tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24305423.post2582911554173165782..comments2023-09-16T05:37:26.347-04:00Comments on River City Food and Wine: A Smoky Waiting Area Led to Baker's Crustpjpinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01439946083475491666noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24305423.post-90854800355553477622008-04-25T23:35:00.000-04:002008-04-25T23:35:00.000-04:00I am so sick of paying money for good food and hav...I am so sick of paying money for good food and having to deal with smokers. Many very good Fan restaurants allow smoking. One cig is enough to stink the entire place. One doesn't realize how smelly many Richmond restaurants are until one travels to cities such as New York, LA and Chicago where smoking is banned. I feel sorry for the workers in restaurants with smoking.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24305423.post-87835778117994892008-03-22T18:42:00.000-04:002008-03-22T18:42:00.000-04:00I used to be a militant anti smoker and get very h...I used to be a militant anti smoker and get very hot and bothered about it. Times have changed. I no longer have to sit next to a pipe smoker all day at work. Can you imagine?<BR/><BR/>The least a huge chain like Red Lobster/Olive Garden could do is put a physical barrier between smoking and non-smoking sections, but you're right. Serves you right for choosing a pseudo restaurant ahead of our many fine locally run joints. I can talk, because there are no pseudo restaurants within 5 miles of here, so it makes it easy.<BR/><BR/>Bon Appetit (coming to Broad Street in May)Paul Hammondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00672123256678811134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24305423.post-15123629491981846062008-03-22T16:16:00.000-04:002008-03-22T16:16:00.000-04:00A very fine example of the free market working in ...A very fine example of the free market working in the case of smoking vs. non-smoking restaurants. :)Nathan Hugheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15774376317534190491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24305423.post-3254036747908993832008-03-22T14:34:00.000-04:002008-03-22T14:34:00.000-04:00Having quit smoking a couple of years ago, when Fi...Having quit smoking a couple of years ago, when Finn was born, it's still not been long enough to keep me from craving a cig every now and then. That being said, I am getting increasingly intolerant of smoky restaurants. The smoke distracts me from being able to taste again and the annoyance continues when I can still smell it the next day on my clothes. A space of 10 feet from smoking to non-smoking is not sufficient. Smoky establishments are falling off our dance card. I expect many others are doing the same.<BR/><BR/>Sorry, I'll get off my soap box now (unless a place goes non-smoking and then replaces the air purifiers with a TV set... ugh!).Bookstore Piethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16229389993923004442noreply@blogger.com