At least 4 restaurants in central Pa. are defying Gov. Wolf’s shutdown of indoor dining this weekend
Several Schuylkill County Businesses Defying Tom Wolf’s Shutdown Orders
Governor Tom Wolf says to close, but at least four restaurants are saying “no.”
Taste of Sicily and Babe’s Grill House in Palmyra, along with Kuppy’s Diner in Middletown and Fenicci’s of Hershey have all publicly announced their intentions to remain open for indoor dining over the weekend.
If restaurants repeatedly violate the orders they may not be able to retain their license, which is required to operate, according to the statement.
Taste of Sicily is a repeat offender, and the owners there aren’t worried. So far they’ve been fined $10,000. They have yet to pay a cent of it and, in fact, won a court case in October over violating restrictions earlier in the year. On Aug. 25, they had been cited with violating the mitigation order, including a refusal to wear masks or practice social distancing. Magisterial district judge Carl Garver ruled it had been unconstitutionally cited and therefore was not guilty.
Taste of Sicily spokesperson, Mike Mangano, said that he anticipates a similar result when the restaurant returns to court over the $10,000 fines. Until then, he doesn’t care what restrictions are put into place.
“We already got $10,000 in fines,” he told PennLive. “We might as well rack up some more.”
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