More restaurants in Pennsylvania are being hampered because they defy COVID-19’s mitigation orders for Governor Tom Wolf.
As part of its latest inspection round, the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture has announced that it has ordered 33 restaurants to be allowed to eat at home. The inspections took place December 21-27.
Under the governor’s latest mandate, restaurants are allowed to serve indoors for three weeks until the end of January 4. In addition, restaurants must still follow rules to oblige employees to wear masks while taking out and taking out and serving food outside.
Restaurants ordered to close 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 led by complaints filed about the COVID-19 mitigation orders not being followed. Last week, the department announced that 40 restaurants had been ordered to close for the fight against orders.
Other agencies in the state, including the Bureau of Liquor Control, oversee the maintenance of COVID-19. The agency recently cited dozens of licensed businesses in the state.
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Restaurants that, according to the Department of Agriculture, continue to defy the closure orders and operate in any way will be referred to the Pennsylvania Department of Health for further legal action.
On December 23, the Department of Health filed an order by the Commonwealth Court against 22 restaurants that still defy the ban on indoor dining, despite orders to close. The order requires restaurants to close and ask for ‘compensatory damages and all costs associated with the application of the provisions of the order’.
Complaints, whether general issues related to food safety, or those related to COVID-19 mitigation efforts, can be filed online.
The following restaurants have been ordered to close between 21 and 27 December:
Armstrong county
Yak Diner at 2014 River Road North, Apollo
Bedford county
Mandy Jo’s Country Corral by Raystownweg 126, Everett
Marteen’s Family Restaurant in Main Street 2, Everett
Blair county
Bella Italia Restaurant by 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 by Peter’s Mountain Road 3828, 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 by 1559 Manheim Pike, Manheim Township
Brickerville House at 2 28th Division Highway, Brickerville
CR Lapp’s Family Restaurant at Fite Way 101, Quarryville
Country Table by 740 E. Main St., Mount Joy
Hometown Kitchen, 18 Furnace Road, Quarryville
Knight & Day Diner by 3140 Lititz Pike, Township Manheim
Mil 72 Bake Shop & Cafe at 45 N. Main St., Manheim
New Holland Coffee Company 2 by 832 W. Main St., New Holland
Park City Diner at 884 Plaza Parkway, Lancaster
Quarryville Family Restaurant at St. E., 134, Quarryville
Yogurt works at 108 N. Reading Road, Ephrata
Lebanon County
Miller’s Restaurant at 2665 Route 72, Jonestown
Royal D. Chocolate by 615 E. Main St., Palmyra
Lehigh county
Commix Hotel by 3245 W. Emmaus Ave., Emmaus
Lyoming county
Waltz Creamery and Farm House Cafe at 324 Main Street, Salladasburg
Monroe county
Hickory Valley Farm Restaurant at 2185 Route 611, Swiftwater
Muller’s Family Restaurant at 5138 Milford Road, East Stroudsburg
Snyder county
Middleburg Auction Salebarn Restaurant by 6592 US Highway 522, Middleburg
Washington county
Harrington’s in 717 Robinson HWY, McDonald
Your Old Copper Kettle 2 Copper Kettle RD in Washington
Wayne County
Paupack Diner by 2503 SR 6, Hawley
Westmoreland county
Tin Lizzy’s by Main 259, Youngstown