[MeganC]

There is an odd provenance connected to this story.

The story seems to be from NYC and not SF.

https://original.newsbreak.com/@bridget-mulroy-1592364/2948351381114-famous-buffet-in-china-town-ny-shut-down-for-selling-dog-meat

And the story seems to be a regurgitation of a story from 2020 and not this year:

https://www.facebook.com/1386544238255932/posts/new-york-investigation-of-the-white-lotus-royal-buffet-showed-that-the-owners-re/2773126232931052/

[MeganC]

Seems the story goes back even further to 2017 and is possibly false.

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/hot-dog-dog-meat/

[nickcarraway]

The stry was on another source last night.

[Codeflier]

Doesn’t feel right. I couldn’t find any other mentions that matched the details of this story, which is a huge red flag.

[NohSpinZone]

This is satire or completely fake news. I vote for the latter. There are two versions of the same story, one in NYC and one SF. There is no “White Lotus Royal Buffet“ in San Francisco or NYC, according to Yelp.

NYC version: https://lansingdaily.com/truecrime/chinese-restaurant-accused-of-stealing-and-cooking-dozens-of-dogs/

SF version: https://lansingdaily.com/top/a-chinese-restaurant-is-charged-with-stealing-and-cooking-dozens-of-dogs/