID-19 mitigation efforts, can be made online.
The following restaurants were closed between December 21 and 27:
Armstrong County
Yak Diner at 2014 River Road North, Apollo
Bedford County
Mandy Jo’s Country Corral at 126 Raystown Road, Everett
Marteen’s family restaurant at 2 W. Main St., Everett
Blair County
Bella Italia Restaurant at 328 S Logan Blvd., Altoona
Columbia County
The White Horse at 1200 4th Ave., Berwick
Cumberland County
CC’s Kitchen at 710 W. Main St., Mechanicsburg
Dauphin County
Denny’s Lennies Restaurant at 3828 Peter’s Mountain Road, Halifax
Villa Schiano at 4900 State Route 209, Elizabethville
Forest County
Thee Seldom Inn at 255 Route 36, Tionesta
Lancaster County
Big Dog Craft Brewing in 1559 Manheim Pike, Manheim Township
Brickerville House on 2 28th Division Highway, Brickerville
CR Lapp’s Family Restaurant at 101 Fite Way, Quarryville
Mesa Country at 740 E. Main St., Mount Joy
Hometown Kitchen, 18 Furnace Road, Quarryville
Knight & Day Diner at 3140 Lititz Pike, Manheim Township
Mil 72 Bake Shop & Cafe at 45 N. Main St., Manheim
New Holland Coffee Company 2 at 832 W. Main St., New Holland
Park City Restaurant at 884 Plaza Parkway, Lancaster
Quarryville Family Restaurant at 134 E. State St., Quarryville
Yogurt works at 108 N. Reading Road, Ephrata
Lebanon County
Miller’s Restaurant at 2665 Route 72, Jonestown
Royal D. Chocolate at 615 E. Main St., Palmyra
Lehigh County
Commix Hotel at 3245 W. Emmaus Ave., Emmaus
Lycoming County
Waltz Creamery and Farm House Cafe at 324 Main St., Salladasburg
Monroe County
Hickory Valley Farm Restaurant at 2185 Route 611, Swiftwater
Muller’s Family Restaurant at 5138 Milford Road, East Stroudsburg
Snyder County
Salebarn Restaurant at the Middleburg Auction at 6592 US Highway 522, Middleburg
Washington County
Harrington’s at 717 Robinson HWY, McDonald
Ye Olde Kopper Kettle 2 Kopper Kettle RD in Washington
Wayne County
Paupack Diner on 2503 SR 6, Hawley
Westmoreland County
Tin Lizzy’s at 259 Main St., Youngstown