Smoking ban hurts Bismarck businesses
Forum staff report, The Forum
November 11, 2005
BISMARCK – After nearly a month under a city smoking ban, restaurant-bar managers say business has dropped.
“We just don’t see the crowds coming in for the late evenings like we used to,” said Jason Johnson, the general manager of TGI Friday’s in Bismarck. “Week nights and weekends – we notice around 9:30, the bar is pretty much empty.”
Peacock Alley owner Mary Barbere said nonsmokers are grateful that her bar is now smoke-free, but she said business has gone down. The restaurant area was smokefree earlier.
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