The judge orders the Missouri restaurant to close temporarily due to the mask dispute

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BLUE SPRINGS, Mo (KY3) – A judge has ordered a Kansas City suburban restaurant to close temporarily because the owner has repeatedly refused to follow a mask warrant.

Jackson County Judge James Kanatazar on Friday granted the county’s request for a temporary restraining order against Rae’s Cafe in Blue Springs.

The county also filed a motion seeking to prevent the owner from operating permanently in violation of the sanitary order.

Prior to the judge’s ruling, Jackson County health officials and sheriff’s deputies attended to the cafe’s owner, Amanda Wohletz, with the order to close because the mask’s warrant was unknown. But the business continued to operate Friday morning.

Rae’s Cafe’s food permit was suspended last week. The owner reopened as a private club, charging customers $ 1 to join and banning masks.

Jackson County said in a statement that it “would take the necessary steps to ensure that the health order is enforced.”

Wohletz has said she and all of her workers are medically exempt from the mask’s term, but has not explained what medical conditions they have, The Kansas City Star reported.

The county said Rae’s Cafe is the first business it has tried to close for failing to follow county requirements during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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