eric flannery, the owner of the big board bar is back withex us exclusively. t eric, it'sis it doesn't surprise me sadly now in washington, d.c. but d your thoughtsc nowt that the bar that you love and you put so much blood sweat ,tears into not to speak of money is closed. i'm really sad for you know what ? i'm really sad for all ok my workers. they've been here foror ten yeas before they come in . they come to work. my cook was cooking food last night. he was here on the day we opened the bartender who was serving nonalcoholic drinks last night. he's been here for nine and a half years. they want to be working. they came down here the whole pandemic well, everybody was staying in their house. they came down here and worked . so that's really the saddest part for me now eric, mayor bouser swears she didn't want downn your bar. watch. i like the business to comply and we don't want to shut anybody down. that's that's how we've approached this throughout the twenty some months of this pandemic. we want to give people support ,advice, supplies, help,. whatever t

eric flannery is very serious about this. ry 28th. it was a slow process in between. about 2.5 weeks. >> brian: do you feel like you are targeted? >> i think most certainly because we said something they were coming in to look at our restaurant and paying particular attention to us. >> you basically said don't wear masks and come on in here and grab a beer. >> i just said everybody is welcome. it is nothing controversial. it is just what every bar and restaurant in the united states should be doing, welcoming everybody. >> brian: i know how these boards can be, no pun intended. do you believe that march 1st it's back to business for eric? >> right now, we are trying to convince them to raise the restrictions and let him open immediately. it makes no sense. every other restaurant as best as i get jail in d.c. is able to operate and they are no longer checking for vaccine records. and yet the big boarded for us to be close. >> brian: where is your case? are you testing the mayor? even if she had the power to do this to begin wit