> A restaurant owner in Burbank, Calif., who has been ignoring orders to remain closed during the COVID pandemic upped his game this week by removing the front doors to his establishment after authorities padlocked them shut.
> According to a local report, electricity to the Tinhorn Flats restaurant was cut on the order of a court last week after the eatery refused to shut down, but the City of Burbank returned to court earlier this week seeking permission to physically close the establishment.
> “The Court authorizes the City to padlock the doors and/or change the locks to Tinhorn Flats Saloon/Bar & Grill…and/or otherwise prevent Defendant Barfly, Inc., and its agents, employees, representatives, and all persons acting under, in concert with or for it, from entering or accessing” the restaurant, Judge Mitchell L. Beckloff wrote.
> “Tinhorn Flats continues to openly defy not just the City and County but now the court, by remaining open and running a generator despite the Court ordering their electricity turned off. The City will now seek Court authorization to padlock the doors until Tinhorn Flats obtains all legally required permits to operate,” Mayor Bob Frutos told MyBurbank.com via email.
> After city officials padlocked the restaurant, the owners posted a photo to Instagram showing that the regular front doors had been removed, leaving only the preexisting Old West-style saloon swinging doors.
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