HARRISBURG, Pa. - Two Mercer County restaurants were among 53 dining establishments in Pennsylvania ordered to close for defying Governor Tom Wolf’s temporary ban on indoor dining earlier this month.

The state department of agriculture said that on December 17, Greenville Junction, 36 Hadley Road, Greenville, and County Line Café, 3806 Perry Highway, Hadley were found to be in violation of Wolf’s order prohibiting dine-in service from December 12, 2020, through January 4, 2021.

The order also spelled out COVID-19 mitigation requirements for restaurants, including masking of employees offering carry-out, delivery, and curbside pick-up services.

Restaurants ordered to close may reopen for carryout or delivery when they comply with the order or when it expires on January 4, according to Shannon Powers, Press Secretary for the PA Department of Agriculture.

From December 14 through December 20, the department’s Bureau of Food Safety performed 493 inspections, 89 of which were complaint-driven. Of those, 84 were COVID-19 specific complaints. The department received 428 food facility COVID-19 related complaints, and 87 of those COVID-19 related complaints were referred to local and county health jurisdictions.

In addition, the department issued 180 written warnings to restaurants reported to be violating the temporary dine-in prohibition. Of those 180 warnings, 53 restaurants were closed by order after they were confirmed to be open for dine-in service and refused to comply with the order.

The limited-time mitigation order includes:

All in-person indoor dining at businesses in the retail food services industry, including, but not limited to, bars, restaurants, breweries, wineries, distilleries, social clubs, and private catered events is prohibited.

Outdoor dining, take-out food service, and take-out alcohol sales are permitted and may continue, subject to any limitations or restrictions imposed by Pennsylvania law, or this or any other order issued by the Secretary of Health or by the governor.