Colorado restaurant opens on Mother’s Day despite coronavirus restrictions

A Colorado restaurant defied t꧑he state’s coronavirus restrictions on Mother’s Day by opening up its dining room to dozens of maskless diners.

Customers at Cookies & Creme in Castle Rock — some of whom waited two hours to be seated — were also packed together closer than the recommended six feet distance, according to a video shot by Nick Puckett of Colorado Community Media.

The owner of the restaurant, April Arelleno, welcomed the crowd and thanked🍃 her supporters in .

But under Colorado’s safer-at-home order, restaurants are only permitted to offer delivery or take-ꦏ𝓡out services.

The decision to open on Mother’s Day didn’💖t sit we⛦ll with the local health department.

“We are disappointed that Cookies and Crème has decided to ignore the Governor’s ♚Safer at Home order and open up today with no attention to social distancing,” the Tri-County Health Department said🅰 in a statement to CBS4.

“As the entity charged with enforcing the Governor’s statewide Safer at Home Public Health Order, we will 🍌follow up with this restaurant to ensure that they, like other restaurants in the county, take appropriate steps to protect the public health, by limiting service to curbside and take-out service.”

The restaurant did “what the government isn’t doing — opening,” a manager told the news station, who called the customers “patriots.”