Turkey Leg Hut Fires Back, Questions Lawsuit's Timing Right Before Thanksgiving
HOUSTON -- The Turkey Leg Hut restaurant in a press conference today, says it is not a health hazard and questioned the timing of the lawsuit seeking to shut it down just days before Thanksgiving and when it had planned, it says, to give away 3,000 free turkey legs to families in the nearby Third Ward community.
“What is most puzzling to us is why the plaintiffs filed an emergency lawsuit now, the week before Thanksgiving, when the restaurant has been in operation for two years on Almeda,” said John Zavitsanos, lead counsel for the Turkey Leg Hut. “Why would anyone want to deny food or assistance to those who need it by requesting an emergency injunction to stop the preparation of that food?”
In response and separately, Chris Feldman of Feldman & Feldman, the firm acting on behalf of neighbors to the restaurant, said Friday that the suit was filed when it was because they got tired of waiting for something to be done about the heavy smoke generated by the operation of Turkey Leg Hut.
"Would there ever have been a good time for them to do this? We've been waiting for them to comply with the law," Feldman said. "And the problem has been getting worse and the public health threat has been getting worse."
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