ROSEVILLE, Calif.—A restaurant owner that defied COVID-19 lockdown orders amid the pandemic in 2020 is now being told by the state to close his doors for 30 days.
Matthew Oliver, owner of House of Oliver, in Placer County in Northern California, received notice in April from the California Department of Alcohol Beverage Control that a violation filed in December 2020 for keeping his restaurant open would be excused if he agreed to a 30-day license suspension.
“We have refused,” Oliver told The Epoch Times, while claiming he violated lockdown orders by keeping his restaurant open during the pandemic to provide for his employees.
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