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AK Anchorage Oscar's Place Restaurant 40% 3 I opened my door 13 years ago to give the common man a place to go. Now 3 years after the do gooders passed the smoking ban, my business still hasn't recovered, and I may have to close my doors forever.
AL Montgomery Montgomery Brewing Company Restaurant & Bar 40% The manager said he is losing customers and his business has decreased sharply since the city's smoking ordinance went into effect
AR Fayetteville Cafe Santa Fe Restaurant Closed 100% 100%
AR Fayetteville Casa Taco Restaurant Closed 100% 100% "Sales dropped off dramatically. We lost our late-night business ... a lot of people come in after the bars close."
AR Fayetteville Hoffbrau Bar/Rest Closed 100% 100% Before closing, The Hoffbrau reported a 50% drop in liquor sales due to the ban.
AR Fayetteville Ozark Brewing Co Brew Pub Closed 100% 100%
AZ Tempe Crocodile Cafe Restaurant Closed 100% 100%
AZ Tempe Pooch's Easy Street Billiards Pool Hall Closed 100% 100%
CA Bell The Lika Club Tavern 60%
CA Clearlake Oaks Dunkhouse Saloon Tavern 50%
CA Escondido Fireside Lounge Tavern 70%
CA Lakewood Grand Central Casino Casino 42% 15 Since the ban took effect in February, liquor sales are down 42 percent and food sales have dropped 25 percent. Fifteen employees have been laid off and another 40 to 50 jobs are in jeopardy.
CA Lancaster Calico Saloon Tavern 30% 5
CA Long Beach Daddy's Lounge Tavern 35% 3
CA San Luis Obispo Laurel Bowl Bowling Alley Closed 100% 100% 385 league bowlers quit when the smoking ban went into effect, with a loss of $200,000. Laurel Bowl had been in business for 37 years before the ban.
CA Santa Fe Rim Ram Tavern 75-90% Before the smoking ban, we would take in about nine-hundred dollars on Wednesday nights. The week following the start of the smoking ban we barely made three-hundred dollars. The next week we only made seventy-five dollars, and we made even less in the weeks following,"
CA Soulsbyville The Old Dog House Tavern Closed 100% 100%
CA Tulare Doherty's Tavern 66%
CA Tulare Marco Polo Lounge Tavern 80% "On nights where we allow our patrons to smoke, we make about $120 a night. Last Monday we didn't allow our customers to smoke. Our total sales were five dollars."
CA Willow Femino's Blue Gum Restaurant Closed 100% 100%
CANADA Acton Red Dog Cafe Restaurant Closed 100% 100%
CANADA Ajax BB's Bar & Grill Restaurant/Bar Closed 100% 100%
CANADA Ajax Chatts Restaurant/Bar Closed 100% 100%
CANADA Ajax Harp & Hound Restaurant/Bar Closed 100% 100%
CANADA Ajax Puk & Beaver Restaurant/Bar Closed 100% 100%
CANADA Ajax Raven & Firkin Restaurant/Bar Closed 100% 100%
CANADA Ajax Sword and Stone Restaurant/Bar Closed 100% 100%
CANADA Ajax Taps Restaurant/Bar Closed 100% 100%
CANADA Ajax The Arctic Restaurant/Bar Closed 100% 100%
CANADA Ajax Thirsty Monk Restaurant/Bar Closed 100% 100%
CANADA Alberta All rest, bar, bingo 40% Consumer prices are going to go up for menu items, Lindy Rollingson, president and CEO of the Alberta Restaurant and Foodservices Association, said yesterday. "There just isn't anywhere else to move."
CANADA Barrie Coffee Time Coffee Shop 50% 100%
CANADA Beauceville, QC Paul Toulouse Bar Closed 100% 100%
CANADA Cambridge Bud's Place Tavern 23% 5
CANADA Castlegar Gardeli's Bar/Restaurant Closed 100% 100%
CANADA Chamberlain Ralph's Place Restaurant/ Diner 75% Jackie Bradley, Owner says, “There is no future here.”
CANADA Chatham Eightball VIP Sports Cafe Sports Bar 40% 2
CANADA Country Various Places various www. pubcoalition. com/ Bars and pubs sales were reduced: 23.5% in Ottawa, 18.7% in London, 24.3% in Kingston and 20.4% in Kitchener.
