Orange County Shutters Bars Ahead of Holiday Weekend As COVID-19 Soars

Customers wait in line to be seated at Nomads Canteen, which opened in defiance of Gov. Gavin Newsom's stay-at-home mandate, in San Clemente, Calif., on May 7, 2020. Jamie Joseph/The Epoch Times

SANTA ANA (CNS)—With COVID-19 cases spiking, Orange County officials July 1 ordered the closure of all bars effective at midnight and continuing until further notice.

The order affects all bars, pubs, breweries, and brew pubs that do not offer dine-in meals. Establishments that do serve dine-in food can only sell alcohol in the same transaction as a meal.