‘Go Ahead and Do It’: Restaurant Owner Urges Small Businesses to Open After Being Released on $50,000 Bail

Adam Skelly (C), owner of Adamson Barbecue, escorts a photographer from his property after defying provincial lockdown orders to shut down indoor and outdoor dining during the COVID-19 pandemic in Toronto, Canada, on Nov. 25, 2020. The Canadian Press/Nathan Denette

Adamson Barbecue owner Adam Skelly urged small businesses to “open up” and “fight for freedom” after he was released on bail on Nov. 27.

Asked in an interview on Nov. 28 whether his message to “small business was open no matter what” still stands, Skelly told independent reporter Leigh Stuart he would stand by it.