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The Avenue Pub will go (almost) smoke-free in September
Posted on 8/23/14 at 9:25 am
Posted on 8/23/14 at 9:25 am
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Seems like a good move for them. The new restrictions go into effect just in time for Zwanze Day.
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Polly Watts, owner of the Avenue Pub, was chain smoking on Friday (Aug. 22). These days, she only smokes at her bar. And on Sept. 19, the 24-hour bar will go almost smoke-free. Watts wanted to get in her last cigarettes while she could.
Two years ago, Watts banned smoking in the upstairs bar at the Avenue Pub. Now, the downstairs bar also will be smoke-free, except between the hours of midnight and 10 a.m. Smoking still will be permitted on the back patio and the balcony.
Watts took over the Avenue Pub from her father after Hurricane Katrina. Once a scruffy, round-the-clock dive, it's now considered one of the best beer bars in the world. In the 2014 NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune bar guide, the Avenue Pub was ranked among New Orleans's top 10 bars.
"The reason we've been so late in the game compared to other bars that deal with a high-end product line," Watts said, "is that we're several different bars in one."
In the early hours, the Avenue Pub's regulars are from the service industry and other fields that work late shifts. Many of them smoke, and Watts doesn't want to drive them away. More importantly, she doesn't want her overnight staff to lose the tips from those customers.
"I have employees who work those shifts and who depend on those tips. I hope customers realize in the long run what a huge financial risk it is for our employees," Watts said.
The Avenue Pub joins other high-profile bars, such as the Maple Leaf and Finn McCool's, that soon will go smoke-free.
New Orleans City Councilwoman LaToya Cantrell has announced her intention to pass a citywide ban on smoking this year. Smoking already is not allowed in New Orleans restaurants.
Watts thinks that eventually New Orleans, like most cities in the nation, will ban smoking in bars.
"I just wish the City Council would go ahead and do it," she said.
Seems like a good move for them. The new restrictions go into effect just in time for Zwanze Day.
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Posted on 8/23/14 at 9:32 am to urinetrouble
World class
Posted on 8/23/14 at 9:37 am to urinetrouble
Seems like those time frames would be tough to enforce. But good news since I'm almost always in bed by midnight these days anyway. 
Posted on 8/23/14 at 9:56 am to urinetrouble
But but but....
Posted on 8/23/14 at 9:58 am to LSUzealot
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But good news since I'm almost always in bed by midnight these days anyway.
Yea, but I've been know to frequent avenue at 8am.
Should be midnight to 6am IMO
Posted on 8/23/14 at 9:59 am to urinetrouble
Love it!!!
Posted on 8/23/14 at 10:36 am to urinetrouble
Not good enough
The smell of the smokimg smokers from the patio bar that re-enter the bar is offensive to me
The smell of the smokimg smokers from the patio bar that re-enter the bar is offensive to me
This post was edited on 8/23/14 at 10:38 am
Posted on 8/23/14 at 10:42 am to TigerHam85
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Should be midnight to 6am IMO
She has to worry about the night-shift workers. It sounds like she wants to go totally smoke-free, but wants the legal backing.
Posted on 8/23/14 at 11:28 am to urinetrouble
BMoney is rejoicing
Posted on 8/23/14 at 11:32 am to TigerHam85
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Yea, but I've been know to frequent avenue at 8am.
Why such a late riser?
Posted on 8/23/14 at 11:46 am to urinetrouble
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The Avenue Pub joins other high-profile bars, such as the Maple Leaf and Finn McCool's, that soon will go smoke-free.
Haha
Posted on 8/23/14 at 1:53 pm to urinetrouble
That's stupid. The place will still smell like smoke for hours after the smoking time has passed. Either go smoke free or don't. None of this half and half crap.
Posted on 8/24/14 at 11:24 am to urinetrouble
More info from Avenue Pub
Less Smoke, More Beer!
Posted on August 23, 2014
As you may have heard the Pub has made the decision to expand our non smoking hours and square footage. Beginning in Sept 19th the downstairs interior bar will be non smoking from 10am till midnight.
