Smoking Bans Hurts New York Businesses

A list of businesses in New York, negatively impacted by the smoking ban.

NY Albany Blessed Sacrament Church Bingo Hall 50%
NY Albany Temple Israel Bingo Hall 50% According to Herb Holland, some of the regulars told volunteers that they would abstain from playing
bingo, to protest the smoking ban. He hasn't seen them since.
NY Astoria Athens Cafe Restaurant 55% 10
NY Auburn Kim's Trackside Tavern Tavern 25% 25% Our local cayuga county health dept. continues to refuse to issue smoking waivers to
businesses who have suffered a financial hardship.
NY Bath Hotel McDonald Hotel 70%
NY Bath Just One More Tavern 30%
NY Bellerose Finish Line Bar/Restaurant 40% 2
NY Binghamton Airport Inn Tavern 40% Evans says business has dropped at least 40-percent in the last year. Her liquor license expires next
April, and she says, she doesn't plan on renewing it. The Airport Inn was a successful business for 18 years.
NY Binghamton Edigan's Restaurant Closed 100% 100%
NY Binghamton Mama Lena's Restaurant Closed 100% 100% Mama Lena's had been in business for more than 40 years.
NY Binghamton Yesterday's Restaurant & Lounge Closed 100% 100% Mike and Suzanne Gavazzi closed after 18 years.
NY Brewster The Roadhouse Tavern 40%
NY Broadalbin The Lodge at the Lake Inc Bar/Restaurant 50% 1
NY Bronx Fieldstone Recreation Billiard/Bar/Snacks 40% 1
NY Buffalo American Legion Post 1041 Bingo Hall 68%
NY Buffalo Amherst Bowling Center Bowling Alley Closed 100%
NY Buffalo B&G Bar and Grill Bar/Restaurant 30%
NY Buffalo Cabaret Tavern 40% 1
NY Buffalo Cook Bar & Grill Bar/Restaurant 40% 2
NY Buffalo Freddies Bar/Restaurant 50%
NY Buffalo Pocketeer Billiards Pool Hall 60-70% "The President says small business is the backbone of our country, NYS says screw small
business just give us your money and your blood! All of it!!!!!!
NY Buffalo Susie's Corner Bar/Restaurant 23% 1
NY Buffalo The Royal Pheasant Restaurant Closed 100% 100% / 20 The smoking ban caused an instant 80 percent decrease in revenue. The
Royal Phesant had been a family business for 58 years.
NY Buffalo Voelker Bowling Center Bowling Alley 30-40% The smoking ban hit us like an anvil, curtailing bowling activity by 30 to 40 percent
and the bar business by 20 to 30 percent.
NY Camden Harter's Bar/Restaurant 40%
NY Camden Liberty Lanes Bowling 27%
NY Canandaigua Canandaigua Billiards Pool Hall 40%
NY Champlain Stumble Inn Tavern Closed 100% 100%
NY Cheektowaga Metropolitan Restaurant Bar/Restaurant 25% 2
NY Cheektowaga Peter K's Bar/Restaurant 35% 2
NY Chestnut Ridge Silo's Bar & Grill 35%
NY Cicero Damon's Party House Tavern 40%
NY Clay Richard's Ole Timer Bar/Restaurant 17% 1
NY Cold Brook Clifford's Tavern Bar/Restaurant 40%
NY Corfu Dadio's Central Tavern 30%
NY Cortland Argyle's EasyStreet Tavern Tavern 12%
NY Cotati Friar Tuck's Restaurant 50% "Just as my establishment was beginning to flourish, I'm hit with this smoking ban which has killed my
daytime business. People who used to stay for a couple of hours now only stay for one quick drink and leave."
NY Delhi Blinkey's Tavern Closed 100% 100%
NY East Randolph VFW Post 6533 Private Club 20% 25%
NY Elmira Heights American Legion Private Club 60% 50%
NY Elmira Heights Blondie's Tavern Tavern 25%
NY Endicott O's Place Tavern Closed 100% 100%
NY Endwell O's Place Closed 100% 100%
NY Falconer Chances Tavern Closed 100% 100%
NY Falconer Mel's Place Tavern 78% 100% After proving they had lost significant business, Mel's place was granted of the NY's few waivers.
