I dug around and found the following article from Le Journal's web page, dated December 12, 2020:
https://www.journaldesaintbarth.com...-trois-restaurants-epingles-202012161148.html
Translation by Google:
Non-compliance with health protocol: two bars closed and three restaurants pinned ["caught" might be a better translation than "pinned"]
The checks carried out on December 5 led to the administrative closure of two establishments in Saint-Barth, and the formal notice of three others, for breaches of health protocol.
Three levels in the repression of non-compliance with barrier gestures in public places: warning, formal notice, then administrative closure. On December 5, the gendarmes and state services carried out a check-round on our island.
On December 8, the Prefecture of the Northern Islands published two closure orders concerning the Casa and the Modjo. The two establishments, which are normally nightclubs, have been reorganized to work as a bar. However, on the evening of December 5, several breaches of the anti-Covid health protocol were found at the Casa de Gustavia. The decree mentions welcoming hugs between customers and staff, the absence of masks in several waiters and kitchen workers, tables for more than six customers and even a dance floor on which customers swayed, drink in hand and without mask.
The Casa had already been the subject of a formal notice in September (JSB 1393), it will be closed for 15 days from December 8. The property that overlooks the nightclub and is owned by the same owner, the Skybar, had already been closed for a month in October. The decree concerns the two structures since they are one and the same legal entity.
That same evening, at the Modjo in Saint-Jean, the staff worked without wearing a mask, and part of the clientele danced while consuming drinks and without a mask. Some patrons greeted each other with hugs and hugs, and at midnight, instead of dispersing, the patrons continued to congregate on the patio. The decree specifies that the manager of the establishment herself has cashed in several customers without wearing the mask. The Modjo had also already been the subject of a formal notice a few weeks earlier, on October 30. It is closed for a period of twelve days from December 8. The relatively short duration of these closings, which usually last more than thirty days, was chosen so as not to penalize establishments too much on the eve of the festive season.
In addition, three restaurants, Portugal, Zion and Pearl Beach, have received formal notice for the same type of offenses. If they repeat it in a future check they too could face an administrative shutdown.
As a reminder, bars and restaurants, closed at least until January 20 in metropolitan France, are subject to several restrictions in our territory. They must respect a limit of six customers per table, establish a distance between each table, close their doors at midnight. All employees, including the kitchen, must wear the mask, as should customers when traveling. It is forbidden to consume standing or at the bar, to dance. And customers must be able to leave their contact details so that possible contact cases can be identified quickly.
