Brew pub owners on Oahu say they were improperly shut down
By Lynn Kawano | August 10, 2020 at 5:19 PM HST - Updated August 10 at 9:11 PM
HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - Two brew pub owners are calling on the Honolulu Liquor Commission to review enforcement action against them over the weekend.
Police officers shut down Beer Lab Hawaii’s satellite location at Pearlridge Center, saying they were violating the city’s new COVID-19 order that put restrictions on alcohol sales.
But owner Nick Wong said they were given the green light by the Honolulu Liquor Commission to do take-out only and were operating within the rules.
“To have two enforcement agencies come down on us and one of them saying one thing and another saying another thing, it’s unbelievably frustrating,” Wong said.
Joe Lorenzen, of Waikiki Brewing Company in Kakaako, also said his business shouldn’t have been shut down Saturday because it meets the criteria of food versus alcohol sales.
Late Monday night, he said he did a walk through with the Liquor Commission, and they gave the business the green light to reopen.
https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2020/08/10/brew-pub-owners-say-they-were-improperly-shut-down-want-liquor-commission-review/Makes you wonder on who's (political) orders the police were acting on? Is this retaliation against businesses speaking out against the police state?