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Donald Mastronardi, 43, of New Canaan, was issued the summons on Friday, April 24, when Norwalk Police officers responded to the Dry Dock Bar & Grille on Main Street after receiving complaints, said Norwalk Police Lt. Jared Zwickler.
Zwicker said the department received complaints there were people eating and drinking at the bar in violation of an executive order by Gov Ned Lamont.
The order, issued in March, allows restaurants to sell alcohol with a take-out food but says the alcohol and food are for off-premises consumption only.
When officers arrived they found a patron drinking at the bar, Zwickler said.
The bartender and Mastronardi told officers they had been allowing patrons to drink at the bar.
Mastronardi was issued a misdemeanor summons for violation of a public health emergency. He is scheduled to appear in court on June 17.
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