Wednesday, October 31 2007
By Gary Korb
So, your city has passed a no-smoking ban. Meeting down at the local saloon for a good cigar is now a thing of the past, right? Not necessarily. Believe it or not, despite NYC's rigid smoking law, there are still a few pubs nestled among The Big Apple's skyscrapers where you can puff on a
puro in peace. The same goes for Philadelphia, which last year initiated its own city-wide smoking ban.
In a blog I stumbled upon by Chris Mohney, Editor of Gridskipper.com (The Urban Travel Guide), he refers to a map posted in Philadelphia Magazine's Daily Examiner showing where "brothers of the leaf" can smoke in "The City of Brotherly Love."
"These aren't just reader-generated tips on which bartenders will turn the other way or provide water-filled paper cups," writes Mohney, "Rather, the map features venues that manage to get around the city's year-old ban in some pseudo-legitimate fashion. Neither the map points nor the brief intro explains why these different bars can legally allow smoking, but a little Googling reveals that Philadelphia's smoking laws don't apply to any establishment where over 80% of revenue comes from alcohol."
Click here to view the map of smoking bars in Philadelphia. £
