Posted on 10/26/2024 9:09:22 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
In one sense, the Yoshinoya Japanese Kitchen across the street from MacArthur Park couldn’t be in a better location. Thousands of potential customers stream by each day on foot, headed to and from work, home, shopping, school and the Metro station.
In another sense, it couldn’t be in a worse location. The fentanyl epidemic is often literally at its doorstep, along with the same raft of public safety issues that prompted the exasperated owner of nearby Langer’s Delicatessen to tell me in August that he was thinking of shutting down after 77 years in business.
Yoshinoya manager Hortencia Garcia told me that when she gets to the restaurant each morning at the corner or Wilshire and Alvarado, there’s often work to do before the food prep begins.
“We have to move all of these people and remove all the trash that’s left behind,” Garcia said. Security guard Gabriel Sanchez, meanwhile, said he routinely shoos away people selling or using drugs in front of the restaurant or in its parking lot, and he carries Narcan in his pocket to revive overdose victims. Altercations are part of the job, too.
“I’ve had knives pulled on me, I’ve had people try to stab me with a screwdriver, and just the other day I got hit with a wooden bat,” Sanchez said.
Garcia lamented the fact that the fast-food establishment’s name has become attached to the notorious alley that runs behind restaurant property and draws a shockingly brazen level of drug activity day and night.
“Yoshinoya alley,” Garcia said.
“It’s unfortunately known to the mayor, LAPD, everyone,” said Sanchez. “So our name is” associated with “the overdoses and all the craziness that goes on down there.”
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In before the question is asked, “Which political party have you been voting for?”
This moron is part of the problem and not a solution.
The good news is the Government and its Feddies are saying that crime is “Way Down” (plagiarizing the Elvis hit).
I’m sure it’s mostly peaceful though.
Nah, he’s trying to save lives. I think it’s commendable. It’s the food they serve there that will kill you.
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