Pair of restaurants closed for failing to follow public health guidelines
Posted September 22, 2021 6:59 pm.
WINNIPEG (CityNews) – Two restaurants in Winnipeg are no longer open to in-person dining after openly breaking public health orders.
Since Sept. 6, the owners of Tuxedo Village Restaurant and Monstrosity Burger have also been handed eight fines totalling $40,000.
On top of the fines, the province has shuttered the two restaurants to in-person dining. A sign on the door says they’re closed due to failing to comply with public health emergency order number 8 – which says:
“Premises that are the subject of a liquor service licence issued under The Liquor, Gaming and Cannabis Control Act must not open unless the operator of the licensed premises complies with all requirements of this Order.”
Between Sept. 13 and 19, four other businesses were struck with fines from the province’s Health Protection Unit. Chicken Chef, Loblaws and Toppers Family Restaurant were each fined $5,000 in the Winkler area. In Winnipeg, the Windsor Park Canada Inns was also fined $5,000.
A social media post from Monstrosity Burger says they were delivered a letter by “six government ‘thugs'” saying they can only operate the take-out and delivery portion of their restaurant.
CityNews reached out to the owners for a comment but they declined to comment.
The closure of in-person dining comes just weeks after a video surfaced online, showing two Winnipeg Police officers inside of Monstrosity Burger appearing without a mask, despite the current provincial mask mandate.
On Sept. 9, Winnipeg Police told CityNews that they’re aware of the video of their officers and are looking into it. Wednesday, police issued a statement saying they will not comment on internal regulatory manners and will not be providing any more updates at this time.
To date, a total of $3 million in fines have been laid by the province against businesses.
