The one negative to the glorious restaurant smoking ban is that patios have become de facto smoking sections at a lot of restaurants. If you’d like to eat outside and you don’t want to breath in a bunch of second hand smoke, well, you’re kind of out of luck. There are exceptions though and I’d like to take a minute to praise the two that I know about. I took my mom to The Mayan Cafe for her birthday dinner. It was a really lovely evening and we ate on the patio and found out that The Mayan Cafe is a completely non-smoking restaurant, that includes their outdoor dining area. So much yay to The Mayan Cafe it’s not even funny. A few weeks ago I had a business lunch at Baxter Station and was pleasantly surprised to find that they have the same non-smoking policy for their outdoor dining area. So yay to Baxter Station as well.
I know there have to be more places with similiar policies that I’m just not aware of yet. What other restaurants do you know of that are completely non-smoking, including patios and outdoor dining spaces? Tell me please so I can hurry to give them my business.
July 12th, 2008 at 10:28 am
Brownings Brewery at the Bats Ballpark has an outdoor seating area that’s non-smoking. The only problem is that its on Main St. and traffic noise is terrible!