[NYC GOP Chick]

Stephanie Keith for The New York Times

Finbarr Harten and Melaina Mace outside Donovan's Pub in Queens.

[Dustin Hawkins]

It is a lowsy ban. Now they just smoke in front of the exit doors in holy congregation so when you walk out you get mushroom-clouded and lose 3-5 days of your life...

[Clemenza]

Ask anyone in Bay Ridge what they think of the Yuppie Douchbag Manhattanites smoking ban.

[wolfpat]

I've only been to NYC once, and plan to go again soon. I'm just glad that on my first trip, I was able to fulfill a lifelong ambition: To sit in a New York blues bar, with a cigarette in one hand and a whiskey in the other.

[mcg1969]

"I have to admit," he said sheepishly, "I've seen no falloff in business in either establishment." He went on to describe what he once considered unimaginable: Customers actually seem to like it, and so does he.

Same thing happened in San Francisco. It is indeed a lousy ban, but at the same time, I don't think bar owners realized just how much business they would keep and even gain if they had voluntarily gone non-smoking.

[inquest]

In Barrooms, Smoking Ban Is Less Reviled

Outside the barrooms, on the other hand, where pedestrians have to sludge through the cloud...

[M-cubed]

If u outlaw salt and pepper in restaurants... EVENTUALLY ..everyone will except it..(Thats what I like about liberals..they know whats best for everyone....Even private business owners that couldn't make that decision on their own!.. )

[JohnLongIsland]

once again the nyslimes has proved that they are the masters of slanting anything
as a ny metro resident the classic old fashioned neighborhood saloon is going by the way side
if the slimes went inside donovans and told the bar patrons its okay to light up a cigarette or pipe or cigar at least fifty percent of the patrons would have cheered wildly
non smokers definetly have their rights but god forbid our sage legislators would pass a law to accomodate everybody

[jocon307]

Say what they will, they've lost plenty of my business.

[neverdem]

FReepmail me if you want on or off my New York ping list.

The health nazis strike again. Dr. Goebbels and his Ministry would be proud.

[lodwick]

Mr. Nutter said he was not worried about the political ramifications.

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Of course, a Nutter wouldn't worry.

Hang in there, Chick.