Showing posts with label Ting Hua. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ting Hua. Show all posts

Thursday, January 19, 2012

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What to do with old cooking oil?  If you are Ting Hua, the Chinese eatery at 351 Smith Street, you dump a few huge containers of the greasy stuff right into the gutter and let it flow down into the city's sewer drain.
The resulting mess has neighbors fuming, especially since  the grease is quite slippery and is leaving track marks up and shown the sidewalk. On top of that , the ooze kept on flowing past the intersection at Carroll Street and down the side street, where it left a few smelly puddles.
It was easy to trace the slick back to the restaurant by following the track to the eatery's  front doors.
When confronted by an angry resident,  the staff at Ting Hua admitted to having dumped the grease.
Apparently, the restaurant had placed a few big open containers of used oil out with the trash, but the carter responsible for picking up its trash only picked up one container.
I suppose dumping the others into the gutter seemed like a capital idea.
Unfortunately, it's not the first time Ting Hua does this.

Friday, May 29, 2009

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A few days ago, I received an email from reader Tamar, who wanted to know if I had noticed that Ting Hua, the Chinese restaurant at 351 Smith Street, between Carroll Street and Second Place, had closed late last week. That was news to me, so I walked by to check it out. Sure enough, the gate was rolled down during lunch time and has remained closed. A quick telephone call to the restaurant's number remained unanswered.
This place was hardly one of my favorites in the neighborhood. However, it has been a fixture on Smith Street for at least 10-12 years.
I asked the deli owner next door if he knew what had happened. He seemed as surprised as I was.
Does anyone have any info?


****UPDATE****

Sunday May 31st
A FOR RENT sign appeared on the storefront on Friday, but by Sunday, there were two people cleaning the take-out restaurant and there was a sign in the window that Ting Hua would re-open by Monday, June 1st.

Weird!





Related Reading:

Major Yuck Factor At Ting Hua On Smith Street



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