Crack'd Egg Restaurant Loses Again In Legal Tussle Over Masks

BRENTWOOD, PA — A restaurant that gained notoriety for defying the state's now-lifted coronavirus safety restrictions on eateries lost another legal battle Friday. A three-member Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court panel ruled against the Crack'd Egg, which was ordered to close for refusing to adhere to those restrictions.

The closure came after Allegheny County Common Pleas Court Judge John McVay ruled in February that the coronavirus protocols are constitutional. The Allegheny County Health Department had ordered the restaurant to shut down because it repeatedly would not comply with the mandates issued by Gov. Tom Wolf and the state health department.

McVay ordered the restaurant to submit a coronavirus safety plan or close its doors.

The restaurant owner contended that Wolf's mandates were unconstitutional. But the Commonwealth Court panel noted in a 34-page ruling that the state Supreme Court had ruled on numerous occasions that the Wolf's actions were constitutional.

See the entire opinion here.

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