CANADA Crescentwood Tubbys Pizza Pizza Parlor 20% 2
CANADA Dunnville nastys Sports Bar 37%
CANADA Edmonton Bingo Halls Charity 50% In the first 6 months of the ban.
CANADA Edmonton Epcor Café & Deli Café Closed 100% 100% "The place used to be packed with smokers every morning until the bylaw came in."
CANADA Edmonton Jimmy Ray's Sports Bar & Lounge Bar Closed 100% Business had been down 30 to 35 per-cent each month
CANADA Edmonton Pucks at Coliseum Inn Bar 18 jobs The bar is now closed on Monday and Tuesday nights.
CANADA Edmonton Sherlock Holmes Pub and The Rose & Crown Pub Bars 40% Manager Pat Tarbox reported loss. Tarbox's hubby butts up against smoke ban. It's hurting his bar business says man who was married to anti-smoking crusader.
CANADA Edmonton The Moose Factory Restaurant 35% Tom Goodchild said it's devastating, and had to lay off employees.
CANADA Fort St. John Alexander Mackenzie Inn Hotel 92% 16 "Since we were `beaten' into compliance by the WCB, our business has dropped in the lounge from $1,000 a day to $80. "
CANADA Gander Father's Place 40% My business is down 40 per cent and everyone's in the same boat. I haven't come across one person who hasn't lost revenue, so we have to do something. This is important to everyone right across the province.
CANADA Girardville Martine St-Froze Bar Closed 100% 100%
CANADA Goose Bay Happy Valley Nightclub Closed 100% 100% After the smoking ban, it was like somebody turned on a light. It was just nobody there – absolutely nobody, said Lethbridge.
CANADA Halifax Stage Nine Bar & Grill Closed 100% 100% The owners blamed the smoking ban.
CANADA Inuvik Inuvik Curling Club Private Club 66% The president of Inuvik's Curling Club predicts it will lose $40,000 by the end of the year, and says the town's smoking by-law is to blame.
CANADA Johnstown Bingo International 43 Charities Closed 100% Goodwin said the final straw was the province wide smoking ban.
CANADA Kingston Larry's Pit Stop Tavern 49% 1
CANADA Kitchener Mingles Coffee Shoppe Coffee Shop Closed 100% 100% Before Closing, Mingles saw a 45% drop in sales.
CANADA Laval, QC  L'Amical Bar Closed 100% 100%
CANADA Markham Coffee Time Coffee Shop Closed 100% 100%
CANADA Midland Cellarman's Alehouse Tavern 35% Friday nights used to generate $2,400-$3,100 before the smoking ban. Since the ban those numbers dropped to $900-$1,400.
CANADA Montreal Davidoff Cigar Store Closed 100% 100%
CANADA New Brunswick Various Places 24% Pubs and bars in New Brunswick suffered a 24% drop in liquor sales in the first month of a ban similar to the one passed in Ontario.
CANADA Niagara Region Literacy Council Charity Bingo Closed 100% 100% Now pleading with the public for cash.
CANADA Ontario 250 various pubs pubs Closed 100% 100% Newsletter article page #3806
CANADA Ontario Tourist Spending 7%
CANADA Ontario Various Places 25% Sales at the average Ontario pub, bar and nightclub have fallen by 25% and 4,100 jobs have been lost in this sector.
CANADA Oshawa Flying Squirrel Restaurant/Bar Closed 100% 100%
CANADA Oshawa Konfusions Restaurant/Bar Closed 100% 100%
CANADA Oshawa Micky Finns Restaurant/Bar Closed 100% 100%
CANADA Oshawa Queen's Hotel Restaurant/Bar Closed 100% 100%
CANADA Oshawa The Castle Restaurant/Bar Closed 100% 100%
CANADA Oshawa The Wall Restaurant/Bar Closed 100% 100%
CANADA Oshawa Winchester Arms (2 locations) Restaurant/Bar Closed 100% 100%
CANADA Ottawa Beacon Hill Arms Tavern Closed 100% 100% Dave O'Connor, who successfully ran Ottawa's Beacon Hill Arms pub for nine years, said the ban forced him out of business. "From September to February, we lost close to $80,000 in sales"
CANADA Ottawa Hemingway's Bar/Restaraunt 40% 6
CANADA Ottawa Sky Garden Restaurant Closed 100% 100% / 6 "It was 100% because of the bylaw. Sales dropped 50%. Our cups of coffee were down 400 to 500 a day, our meals 20 to 30 a day."
