Colorado restaurant that hosted large Mother's Day crowds closed by health department

“CDPHE is using its authority under the Colorado Food Protection Act to suspend the license of the business indefinitely until it can be established that there is no longer a threat to public health,” his office said in a statement.

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He added the business — located about 30 miles south of Denver — would likely for suspended for at least 30 days, according to the Denver Post.

“I hope, I pray that nobody falls sick from businesses that chose to violate the law,” Polis said when announcing the suspension. “But if the state didn’t act and more businesses followed suit, it’s a near guarantee that people would lose their lives and it would further delay the opening of legitimate businesses.”

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