Food taken from east Madison restaurant dumpster offered as free on sidewalk, business says

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Courtesy Banzo

Courtesy Banzo

Courtesy Banzo



Courtesy Banzo











Discarded food was taken from a dumpster outside a Madison restaurant prep kitchen this weekend and offered up as free on a Williamson Street sidewalk, according to a Facebook post by the restaurant.

Someone trespassed on Banzo’s property and took the discarded food from its dumpster, the post on Saturday afternoon said. The buckets of discarded food were put along a Willy Street sidewalk with a sign offering them up as free.

A note left on one of the buckets of tahini read, “Free sesame tahini discarded by ‘Banzo Shuk’ catering due to spillage (now hopefully cleaned up with paper towels). Fresh — (good) best before 5/25/2020!Great in hummus, in dip for ‘Goyoza’ (dumplings), with beans, on toast, etc. Divy up and share with friends? — Needs much stirring — Take a stick (and wash) — if you wish. (The oil floats, very thick on the bottom.)”

The seven buckets were of tahini and several wooden stir sticks were placed along the sidwalk in front of a home on the 1400 block of Williamson Street.

Banzo said it does not endorse eating food from dumpsters and said it always donates excess food to shelters when it is edible.

“Do not eat this tahini, and as a general [public service announcement], don’t eat free food you find in dumpsters or on the curb,” Banzo said. “You will get sick.”

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