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CA City Erects Fence Outside Restaurant that Dared to Defy COVID Mandates

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Tinhorn Flats Saloon & Grill is making headlines once again for its defiance of coronavirus restrictions.

The Burbank, California, restaurant had a fence placed around it on Saturday by the city after numerous actions taken to stop its operation had failed.

Tinhorn Flats currently has $50,000 in fines against it for continuing indoor dininng when it was banned, the Los Angeles Times reported.

In addition, the Los Angeles County Health Department revoked its health permit, and the city revoked its conditional use permit in March, according to the Los Angeles Daily News.

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The owner is standing firm against the local government, as he believes that the actions are baseless.

“Show me one shred of evidence how I am endangering the public,”  Baret Lepejian told the Times.

His son, Lucas Lepejian, was arrested for trying to remove sandbags that had been placed as a physical barrier to prevent patrons from entering.

The reaction from the city of Burbank seems to be blown out of proportion, as customers are ultimately the ones making the decision.

And the restaurant clearly has some support.

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Burbank is apparently trying to make an example out of the restaurant as a way to stop other businesses from going against protocols, but it comes across as counterintuitive and medieval.

Is this restaurant being persecuted?

By going as far as to put up a barricade, which ended up making news, it makes Burbank look like the perpetrator, not the other way around.

Many have rallied outside of the restaurant in support, only drawing more negative attention to the city and lockdowns in general.


In Los Angeles County, indoor dining is now allowed at 50 percent capacity after months of closures.

California Gov. Newsom has set June 15 as a reopening date for the state, according to CBS, with a mask mandate presumably still in place, but the Tinhorn Flats Saloon & Grill still has fighting to do.

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Cameron Arcand is a former writer for The Western Journal.
Cameron Arcand is a political commentator based in Phoenix, Arizona. In 2017 as a school project, he founded YoungNotStupid.com, which has grown exponentially since its founding. He has interviewed several notable conservative figures, including Dave Rubin, Peggy Grande and Madison Cawthorn.

In September 2020, Cameron joined The Western Journal as a Commentary Writer, where he has written articles on topics ranging from the COVID-19 pandemic, the "Recall Gavin Newsom" effort and the 2020 election aftermath. The "Young Not Stupid" column launched at The Western Journal in January 2021, making Cameron one of the youngest columnists for a national news outlet in the United States. He has appeared on One America News and Fox 5 DC. He has been a Young America's Foundation member since 2019.
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