‘So reckless’: Vancouver restaurant blasted for 100-person NYE party flouting COVID rules He said they gave the guests the opportunity to cancel when the new provincial health orders were issued on Dec.
30 but the guests declined. The restaurant had also already purchased all the food and alcohol and it was not refundable.“At the end of the day, we were pushed up against the wall and had no option but to continue with this dinner because, quite frankly, we don’t get any government subsidies,” Cheng said.“We are a new business.
We’ve put all our savings into this project and we didn’t know what else to do because this was more of a survival instinct than anything because we were going to be short on rent.”Vancouver police said officers.