An Albert Lea restaurant will be fined $3,000 for each day it is open to indoor dining after violating Governor Tim Walz’s order to close restaurants in the state of Minnesota.

The Freeborn County District Court found Interchange Wine and Coffee Bistro guilty of contempt of court for violating a December injunction requiring the restaurant to close its indoor and outdoor dining areas, according to a news release Friday from the Minnesota Attorney General’s Office.

The court ordered Interchange to pay a $3,000 fine for each day it is open to indoor guests and to comply with future executive orders.

On its website, Interchange says it is open for indoor dining. It has been open for on-site dining since Walz’s order in November that closed indoor dining. The only time the restaurant is closed is on Christmas and New Year’s Day.

The Attorney General’s Office sued the restaurant on December 21 and a temporary restraining order was issued on December 23.

A call to the restaurant was not returned on Friday evening.

On Thursday, a Dakota County judge found the owners of Alibi Drinkery in Lakeville in contempt of court for remaining open despite the order, and they too must pay a $3,000 fine for each day they allow customers indoors.

“I am glad there are serious consequences for disregarding the court and endangering the citizens of Minnesota,” Attorney General Keith Ellison said in Friday’s press release. “The vast majority of Minnesota bars and restaurants are following the law and fulfilling their responsibility to keep their communities safe. The few that are not should take note that their willful disregard has real consequences, as there should be.”