Smoking/Non Smoking

I guess Five Dollar Buffet CAN'T have smoking at this time can they? (Since they are gone bye-bye.)

lol guess not...... this was a list right after the smoking ordinance went into effect.

Thanks for the list! There are a lot more places that I have been going now that there is no smoking. It is nice not coming out smelling like a cigarette.

It seems like the majority (not all) non smoking places are Chain Restaurants / Corporate Stores and the smoking restaurants are independently owned. What do they know that the independents don't?

I would like to know what the smoking ban did for the stores bottom line. I have been told that the Corporate stores that went non smoking have seen an increase in family dining (not much change at the bar area) and has helped the stores. I wonder if all the restaurants that went smoking are seeing an increase at their bar location (because that is where most people want to smoke) and is helping their bottom line.

I know that some of the restaurants that elected to go no smoking are hurting on there alcohol sales, but the food side has picked up. The problem is that they made more money off of alcohol, so they are having to change the prices and offerings on the food menu to make up the difference. One restaurant owner told me that his alcohol sales went down almost 30%.

they may have at first but when I was in Texas Roadhouse last week, I had to sit at the bar because they were no other seat. The bar was full, too.

On The Rocks is a restaurant? I thought it was a bar.

Also curious about Bertino's in the Bowling Alley. Does this mean that the whole place is non-smoking or just the restaurant area?

restaurants were the only places that had a choice all other places open to the public are non smoking by law

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Originally posted by lynnblount:
On The Rocks is a restaurant? I thought it was a bar.

Also curious about Bertino's in the Bowling Alley. Does this mean that the whole place is non-smoking or just the restaurant area?

they do indeed serve food..kind of similar to the smokehouse.

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Originally posted by lynnblount:
On The Rocks is a restaurant? I thought it was a bar.

Also curious about Bertino's in the Bowling Alley. Does this mean that the whole place is non-smoking or just the restaurant area?

On The Rocks has the best hamburger in the area.

waffle house in Tuscumbia still allows smoking, but the one in florence is non-smoking. I like their food but i know not to go after say 9-10pm on Friday and Saturdays. The bars are just closing and it's crazy in there, not a place for children that's for sure.

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Originally posted by OriginalBama:
A list that was in the TD of the restaurants with the decisions they made.

Nonsmoking

Applebee's
Bertino's (Lauderdale Lanes)
Casa Mexicana Restaurant
Chili's Grill & Bar
Country Boys Family Restaurant
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store and Restaurant
Dale's Restaurant
El Mazatlan Restaurant & Cantina
Five Dollar Buffet
La Hacienda Mexican Restaurant
Logan's Roadhouse
O'Charley's
Olive Garden
Red Lobster
Ricatoni's Italian Grill
Rosie's Mexican Cantina
Ruby Tuesday Restaurant
Shoney's Restaurant
Texas Roadhouse
Tourway Pancake House Restaurant
Waffle House

Smoking

Bayou Blue
Brinley Bros. Downtown Bistro
Fiesta Mexicana
Granny's Kountry Kitchen
La Fonda Mexicana
On the Rocks
Riverside Restaurant
Sidelines Sports Deli
Smokehouse Billiards

They all make sense except Smokehouse Billiards.

Any update on this?
I guess the issue has gone away.

I feel much better now...knowing that I will not be subjected to "second hand smoke" ...thanks to my Florence City Council.
However, I feel I will not be safe, until my "City Fathers" address the issue of..."nasty smelling burps"...and "foul smelling poots" that I/Family encounter, when attending "Feed Bag" establishments.
And! Let's get on the "Turn-in-the-turd-who-do-not-flush...network!
Can you not put a "Jet Purification System" to suck out all of the putrid...urinal like...smells?
Sorry, I'm cookin' mine at home now...

everyone i know who works at florence restaurants say their businesses have taken a hard hit

How can people complain about the second hand smoke and suck up the cooking grease odors without any complaint? I'll never know.

[quote]everyone i know who works at florence restaurants say their businesses have taken a hard hit[/quote]


I've made it a point to ask many of the managers, of the Florence Restaurants that we eat at, about the effect of the ruling on their business and I'm not hearing the same as you have. Most of the ones i've heard make statements like that are smokers themselves. Not saying they are biased but it's possible that some are.

quote]everyone i know who works at florence restaurants say their businesses have taken a hard hit[/quote]

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I've made it a point to ask many of the managers, of the Florence Restaurants that we eat at, about the effect of the ruling on their business and I'm not hearing the same as you have. Most of the ones i've heard make statements like that are smokers themselves. Not saying they are biased but it's possible that some are."

I'm still trying to make sense out of this one...

I went to Logan's on a Tuesday night and we had to wait be seated. Even the bar was full. Same thing at Rosie's last night and Texas Roadhouse last time I went there. That doesn't look much like non smoking is hurting their business.