Grove St. Odor

[daviscubed.livejournal.com]

I recently moved from Gorham St. to Winsow Ave., and in doing so have walked a little more frequently on Grove St.

Has the stench - and I think it's coming from McKinnon's, but could be wrong - from the dumpster behind McKinnons through Cristo's always been there?  I mean, it can really knock you over.  I love McKinnon's, but am getting a little ascared of buying stuff from them, although I'm also assuming that the smell is more from refuse in their dumpster than anything they're selling.  

Maybe I just never noticed it before?  I would think there would have been a complaint...

Comments

Its the butcher

[msiebler.livejournal.com]

The smell is 100% due to McKinnon's; and its because they do clean their dumpsters w/ high pressure water, which then runs down into the storm drain in the parking lot and turns rancid there. That's also why the lot is always slippery; since the runoff leaves a lot of grease behind.
Not sure why its worse recently; which i have also noticed. Maybe the drain is getting more clogged w/ grease.
Not sure what the city can do about it; I think its allowed to clean their dumpsters in this way.

Re: Its the butcher

[ron_newman]

You're not supposed to dump fat into storm drains. Many years ago the city cited another company, 'Research Foods' in Boynton Yards, for doing this. I think they eventually took it by eminent domain and forced it to close.

Re: Its the butcher

[somertricky.livejournal.com]

I can't imagine this happening to McKinnon's, though. I can already envision the flotilla of double-parked Buicks encircling the square in protest...

Re: Its the butcher

[ron_newman]

Here are three search results for 'Research Foods' in the Boston Globe archives. If you have a Globe subscription, you can read the articles for free on their site.