Crews have started hauling spoiled food out of a shuttered Honolulu-area restaurant, which is good news for neighbors who have been dealing with the smell.

• Professional cleaners are removing rotting food from Happy Days restaurant in Chinatown.
• The food was left behind after part of the roof caved in on August 18.
• The building is still considered unsafe to occupy, but the city allowed access to the kitchen.
• State health officials say food in the dining area has to stay for now because it is too dangerous to reach.

Outlook: The kitchen cleanup should ease the odor, but the dining room mess will linger until the building is safe enough to enter.