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SINGAPORE – A Mexican restaurant on Circular Road received an order to shut down its facilities for 20 days after violating Covid-19 safe management measures several times.
The Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) told The Straits Times on Friday (October 23) that this is the longest closure it has issued for a food and beverage establishment so far.
The Los Amigos restaurant was ordered to close from Thursday to November 10.
The URA said its officials on October 10 saw different groups of customers in the restaurant less than 1 meter away from each other, and a gathering of eight people.
Since phase two of the Covid-19 measures began on June 19, people must maintain a distance of at least 1 meter from each other in public and gatherings of more than five are not allowed.
This is the second time Los Amigos has been taken to task. He was previously fined $ 1,000 and ordered to close for 10 days in July for having gatherings of more than five people at his facility.
Another F&B store, Kanpai 789, was fined $ 2,000 for failing to ensure that customers from different groups are at least 1 meter apart from each other.
The restaurant on Robertson Walk was previously fined $ 1,000 during the circuit breaker period in April when it was discovered that staff were not wearing the masks correctly.
Two other F&B outlets, Forum Seafood Village Restaurant on Boat Quay and Xiang Signature on Liang Seah Street, were fined $ 1,000 each for admitting groups of more than five into their facilities.
Thirteen people were also fined $ 300 each for gathering in groups of more than five in the Boat Quay area.
The URA reiterated that it will not hesitate to take enforcement action against both employers and operators who do not comply with safe handling measures.
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