Choie’s Takeaways in Mosgiel to close after 37 years


If there is one thing Julie Choie can take away from her 37 years working at Choie’s Takeaways, it is that working with deep fat fryers may have preserved her youthful complexion.

The popular Mosgiel fast-food shop is closing later this month, but the co-owner joked that working in the greasy environment for so long had been good for her skin.

"I have my kids on — I tell them, ‘look, I don’t use any creams on my face’, as I stand there with this big smear of grease down my face."

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