None of the Boston Chinatown places had booze licenses, so they would
bring out a big pot of "cold tea" and cups with your meal if you asked
politely. It helped to have a Chinese person with you too.
--R
Greg Fiorentino wrote:
I had to Google that...first I heard the term. We were armed LEOs, so no
cold tea for us!
-----Original Message-----
From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com]
On Behalf Of Rich Thomas
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] Snook Stylin
Did you get "cold tea" too?
--R
Greg Fiorentino wrote:
Being half Sicilian maybe I should just keep my mouth shut...but years
back
I worked at the edge of New York's Chinatown. Almost daily my coworkers
and
I had lunch at one of Chinatown's excellent Chinese, Thai, or Vietnamese
places. Sometimes we'd shop also. I noticed that if I went into a shop
with my Chinese friend, I was never charged sales tax. If I went alone, I
paid tax. I found out it was called "gweilo tax".
"It's Chinatown, Jake".
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