Showing posts with label Bars. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bars. Show all posts
Thursday, October 04, 2007
Monday, October 01, 2007
Smoking is Gone in Tennessee Restaurants Today
The Non-Smoker Protection Act, signed by Gov. Phil Bredesen in June, prohibits smoking in such public areas as malls, sports stadiums and restaurants.
“I don’t see ourselves losing business,” said Eddie McCrary, assistant general manager at Big River Grille & Brewing Works downtown on Broadway. “If anything, most people, especially our employees, were happy about it.”
While non-smokers may celebrate the legislation, some restaurant owners and smokers say they’re both confused and irritated by the new restrictions.
“It’s an obstruction of people’s rights,” said Anita McKenna as she tapped out a cigarette at the Gerst Haus on Woodland Street Sunday afternoon.
McKenna says she began smoking about four years ago to deal with pain from an operation. Her husband Larry stopped smoking more than 30 years ago, but said he didn’t agree with the ban.
“I stopped (smoking) because of the dangers, but I don’t think we should make smokers feel like second-class citizens,” Larry said.
Boyd Barbee, general manager at Gerst Haus, admitted that some smokers might initially leave, but he expects them eventually to come back.
“I can go through a three-hour dinner and smoke afterward,” said Barbee, a self-described smoker.
At Big River Grille and Gerst Haus, smokers can still take a puff on the outdoor patios, which are not included in the ban.
Read the full article in the Tennessean newspaper.
“I don’t see ourselves losing business,” said Eddie McCrary, assistant general manager at Big River Grille & Brewing Works downtown on Broadway. “If anything, most people, especially our employees, were happy about it.”
While non-smokers may celebrate the legislation, some restaurant owners and smokers say they’re both confused and irritated by the new restrictions.
“It’s an obstruction of people’s rights,” said Anita McKenna as she tapped out a cigarette at the Gerst Haus on Woodland Street Sunday afternoon.
McKenna says she began smoking about four years ago to deal with pain from an operation. Her husband Larry stopped smoking more than 30 years ago, but said he didn’t agree with the ban.
“I stopped (smoking) because of the dangers, but I don’t think we should make smokers feel like second-class citizens,” Larry said.
Boyd Barbee, general manager at Gerst Haus, admitted that some smokers might initially leave, but he expects them eventually to come back.
“I can go through a three-hour dinner and smoke afterward,” said Barbee, a self-described smoker.
At Big River Grille and Gerst Haus, smokers can still take a puff on the outdoor patios, which are not included in the ban.
Read the full article in the Tennessean newspaper.
Wednesday, September 05, 2007
Can't Keep Bucky Out of the Bars
Jason Michael Carroll and Bucky Covington are teaming up for the 20-city bar tour that begins next month and stops in Nashville on Nov. 17.
"Every time I go back into a bar, it takes you back to when you first got into music," Bucky says. "I played bars eight years or so. I think anybody who gets into music got into it because they went to a bar, played music and people liked it. It's about the music, but it's also about the attention in the bar."
"It's called Raisin' the Bar tour.
"Every time I go back into a bar, it takes you back to when you first got into music," Bucky says. "I played bars eight years or so. I think anybody who gets into music got into it because they went to a bar, played music and people liked it. It's about the music, but it's also about the attention in the bar."
"It's called Raisin' the Bar tour.
Read more Nashville news in Beverly Keel's column today.
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