Lansing-area judge issues retraining order against U.P. café defying state order - MLive.com

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INGHAM COUNTY, MI – A restraining order has been issued against an Upper Peninsula café that has refused to shutdown amid the COVD-19 pandemic.

Ingham County Judge Wanda Stokes issued the order against Café Rosetta of Calumet on Thursday because it has continued to operate without a valid food service establishment license.

The café is one of a handful of Michigan restaurants that have continued to defy an order from the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services prohibiting gatherings for indoor dining in the state.

Café Rosetta had already received a cease-and-desist order and summary suspension order from the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD).

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“We’re pleased that Judge Stokes has ruled in the state’s favor, not only for the health of our residents, but also for the sake of the industry as a whole,” said MDARD Director Gary McDowell.

“Epidemic orders issued by the state are meant to be temporary, but they only work if everybody follows the same rules. There are thousands of Michigan restaurants, bars, and businesses trying to do right by their communities and fellow business owners, but their sacrifices must not be undermined because others ignore the law and make up their own rulebook during a pandemic.”

The state said Café Rosetta’s continued operation creates an imminent or substantial endangerment to public health and summarily suspended the operation’s food establishment license on Dec. 2.

A Dec. 10 hearing found that MDARD’s summary suspension of Café Rosetta’s license should be continued. When Café Rosetta continued to offer indoor dining after this ruling, MDARD submitted a motion for a temporary restraining order to the 30th Judicial Circuit in Ingham County.

The café's owner, Amy Heikkinen, has since appeared on the Sean Hannity radio show to discuss the business.

“There’s no pausing at this point ten months into it,” she separately told WLUC-TV in the Upper Peninsula on Dec. 18. “If we did close at that point, or only offer take-out, our business would be destroyed.”

The temporary restraining order reaffirms the decisions and actions of the state regarding Café Rosetta’s operations, state officials said in a news release.

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