CANADA Owen Sound Beach Brothers Bar Closed 100% 100% There were only 3 bars in a city with almost 22,000, with a small college.  This makes the count of bars at 2, with this historical building being built and used since 1887 as a hotel.
CANADA Pickering Melanie Pringles Restaurant/Bar Closed 100% 100%
CANADA Polo Park Branigan's Tavern Closed 100% 100% / 50
CANADA Portage la Prairie Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 65 Club 30% “It’ll make a big hole in the community,” branch president Keith Hutchinson said.
CANADA Prince Rupert Rupert Pub Tavern Closed 100% 100%
CANADA Regina Casinos 33% To counter the impact of the ban, the gaming corporation increased advertising and hired more staff, resulting in a 14 per cent increase in expenses.
CANADA Riverton Sandy Bar Hotel Hotel Closed 100% 100% Rob Charrier said he was forced to close, had been open since 1947.
CANADA Saskatchewan Confederation Bingo Bingo Closed 100% I'm guessing they're sitting at home, having a cigarette at home and finding other forms of entertainment, said Randy Gudmundson.
CANADA Saskatoon Royal Canadian Legion Bar 50% He says even the non-smokers have stopped coming because they can't hang out with their smoking buddies.
CANADA St. Albert The Patch Tavern 70%
CANADA St. Thomas Burty Bob's Bar Closed 100% Daniels blamed inequitable enforcement of the city’s smoking ban.
CANADA St-Hubert, QC Le Brooklyn Bar Closed 100% 100%
CANADA Thunder Bay Empire Hotel Hotel 40% “I am doing the best that I can considering my limited space to work with to accommodate my customers and to help my business survive. It seems to me that our city council is not interested in supporting us in any way.”
CANADA Thunder Bay Kilroy's Sports Pub & Billiards 25% Strapped for cash, the business reduced its sponsorship of local sports teams, laid off staff and reduced business hours.
CANADA Thunder Bay Newfie's Pub Bar 20% “In my opinion, the city was very unfair in the first place to impose a 100 per cent no-smoking by-law without any concessions, options, or regard for the bar operators and our customers.”
CANADA Thunder Bay The Aurora Grill Bar & Grill Closed 100% 100% Doug Fraser and Cheryl Klause can’t compete with ban against Casino.
CANADA Thunder Bay Thunderbolts Swim Club Bingo Hall Closed 100% 100% Closed because of ban, no money now for the kids.
CANADA Tilsbury Mr. B's Restaurant Closed 41%
CANADA Tornoto Cobalt Tavern 50% "You build this business, and you're proud of it, and all of a sudden the city makes this blind decision...places like us get totally screwed."
CANADA Toronto Bovine Sex Club Tavern 50%
CANADA Toronto Elements Nightclub Closed 100% 100%
CANADA Toronto Elsewhere Bar & Grill Tavern 100% We cut staff early to save cost and boredom. The City of Toronto promised us a deluge of non-smokers who would be deliriously happy to visit us because we're non-smoking. Where are they?
CANADA Toronto Strathmore Bingo Bingo Hall Closed 100% 21 Closed for 2 months. "Net revenue in May was very low with each charity only receiving $45 per session they worked," said Mr. Brock. "This is compared to the (ore-ban) average of about $100 per session."
CANADA Toronto The Spotted Dick Taverm 60%
CANADA Vancover Bacchus Nightclub 100% 100% In its first two years, it regularly would close to its 275-person indoors capacity, Sorochan {the owner} says. As business dwindled, you'd be lucky to find 60 patrons on hand.
CANADA Wallaceburg Sam's Hotel Tavern 60-70 "(Business is down) probably 60-70 per cent (at night) and 90 per cent in the daytime."
