WTF, just let the sumbitch that owns the restaurant decide whether he allows smoke or not.


He can hang a sign up that says, THIS IS A SMOKING JOINT, IF YOU DON"T LIKE IT, GO STUFF YOUR PIE HOLE SOMEWHERE ELSE.

Then, the entrepreneurs would open up Smoking Applebees and Non Smoking applebees. Perhaps maybe even a nonalcoholic applebees if there is enough demand for one.

Cater to the establishments that suit your needs, let the marketplace decide who needs to stay in business or not.

I am sick and freaking tired of everyone wanting to stick their long damned arms into areas that are simply non of their freaking business.

We lost this fight in California decades ago.

DAMN THE NON-SMOKERS!!! :cuss:

:)

Well, they also serve burnt ribs to first timers but everybody who goes back a 2nd time goes to drink a beer rather than eat.

Rep!
It really is this simple.

I actually agree with this. I'm all about smaller government and simpler, more common sense laws. But since I can't do anything about the current state of affairs, I've adopted the position reflected in this thread.

OK, I know where you are talking about now.

So what kind of BLVD specials do they have?

$2 draws all night. They also have Irish on tap. In fact, they have a lot of quality beer on tap for a small joint. If you drop in, please drop my name if you don't mind.

fast food, yes
Subway - and other sandwich shops
Golden Ox / Golden Corrale
Cracker Barrel - um- C racker Barrel that is
Genghis Khan Mongolian Grill
Phonchos?

Just a few stabs in the dark.....

There's actually a restaurant about an hour west of here that has a non-smoking section. It's the little claustrophobic room in the back.

And Bob Dole typed up most of a grant proposal once that actually attempted to study the smoking/non-smoking thing by building duplicate restaurants with rotating staff and a common parking lot. There's a ton of different things that could be studied: attendance, total average ticket, length of stay, revenue per minute of stay, etc.

After reading three or four treads on this subject, all I can say is that nicotine is the devil's drug. I've never been happier that I never got hooked.

Wow, truthfully I am impressed, one that they did it of their own accord and two that you actually could name them.

Five gold stars.

WTF? You and your silly common sense. :shake:

We use to have an old style diner here in town, that specifically catered to smokers. He let people smoke, had ash trays on the tables, counters, etc. He didn't have a non smoking section. When people complained, he pointed to the door. He had a thriving business, as the beleaguered smokers ate there regular as it was the only haven they had to go and enjoy an old fashioned ham and eggs breakfast, black coffee, and a smoke for desert.

They weren't hurting anybody, and they weren't breaking any laws. There was no gun being pointed at anybodies head telling them, they had to go eat there. Just understand it, there WILL BE SMOKE HERE. Don't bitch if you come in.

But the "do gooders" went in anyway and kept raising hell with him, just because they had to have their fuggin way, I mean, that poor bastard was killing people after all.

So the place has a grease fire in the kitchen one day. I am sure it was an accident, and he got the phug out of business.

Now everyone will live to be a hundred and two, just like Jimmy the Cricket use to say.