It's a classic David and Goliath story: A white-shoe law firm staffed with hundreds of D.C.'s most-powerful lawyers has moved to shutter a hamburger eatery on the grounds that the lawyers didn't like the aroma of cooking meat wafting into their offices.
So far, Goliath is winning.
D.C. Superior Court Judge John Mott ordered the restaurant, Rogue States on Connecticut Avenue near Dupont Circle, to shut down its grill this week. Neighboring law firm Steptoe & Johnson had sued the restaurant, saying the firm's employees suffered nausea, watery eyes and headaches from Rogue States' fumes.
Read more at the Washington Examiner: http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/local/Prestigious-law-firm-sues-burger-joint-over-smell-1214765-104991844.html#ixzz12R2LTH3i
I'd say this is a bit extreme. However, I do have a little related story
When I worked at KSAL in Salina, there was a nearby burger stand called the Cozy Inn. Cozy burgers were a lot like White castles, with the onions fried right in. The aroma was legendary.
We had a rule at the station that no bags of cozy burgers were allowed in the building. And if you walked inside the store instead of using the walk up window, you were not allowed back in the building..
So maybe this suit is not completely without merit. ;)
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