MIAMI BEACH, Florida – FOX FIRST: Papi Steak, a Miami Beach steakhouse involved in a city lawsuit over a spring break, will not appeal a judge’s decision to overturn an order against controversial repression. The curfew requires restaurants to close from midnight to 6am between Thursday and Sunday, a period that includes a busy spring break weekend that local businesses have been looking forward to after two years of the COVID-19 pandemic. The bomber struck shortly after noon in the heart of the South Beach amusement park, leaving five injured earlier this week. “We were given the opportunity to appeal and we chose not to do so,” a Papi Steak spokesman told Fox News Digital Saturday, a day after a Miami-Dade District Court judge rejected the request. “We respect the city’s decision on the curfew.” Guests enjoy a meal at Papi Steak on First Street in Miami Beach on Friday, March 25th. (Fox News Digital) MIAMI BEACH Steakhouse SUGGES IN THE CITY FOR SPRING PROHIBITION Miami Beach Mayor Dan Gelber said the city had no choice but to take action after five people were injured in separate shootings a few steps away from police, which have been on the rise since mid-February. “I know Papi, and I like him, and he makes a great steak,” he told Fox News Digital. “But we had shots fired in this area at the moment.” Papi Steak on First Street in Miami Beach is suing the city for a traffic ban at midnight in the spring. (Fox News Digital) The ban received mixed reviews from business owners, some of whom told Fox News Digital that they lost tens of thousands of dollars a night – or more. Others said they understood the city needed to do something after the violence erupted and, despite the economic impact, supported the security measures. FORT LAUDERDALE SPRING BREAKERS HAVE FUN IN THE SUN AS MIAMI GUESTS MAKE SURE The Papi Steak lawsuit describes the curfew as “arbitrary” and “unacceptably excessive” and calls for an anti-enforcement order south of Fifth Avenue – as well as costs for financial losses. “The curfew is too broad and not narrowly tailored to promote an overriding government interest, as it bans activity on South Fifth Avenue in Miami Beach, which does not seek to address the spring break.” writes the lawsuit. “The curfew is arbitrary and capricious because it seeks to restrict activities to a wide section of South Beach without taking into account any legitimate government need to ban travel, rallies and other constitutionally protected activities throughout the curfew.” . CLICK HERE TO RECEIVE THE FOX NEWS APPLICATION Gelber said city officials and police leaders decided to enforce the curfew in a wider area because they feared a smaller zone would result in the relocation of springs to nearby residential areas, such as the neighborhood around Papi Steak. , and would result in similar difficulties.