CANADA Whitby Cannucksters Restaurant/Bar Closed 100% 100%
CANADA Whitby Chitchats Restaurant/Bar Closed 100% 100%
CANADA Whitby Otter and Firkin Restaurant/Bar Closed 100% 100%
CANADA Whitehorse Coffee Shop Coffee Shop Closed 100% 100% Owner sues over ban for 5.6 million.
CANADA Whitehourse The Coffee Bar Coffee Shop 50%
CANADA Windsor 30 Various Places Bar/Restaurant Closed 100% 100% Including: Parthenon, Fireman's Bar & Grill, Atrio,  Raine's Cafe, Gustoso, Changez Nite Club, Koko Pellies, Ye Olde Grand Tavern, X-Treme Night Club, Wolley Bulleys, Angolo Blu Cafe, Faces on College, The Junction.
CANADA Windsor Classic 2 Bingo Closed 100% 100%
CANADA Windsor Derby Community Bingo Bingo Closed 100% 100% “We were not convinced this hall could survive the non-smoking legislation."
CANADA Windsor Hollywood Bingo Bingo Closed 100% 100% …affecting more than 90 charities and almost 100 employees
CANADA Winnipeg Happy Joe's Restaurant Closed 100% 100%
CANADA Yellowknife MacKenzie Lounge Tavern 80%
CO Colorado Springs El Tejon Restaurant Restaurant Closed 100% 100%
CO Fort Collins Hooters Restaurant Closed 100% . "Ban killed it"
CO Grand Junction Corral Pool Hall 50% The hordes of people promised by the Cancer society and the Lung Associations have failed to appear.
CO Greeley Red Garter Lounge Tavern 45%
CO Greeley Roasty's Steakhouse Restaraunt 60%
CO Greeley Union Colony Brewery Brew Pub Closed 100% 100%
CO Louisville Bart's Bar/Restaurant Closed 100% 100% Bart's had been in operation for nearly 30 years.
CO Pueblo Assorted Tavern Closed 100% "The smoking ban affected the bars in Pueblo quite drastically. We've had six to 10 bars close since the smoking ban started," said Chuck Chavez, owner of the Sunset Inn.
CO Pueblo Bruno's Beer Joynt Tavern Closed 100%
CO Pueblo Mugsy's Tavern Closed 100%
CO Pueblo Pepper's Tavern Closed 100%
CO Pueblo Silver Saddle Tavern Closed 100%
CO Pueblo Town Tavern Tavern Closed 100%
CO Steamboat The Golden Cue Bar Closed 100% 100% Over thirty neighborhood pubs and taverns have closed since this ill-conceived and oppressive law was passed which denies' people their right to free choice.
CT Bristol Tracie's Pub Tavern 40% My business has dropped about 30 to 40 percent since the smoking ban. I've spoken with a lot of bar owners in town and they all have the same problem.
CT Colchester Moriarty's Pub Closed 100% 100% After nearly two decades in business, Moriarty's Pub was done in by the ban on smoking, its owner said.
CT Cromwell Saw Mill Pub Restaurant Closed 100% 100%
CT Fairfield Bear and Grill Bar/Restaurant 30-40% "I used to close down at 1 a.m. Now I close down at 9:30. The next three hours are dead."
CT Hartford A-Vend, Inc. Vending 60% Hurt by the trickle down effect of the ban.
CT Meriden La Primavera Restaurant Closed 100% When the statewide smoking ban snuffed out cigarettes in his bar area last October, 80 percent of his business went up in smoke. The restaurant was one of the few family restaurants remaining in the city.
CT Montville Brown Derby Tavern 50%
CT New London Nowhere Café Restaurant 80% Diane Batte-Holmgren said business will only get worse as winter draws closer.
CT New London Sundowner Restaurant Restaurant 30% 2 He's laid off two employees and is asking waiters to double up on shifts.
CT Norwich Pinstripes Sports Bar Closed 100% 100%
CT Norwich Pinstripes Sports Cafe Sports Bar Closed 100% 100%
CT Old Saybrook Adreanas Restaurant Restaurant Closed 100% 100%
CT Stamford Rack N' Roll Pool Hall 30%
CT Wallingford T-Bowl Lanes Bowling 50% 50% "Income cut in half, that's a big chunk of my business" says Carmen Izzi.
