Manchester Bar Closes Due To Positive Employee COVID Tests

Penuche's Music Hall on Elm Street and Penuche's Grill have announced temporary closures for multiple positive COVID tests of employee tests

Posted Mon, Nov 23, 2020 at 9:49 pm ET|Updated Mon, Nov 23, 2020 at 9:50 pm ET

MANCHESTER, NH — A popular restaurant and bar in Manchester is one of the latest to temporally close due to positive COVID tests.

Penuche’s Music Hall on Elm Street announced posted signs on the door that they would be closed Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday for “cleaning purposes.”

In a post on Facebook, the restaurant said three of its employees were quarantined for two weeks after testing positive for the coronavirus.

In October the bar was the focus of the City of Manchester Health Department, and NH Liquor Enforcement for allegations of overcrowding and not following the State of NH COVID Guidelines. Patrons had photographed the bar with several people crowded into the first floor of the bar.

In a Facebook post in October, after the city and state visited, Penuche’s Music Hall posted this note to their patrons:

Several restaurants across the state have either voluntarily closed, or have been fined for non-compliance to the State of NH COVID guidelines.

Wednesday is traditionally a very busy night for bars as people return from colleges to their home towns.