Best Pizza & Dive Bar in Amagansett is among 36 bars and restaurants statewide that recently had their liquor licenses suspended for “egregious violations of coronavirus-related regulations.”
According to New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo’s office, plainclothes East Hampton Town Police officers visited the bar and pizzeria at 2095 Montauk Highway in Amagansett on November 15 and found approximately 20 patrons seated at and standing around the bar, mingling, ignoring social distancing, and not wearing facial coverings. The officers were served alcoholic beverages without food, in violation of COVID-related executive orders, the governor’s office stated, and they observed that no food was served during the entirety of the inspection. The officers also noted that bartenders continually removed their facial coverings to talk to patrons.
The liquor license suspension followed three days later and remains in effect.
The governor’s office called Best Pizza & Dive Bar a “repeat offender.”
As of this week, 279 businesses have had their liquor licenses suspended during the COVID public health emergency.
Staff Writer on Dec 9, 2020