For any Chicago Residents...Can you smoke in Bars?

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For any Chicago Residents...Can you smoke in Bars? #572774 09/17/07 10:15 PM
Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 228 Sacramento, CA Hunt Drouin Reservist
Hunt Drouin Reservist Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 228 Sacramento, CA	Hi there and thanks for looking at my question. We're headed to Chicago on Wednesday 9/19 and were wondering if smoking is allowed in bars there. I know, it's a bad habit, but nice to have a smoke while enjoying a cocktail.

Re: For any Chicago Residents...Can you smoke in Bars? #572775 09/17/07 10:53 PM
Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 1,272 Chicago, IL doublechinner Deputy
doublechinner Deputy Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 1,272 Chicago, IL	Well, I'm a Chicagoan, but I don't smoke and I don't spend enough time in bars, but I think this is the answer: According to the Chicago Indoor Clean Air Ordinance of 2005 (effective January 16, 2006), freestanding bars/taverns (establishments that derive 65% or more of their sales receipts from alcohol) can permit smoking, but it's up to the establishment. Likewise, restaurants with attached bars can permit smoking within 15 feet of the actual bar, as long as the dining section is suitably smoke free. Bottom line -- if you're in a bar/club where you would expect people to be smoking, they probably will be. Smoke'em while you got'em, because on January 1, 2008 the State of Illinois bans smoking in virtually all public places. Hope you enjoy your visit. ...but you don't have a moment where you're sitting there staring at a table full of twenty-five characters with little name signs that say, "Hi, my superpower is confusing you!"

Re: For any Chicago Residents...Can you smoke in Bars? #572776 09/18/07 09:42 AM
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Hunt Drouin Reservist Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 228 Sacramento, CA	Thanks Doublechinner! Looking foreward to the trip! Hunt