The city revisits a potentially discriminatory policy after a Portland restaurant was closed due to odor complaints

"They complained to the city and the city came down," said restaurant owner Eddie Dong. "It's just food": Why the closure of a Portland pho restaurant is sparking discrimination complaint? "It was just food," said Dong. The restaurant owner says he's not worried about the closure.

A pho restaurant in Portland, Oregon, has shuttered due to anonymous odor complaints, sparking a firestorm of backlash against the city's smell codes. Residents and lawmakers slammed the city’s smell codes as potentially discriminatory. The city is revisiting a potentially discriminatory policy.