Why are we doing this?
The vast majority of our craft beer and whiskey drinkers don’t smoke. The ones that do generally don’t mind going to an outside space. Even smokers don’t like drinking high end craft beer in “smoky bars”.
Why not just make it non-smoking all the time?
We are a 24 hour bar… That makes us a bit unique in that we have several different client bases. Our day shift, crafty hour and mid evening customers are primarily non smoking craft beer and whiskey drinkers. However late night the pub is a hot spot for service industry ( hotel, bar & Restaurant workers) and 3rd shift healthcare, oilfield and film industry workers. Many many more of these folks smoke than the average population. We discount workers like that starting at 2pm so the Pub itself doesn’t make tons of money BUT our staff depends on the tips they get from those groups. Also we love these customers and we like that we can give them a safe, comfortable Environment in the middle if the night.
BUT, the bar will still smell like smoke!
Yes, the smell won’t be completely erased. You won’t have someone lighting up and chain smoking while you enjoy your rare sour beer but its likely the pub will to some extent smell like cigarettes. We will run the exhaust fan at 10am to get everything out that we can and a new cleaning schedule for the walls should help as well. It’s not perfect but we hope its better.
How will you enforce this?
We will ask and remind people nicely. We’ve been in business as a smoking bar for almost 28 years. No doubt many customers will not realize this has happened until after a staff member asks them to go outside with their cigarette.
Where can I still smoke during those hours?
On the back patio and the exterior balcony. We will be expanding and upgrading our downstairs back patio over the next few months. There will be heaters in the cold months and misters by next summer.
What about the upstairs bar?
The upstairs bar has been non smoking from open till close for two years. We open at 1pm on Friday, Saturday& Sunday and 5pm the rest of the week. Closing is midnight during the week and roughly 2am on Friday and Saturdays.
Less Smoke, More Beer!
Posted on August 23, 2014
As you may have heard the Pub has made the decision to expand our non smoking hours and square footage. Beginning in Sept 19th the downstairs interior bar will be non smoking from 10am till midnight.
Why are we doing this?
The vast majority of our craft beer and whiskey drinkers don’t smoke. The ones that do generally don’t mind going to an outside space. Even smokers don’t like drinking high end craft beer in “smoky bars”.
Why not just make it non-smoking all the time?
We are a 24 hour bar… That makes us a bit unique in that we have several different client bases. Our day shift, crafty hour and mid evening customers are primarily non smoking craft beer and whiskey drinkers. However late night the pub is a hot spot for service industry ( hotel, bar & Restaurant workers) and 3rd shift healthcare, oilfield and film industry workers. Many many more of these folks smoke than the average population. We discount workers like that starting at 2pm so the Pub itself doesn’t make tons of money BUT our staff depends on the tips they get from those groups. Also we love these customers and we like that we can give them a safe, comfortable Environment in the middle if the night.
BUT, the bar will still smell like smoke!
Yes, the smell won’t be completely erased. You won’t have someone lighting up and chain smoking while you enjoy your rare sour beer but its likely the pub will to some extent smell like cigarettes. We will run the exhaust fan at 10am to get everything out that we can and a new cleaning schedule for the walls should help as well. It’s not perfect but we hope its better.
How will you enforce this?
We will ask and remind people nicely. We’ve been in business as a smoking bar for almost 28 years. No doubt many customers will not realize this has happened until after a staff member asks them to go outside with their cigarette.
Where can I still smoke during those hours?
On the back patio and the exterior balcony. We will be expanding and upgrading our downstairs back patio over the next few months. There will be heaters in the cold months and misters by next summer.
What about the upstairs bar?
The upstairs bar has been non smoking from open till close for two years. We open at 1pm on Friday, Saturday& Sunday and 5pm the rest of the week. Closing is midnight during the week and roughly 2am on Friday and Saturdays.
Posted on 8/24/14 at 11:51 am to urinetrouble
First hydrocodone, now this! 
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