illinois (specifically chicago) no smoking laws

[icehog3]

Originally Posted by 4WheelVFR

Or there's always La Casa del Douchebag......

By invite only.

Your invite is open-ended, Ray.

[M1903A1]

Originally Posted by icehog3

No smoking in any public places, with these exceptions.

Cigar Retailers

Arlington Park Racetrack

A percentage of hotel rooms.

That's it...no more smoking in bars, and no smoking in a cigar lounge unless that lounge is in a Cigar Store.

Didn't some state or city just have their smoking ban declared unconstitutional by a judge, because they made a similar exemption for a specific location?

[icehog3]

Originally Posted by M1903A1

Didn't some state or city just have their smoking ban declared unconstitutional by a judge, because they made a similar exemption for a specific location?

I could live with that!

[catfish]

Originally Posted by icehog3

The Guv [SIZE="1"](douchebag)[/SIZE] and Illinois Congress gave an exemption to the Arlington Park Racetrack. The bar (Trackside) on the southeast end of the track (open year round) serves alcohol, and from what I here will be exempted....so there is one bar to still smoke in, if the word is true.

I wounder if Arlington would let us bring in some pizzas. Do they serve food?

[BamaDoc77]

Originally Posted by catfish

I wounder if Arlington would let us bring in some pizzas. Do they serve food?

you have talked enuff....time to take your medicine.,

[icehog3]

Originally Posted by catfish

I wounder if Arlington would let us bring in some pizzas. Do they serve food?

The restaurant is open from 11 a.m. until the last evening simulcast race.
Trackside Arlington Park has a full service restaurant featuring a wide array of lunch and dinner entrees including steaks, pastas, chicken, fish, burgers and daily specials plus delicious appetizers, salads and soups. The kitchen is open daily from 11 a.m. until 10 p.m. but the lounge is generally open until the last race each evening. A concession stand featuring hamburgers, hot dogs, deli sandwiches and other light fare can be found on the second floor.

[catfish]

Originally Posted by BamaDoc77

you have talked enuff....time to take your medicine.,

I don't think you have the marbles to back-up that statement.

[catfish]

Originally Posted by icehog3

The restaurant is open from 11 a.m. until the last evening simulcast race.
Trackside Arlington Park has a full service restaurant featuring a wide array of lunch and dinner entrees including steaks, pastas, chicken, fish, burgers and daily specials plus delicious appetizers, salads and soups. The kitchen is open daily from 11 a.m. until 10 p.m. but the lounge is generally open until the last race each evening. A concession stand featuring hamburgers, hot dogs, deli sandwiches and other light fare can be found on the second floor.

I'm not a fan of horse racing, but that would work for me.

[icehog3]

Originally Posted by catfish

I'm not a fan of horse racing, but that would work for me.

Me neither Don...but I am a fan of smoking inside in January!

[catfish]

Originally Posted by icehog3

Me neither Don...but I am a fan of smoking inside in January!

And smoking with friends.

[icehog3]

Originally Posted by catfish

And smoking with friends.

Bingo!

[JackSchwartz]

Originally Posted by funlab

time out - my thread was hijacked before we got to chicago. there's no way i'm driving to urbana for a cigar!

any places left in chicago that you all know about? i've heard about the four seasons cigar bar. will that remain? anywhere else?

funlab,

I've heard rumors Sullivan's may be keeping their smoking lounge. It sounds like they may build a bar upstairs so you would be able to enjoy a cocktail and a cigar. The bar would be separate entity from the smoking lounge, but still upstairs. If you need a drink you'd head over to the bar, then you could take your drink over to the cigar lounge. There's a whole list of questions as far as how they'd be able to pull it off, but good for them if they do find a way.

Like I said, this is just rumor, but a cigar smoker can still hope. I don't really know of any other place, other than tobacco shops, that will allow smoking.

It's a very sad time in Illinois.

Eric

[rumballs]

Originally Posted by JackSchwartz

Like I said, this is just rumor, but a cigar smoker can still hope. I don't really know of any other place, other than tobacco shops, that will allow smoking.

It's a very sad time in Illinois.

Eric

Eric, earlier on (when it was about to pass or something), my understanding was that there was an exception for private clubs (which charged a membership fee), which had been around for 3 or more years or something like that.
Not that any of the places discussed in this thread meet that criteria, but do you know if there is still such an exception?

[JackSchwartz]

Originally Posted by mmblz

Eric, earlier on (when it was about to pass or something), my understanding was that there was an exception for private clubs (which charged a membership fee), which had been around for 3 or more years or something like that.
Not that any of the places discussed in this thread meet that criteria, but do you know if there is still such an exception?

I was at the Union League Club a couple weeks ago and they were preparing for a totally smoke-free club. I think it was the City of Chicago Smoking Ban that allowed the private clubs to smoke. The statewide ban took care of that loophole.

Did you see the article in the Tribune about the taco stand that decided to change to a cigar shop? I guess there were no smoke shops in the area so the owner decided to provide a place for smokers to hang out.

It's funny, as I was typing this I had to run out and wait on a customer. He told me that there was a lawyer at the Union League Club that was planning on filing a lawsuit. I guess the lawyer is trying to get the private clubs exempt. We'll have to keep our fingers crossed on that one.

Eric

[rumballs]

Originally Posted by JackSchwartz

It's funny, as I was typing this I had to run out and wait on a customer. He told me that there was a lawyer at the Union League Club that was planning on filing a lawsuit. I guess the lawyer is trying to get the private clubs exempt. We'll have to keep our fingers crossed on that one.

Yeah we can only hope.
If the loophole opens up, I was going to try to persuade East Bank Club to make a cigar lounge.