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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nIn December, it refused to shut down during a lockdown order initiated by Governor Gavin Newsom. Then, when officials issued several orders for companies to mandate face coverings, the Orange County restaurant declared itself a mask-free zone and required that diners remove them before entering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now the company says that they will only serve unvaccinated customers after the Centers for Disease Control said that fully vaccinated individuals should once again wear their masks indoors in certain areas with high transmission rates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHere they come to lock you down again,\u201d the restaurant said in an Instagram post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The restaurant management said it will be \u201crequiring proof\u201d that diners are in fact unvaccinated. It remains unclear how staff would go about checking on a customer\u2019s vaccination status.Related Articles<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The company also introduced \u201cThe Basilico\u2019s Declaration and Pledge of Defiance\u201d with the hope that other restaurants join their movement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also, a sign outside the windows of Basilico\u2019s Paste e Vino Italian restaurant reads; \u201cWe have zero tolerance for treasonous, anti-American stupidity.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The pledge also asks that other restaurants remain fully open if the state was to implement another lockdown. It also encourages the businesses to hang an American flag and a \u201cDon\u2019t Tread on Me\u201d flag. Businesses are also asked to ignore any citations, court appearances, and ban masks inside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe understand that masks are the greatest weapons of the lockdowns,\u201d said Basilico\u2019s owner Tony Roman in the Instagram video. \u201cThey are used to divide Americans, just like the vaccination, and they represent fear, control and surrender.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Source:\u00a0Adomonline<\/p>\n\n\n\n