Thanks! Good catch! You're right about the bars; I'd forgotten the that detail of the law. It was even a "sticking point" issue with our Elks Lodge bar, as well as several local public ones. One local bar tried to slide under the enforcement radar by letting bar patrons order food from a take-out joint next door---that the bar owners just happened to own---and the food would be delivered by employees to the bar patrons, who never had to leave their bar stools. Worked for a few weeks, then the bar owners got slapped down by the State enforcement folks.
We simply set up a nice area outside our Lodge for the smokers, who, after grumbling for a while, decided the Lodge bar benefits outweighed the inconvenience of smoking outside. Nowadays, people (like me) who avoided the bar due to dislike/allergy to smoke can now enjoy an "adult beverage" with friends in comfort, especially when we have live musical entertainment.
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Date: 2005-01-29 04:15 pm (UTC)We simply set up a nice area outside our Lodge for the smokers, who, after grumbling for a while, decided the Lodge bar benefits outweighed the inconvenience of smoking outside. Nowadays, people (like me) who avoided the bar due to dislike/allergy to smoke can now enjoy an "adult beverage" with friends in comfort, especially when we have live musical entertainment.