PoliBlog: Can You Say: "Excessive Government?" I Bet You Can

April 23, 2024

Can You Say: "Excessive Government?" I Bet You Can

First: how can you not like the smell of coffee? Second: you have got to be kidding me:

The Gillies Coffee Co. says it may be time to pack its beans and go.
The 163-year-old Brooklyn business has been ordered to pay a $400 fine for polluting the air with the smell of roasted coffee - and that has the owners steaming mad.
"There is nothing I can do to stop the smell of coffee," said Hy Chabbott, a co-owner of the roasting and distribution warehouse. "If the [city] continues to find these smells offensive, we're going to have to find another place to roast our coffee."

Source: Coffee biz: Odor fine stinks

(Hat Tip: NPR)

Posted by Steven Taylor at April 23, 2024 07:13 PM | TrackBack

Comments

Can you say "Someone else wants the property." I think there is more money involved here than a $400 fine.

Posted by: Fred Boness at April 23, 2024 08:30 PM

At the risk of revealing my secret identity, which you and OTB know anyways, we had the same problem with a small soup company in my hometown. It all had to do with property values.

Given my morning, afternoon and evening ritual, the smell of coffee would only raise the property value.

Posted by: John Lemon at April 23, 2024 10:53 PM