CT Waterbury Bobby D's Café Bar/Night Club 60% Our day business is mostly blue collar with many contractors and factory workers who come in after work. 90 percent of the customers in my bar smoke.
CT Windsor Locks Cargo's Café Restaurant Closed 100% 100%
DE Bear Just Mugs Saloon Tavern 33%
DE Newark Desiree Mulford's Breakers Bar and Billiards 70% After a 70 percent decrease in business, Mulford decided to allow smoking at Breakers despite the new law.
DE Wilmington Back Stage Cafe Bar/Restaurant Closed 100% 100% / 20
DE Wilmington Coach House Bar/Restaurant Closed 100% 100% / 8
DE Wilmington Naamans Cafe Restaurant Closed 100% 100% / 8
FL Cape Coral Collier Lee Vending Vending Machines 40% N/A We have over 60 customer accounts in 4 counties all of which have shown losses of 25% to 60% since the start of the ban.
FL Cutler Ridge Old Cutler Oyster Company Restaurant Closed 100% 100% Has been fighting the ban since it went into effect.
FL Fort Walton Elks #1795 (Private Club) Lodge Private Club 40% 22% "Charity money is down 45%. Our Charities are Kids of Florida and the Veterans. That is who is really getting hurt the most by this!"
FL Ft. Pierce Elks Private Club 50% (Bingo "Our Charity money is down 50% or more over this time last year. We are going to be able to spend only about $5,000.00 this year on our Christmas programs vs. $12,000.00 plus last year. The Christmas programs include Salvation Army, Waterfront Mission, Sharing and Caring (food bank) and then we take needy families shopping for food, clothes and a few toys for the kids. We did about 17 families
FL Jupiter (and Miller's Ale House (35 Locations) After the law took effect July 1, 2003, the Ale House chain experienced the first decline in business in its 15-year history, said Dave Reid, vice president for operations. ...For the first five months of 2004 alcoholic beverages sales were down $2 million compared with January through May of 2003"
FL Lake Wales Cherry Pocket Restraunt 30% 30% Small business work so hard for their business, it is hard to believe the Goverment can just take it away without any thought at all.
FL Naples The Falls Restaurant Closed 100% 100% "We lost 70 percent of our income," Renzello said. "The law put us out of business." 90 percent of her customers were smokers.
FL New Port Richey Gulf Harbor Yacht Club Private Club 68%
FL North Fort Jerseys Sports Cafe Sports Bar 25% 20% / 4 Whatever happened to the individuals freedom to choose where you go and what you do in public?
FL Pensacola Beach Elks #2256 (Private Club) Lodge Private Club 20% 30% "We've lost 70 members because of the ban"
FL Plantation Elks #2273 (Private Club) Lodge Private Club 60% 60% / 1
FL Port Charlotte Melons Bar & Grill Bar/Restaurant Closed 100% 100% / 4 Before closing they experienced a 50% loss in sales and a 60% loss in tips becuase of the smoking ban.
FL St.James City Double Nichol Pub Tavern 10% 10% / 3
FL Tampa Toucans Bar & Grill 30-40% 50% / 3
FL Thonotosas Grandma's Kitchen Restaurant Closed 100% 100% / 5
FL Venice Bogey's Restaurant/Sports Pub >20%
FL West Palm Beach Zook's "It has almost put me out of business. We are down about 45 percent for each month," Zook said. "Our food sales were 48 percent of our business. Now they are down to 10 percent. A lot of people who had drinks with lunch or dinner are not coming in now. They can't eat here."
FL Wildwood Buddy's BBQ Restaurant Closed 100% 100%
GA State Huddle House Restaurant 75% Within the week those who meet there on a regular basis to drink coffee, smoke, converse and yes to eat have reduced by 75%.
IL Chicago The Jazz Showcase Bar Closed 100% 100%
IL Sangamon County American Legion Post # 32 50%
IL Sangamon County Bernie & Betty’s 40%
IL Sangamon County Cheers 50%
IL Sangamon County D.H. Browns 50%
IL Sangamon County JW’s Lounge 40%
IL Sangamon County Knuckleheads 40%
IL Sangamon County Mac’s Lounge 25%
IL Sangamon County Spillway Lanes Bowling 25%
IL Sangamon County Stadium 40%
IL Sangamon County Track Shack 42%
IL Skokie Village Inn Sports Bar 37% 6
IL Springfield Fairview Restaurant Closed 100% 100% He estimated that before the ban, some 70 percent of his patrons smoked.
