Gran Rancho Reopens With Strict New Rules

[Sandy Reyes]

The Gran Rancho Jubilee restaurant in East Elmhurst opened its doors again this week after a court ruling that laid out new operating ground rules.
After raising the ire of residents for weeks, the sprawling, straw roofed Domincan restaurant was stormed by police and shut down late last month after bartenders were caught serving alcohol to minors. But last Wednesday, a civil court judge ruled it could reopen if proprieters paid their city fines, beefed up security, closed earlier and shut the downstairs cabaret.

According to Robert Messner, assistant commissioner of the Police Civil Enforcement Unit, the restaurant’s proprieters have agreed to close the disco that was operating—without a cabaret license—in the basement of the restaurant.

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