Beverly Hills officials went to a respectable restaurant in the city last week amid coronavirus spikes to thwart plans for a “spooky” -style New Year’s Eve, reminding management of Los Angeles County’s dining ban.
Officials were responding to an invitation sent to residents of some area of the fine-dining Italian restaurant, La Scala, on North Cannon Drive in Beverly Hills, hinting at secret dinner plans that would violate restrictions imposed by public health experts. The invitations were placed inside the restaurant’s take-out bag.
Read the message in the 20 Formal Crisis script, “Welcome back to the 20 ban”. “We are currently taking reservations for New Year’s Eve dinner. Inside. ”
The message continued, “Please keep this sensible, but tell all your friends.”
Beverly Hills city spokesman Keith Sterling told the Times by email that city officials contacted La Scala the day before Christmas about the incident to remind management of the controls in the county’s order.
“We understand that this is an extremely difficult time for all of our businesses,” the statement said, although the county order does not currently ban indoor and outdoor dining, including Beverly Hills City. “
The invitation, which was Widely distributed On Twitter, sparking a lot of negative comments, the Beverly Hills Police Department was earlier asked to respond.
Section Posted That its code enforcement officers were aware and were “handling the matter.”
At management La Scella, An upscale itary known for its chopped salads and famous customers, could not be immediately reached for comment. A message on the restaurant’s website said it was closed on Christmas and New Year’s Eve.
The potential dinner event is the latest clash between public health officials and local restaurants, which have been frustrated by the decision to reinstate the dining ban as they experienced a new spike of COVID-19 cases in California and Los Angeles County last month.
The bans previously reassured some of the county’s 88 cities of potentially creating their own health departments in an effort to write their own rules.
Beverly Hills City Council earlier this month Resolution adopted Contrary to the county’s ban, “harmful impact on local industries” and “lack of scientific evidence.”
In September, La Scala posted a picture on Instagram complaining to Beverly Hills Mayor Lester Friedman, reading: “Hey … you’re hurting our Restaurant Rents!”