IL Urbana Margarita's Restaurant Restaurant 10% In first 3 weeks of ban, Victor Hernandez says it's already hurting his business.
IL Vernon Hills Slate Street Billiards Closed 100% 100% “Basically, we’re losing our whole lives,” said Pam Grimm, who with her husband, Dave, started new careers when they bought the business…
IN Madison Cabana Joe's Bar/Restaurant 50% Torline installed a ventilation system that is designed to filter smoke from the air.
IRELAND Assorted 200 pubs pubs Closed 100% 100% The Vintners Federation of Ireland told an Oireachtas committee yesterday that 7,600 jobs had been lost in the hospitality industry since the ban’s introduction, while 200 pubs had also closed down.
IRELAND Dublin Bewley's Oriental Cafe Tea and Coffee Shop Closed 100% 100% The shop, located on Westmoreland St, had been in business since 1986
IRELAND Dublin Bewley's Oriental Cafe Tea and Coffee Shop Closed 100% 100% The Grafton Street Shop had been open since 1927.
IRELAND Dublin MacTurcails 20%
IRELAND Eyre Square Fibber Magees Closed 100% 100% ``We're damned if we do and damned if we don't,'' Lawless said {Defying the law}. ``We're either going to go out of business or be put out of business.'' Before closing the bar suffered loses of 66%
IRELAND Various 800 Pubs Pubs Closed 100% 100% Newsletter article page #3601
KS Lawrence Hereford House 40% 16
KS Lawrence The Meat Market Bar/ Restaurant Closed 100% 100%
KY Lexington Friends and Company Bar/Restaraunt 30% The restaurant has experienced the lowest revenue in the last 19 months.
KY Lexington Lynagh's Pub Bar/Restruant 40% "Smokers still come, but not as often and they don't stay as long. "
KY Lexington Maxwell's Tavern Closed 100% 100% Maxwells had been open for 14 years.
KY Lexington Nicholson's Cigar Bar Cigar Bar 100% 100% Owners of Nicholson's Cigar Bar say it didn't make sense to operate a smoke-less cigar bar
KY Tatets Creek Jackpot Bingo 50% The Tates Creek High School Marching Band stands to lose about $80,000 this year in bingo money.
MA Bradford Pockets Billiards Pool Hall 100% 100% Closed after 11 years!
MA Cambridge Bud's Place 23% 500%
MA Chicopee Falls Blue Room Cafe Tavern 25% The business has been open since 1936
MA Fall River Gold Mine Restaraunt Bar/Restaraunt 50% 50% / 2 "There should be places for both the smoker and nonsmoker. I do not smoke but you are killing our business!!! "
MA Hingham Aloha Tavern Closed 100% 100%
MA Marlboro Marlboro Cozy Cafe 60% 2 We had 5 employees, now have 3 and that includes me. If this is result of one month of the ban after 35yrs in business I may have to close my doors.
MA South Weymouth J.C. Grear’s Tavern Closed 100% 100% "Decimated after the ban."
MA South Weymouth J.C. Grear's Restaurant Closed 100% 100%
MA Springfield Blarney Stone Tavern 25%
MA Springfield City Line Cafe Tavern 50% "People are complaining about it. They're saying 'Why go out for a drink when I can buy a six-pack and sit at home?' It's really hurting us."
MA Weymouth Various Places 50% Owners told the Town Council ” Business is down 50 percent since the ban went into effect.
MD Bethesda Uncle Jed's Roadhouse Tavern 50% 70% / 2 ...Smaller establishments have seen total sales decline by an average of 30 percent during the week and 50 percent on weekends, according to Melvin Thompson, vice president of the Restaurant Association of Maryland
MD Fort Washington Martini’s Restaurant & Lounge Bar/Restaurant 70% 70%/10 ‘‘It was false for people to believe that a bar would suddenly be filled with nonsmokers.”
MD Gaithersburg Anchor Inn restaurant Closed 100% 100%