Bethlehem, Pa. – Speculation continues that new shutdown orders may arrive for restaurants and other businesses in Pennsylvania.
It does not increase the number of covert coronaviruses, and the governor, who has just tested positive for Covid-19, indicated earlier this week that new sanctions may be needed.
With the threat of a return to a more stringent order, businesses are scrambling for impact.
“It’s hard for us to be tough with a plan that just ignores us and our families and our employees and our businesses,” said Jordan Serulnek, owner of Seven Sirens Brewing Company.
The Bethlehem restaurant was reopening on the eve of Thanksgiving, despite the state health department ordering all bars and rest restaurants to close at 7 p.m. Serulnek says they just couldn’t do it.
Serulnek said, “We knew he was just the first of many things to come.
He says they have taken legal advice and talked to city officials.
It was decided that the seven sirens would remain open and there would not be another mandatory closure that would not comply.
“For us, it’s literally between becoming homeless or sustaining the proven safe measures we’ve implemented over the months.”
Not all restaurants, however, take this approach. UL’s Oyster House in Alentown, for example, tells us that they will obey any future shutdown orders because they oppose the authorities and lose their licenses.
Seven Sirens posted on Facebook their intention to ignore future shutdown orders.
An attorney representing restaurateurs in the area says posting reliance on social media is not a good idea, although he says he has not seen many people face this penalty.
Regarding the existing reduction orders, quotes are possible for violators, says the Wolf Administration website.
Republican leaders in the House are urging Wolf not to bring new business closures in advance, Cerulneck will certainly agree.
“We want to be together in each of these. This is what we are doing for our families. This is not a job to defame or rebel against us,” Serulnek said.
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