It worked in Italy. Governement said restaurants are to stay closed. Restaurant owners begged to differ and all just opened. Nothing the government could do about it so to save face, they back-tracked and said it was ok. As if it was up to them. They key to this is to act together. They can't shut everyone down. Unfortunately if you're they only one who is open, they will try to make an example of you. In Toronto (Canada), they sent what looked like over 50 cops to shut down 1 guy's restaurant. They don't send that many for street shootings with multiple deaths, tells you their priorities. Link to the Italy story for anyone who might be interested. This is before the government backpedaled: https://www.sgtreport.com/2021/01/over-50000-restaurants-in-italy-declare-i-am-open-defying-lockdown-measures/