Restaurateur converts bus into barbecue to skirt ban  

北京一燒烤店為避城管公交上開大排檔 被令整改

近日，記者在通州區新華聯家園南區底商的“胖子小館”看到，原先的露天燒烤攤位不見了，而一輛經過簡單改裝的公交車停在門前的停車位上。據燒烤店老板介紹，最近城管整治露天燒烤，不讓在外面支燒烤攤，于是他從公交公司買了這輛公交車供顧客就餐使用。[查看全文]

(ECNS) -- A restaurant owner in Beijing has purchased a bus and transformed it into a dining room to evade the city's crackdown on open-air barbecues, the Beijing Morning Post observed on Tuesday.

With six tables, the bus-turned-dining room can hold 20 people. Although the space is cramped, the bus has still attracted diners eager to try a new eating experience.

The owner of the restaurant said he bought the bus from a local company for 45,000 yuan ($7,196).

"I bought the bus to provide an eating place for customers since outdoor grilling has been banned in Beijing," said the restaurant owner.

"Grilled foods are cooked inside our restaurant and offered to diners sitting 'within' the bus, so our business should not be called an 'outdoor snack' shop," the owner said.

However, the restaurant's business idea has been criticized by local residents for illegally occupying public places.

The urban management department of Tongzhou district said they had received reports from local residents who said the crowded and unhygienic conditions in the bus may be hazardous for diners.

The department said they had ordered the owner of the restaurant to suspend business.