How common are odor complaints about Portland restaurants? Not very, records show

The closure of Pho Gabo, a Vietnamese restaurant in Northeast Portland, has raised questions about a seldom-used city code prohibiting odors impacting neighbors.

PORTLAND, Oregon — The closure of Pho Gabo, a Vietnamese restaurant in Northeast Portland, has sparked a firestorm of controversy over the city’s enforcement of an odor ordinance. 

According to city records, a neighbor complained about the smell of food coming from the restaurant. Portland’s Bureau of Development Services found the restaurant in violation of a seldom-used city code that prohibits odors impacting a nearby residential neighborhood. Rather than paying up to $40,000 for a new filtration system, the owner decided to close

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