Their business immediately returned to the pre ban level, but the owners are worried about what will happen when the waiver runs out in a year.
NY Fredonia Barker Brew Pub Brew Pub Closed 100% 100% Closed after 10 yrs. in business
NY Frewsburg The Loft Tavern 30% "Our town has no attractions to draw in outsiders. We have only locals to rely on as patrons and 95% of
them smoke. It will be worse when the snow sets in."
NY Fulton Fulton Ale House Tavern 75% Owner Joe Mancino may have to give up his business of 35 years.
NY Goshen The Wonderbar Tavern 50%
NY Hyde Park KayCey's Tavern 45%
NY Ithica Bowl-O-Drome Bowling Alley 14% 2 TThe business lost almost $30,000 and 110 bowlers during the 32-week league season... In the
bowling alley's busiest months between January and May, Parkin saw a 14 percent decrease in activity comparing the same period in 2004 to 2003.
NY Jackson Heights La Bataclana Tavern Closed 100% 100%
NY Jamestown Coin Operated Amusements Vending Machines 20-50% Revenue from vending machines and games cut in half in many places.
NY Jamestown Elks Lodge (Private Club) Private Club Closed 100% Bingo, which funded their charitable work, is now completely shut down.
NY Jamestown Fountain Bowl Bowling Alley 40% N/A / 8
NY Jamestown Mr. D's Bar/Restaurant Closed 100% 100%
NY Jamestown Patsy's Lounge Tavern   50% / 2 "I have let 2 employees go and the other 3 have had their hours cut in half."
NY Jamestown Tommy's Place Bar/Restaurant Closed 100% 100%
NY Jamestown Windsor Ale House Tavern Closed 100% 100%
NY Johnstown Partner's Pub Bar/Restaurant 20% 1
NY Kennedy Crossroads Steak House Restaurant Closed 100% 100%
NY Lake George Lemon Peel Lounge 20% 2 "The ban has hurt, we now open later and close early."
NY Lakewood Ye Olde Anchor Inn Bar/Restaurant 18% 22%
NY Liverpool End Zone Bar/Restaurant 30% 1
NY Lockawanna, Woody's Pub Bar/Restaurant 25% 3
NY Long Island Olympian Sumont Inc Pool Hall/Bar/Rest 40% 3
NY Malone Knights of Columbus Bingo Hall 80%
NY Malone Seven's Bar Tavern 30%
NY Marcellus Village Tavern Bar/Restaurant 10%
NY Marcy Riverside Lanes Bowling 20% 2
NY Massena Delmar Sportsman's Tavern Tavern 30% 1 "We had hoped...nonsmokers who haven't been frequenting taverns due to the
smoke-filled air would make up for at least some of the financial loss. Unfortunately, at least in our place, this has most definitely not happened. Our
sales are at an all time low"
NY Massena Open Net Lounge Tavern 11%
NY Mattydale The Cam-Nel Tavern Closed 100% 100% The Cam-Nel had been in operation since 1952
NY Mayville Lakeview Hotel/Blues Rock Cafe Tavern 50% 50% On the first day of the ban, my tips and number of customers dropped 50%, and
never came back up.
NY Middleport Middleport Inn Bar/Restaurant Closed 100% 100% / 13 "This damn state really knows how to kill people's dreams."
NY Middletown Whispers Cocktail Lounge Bar/Night Club 50% 90%
NY Monroe Brazen Head Pub Tavern 40%
NY Mt. Morrison Mills Race Restaurant Bar/Restaurant 40% 2.5
NY New Rochelle Dudley's Parkview Tavern Tavern 45% "From last summer to this summer, coming into this season, business is off by at least 45
percent. ... The bar is empty."
NY New York Aessa Bar/Restaurant 35% 6
NY New York Blarney Stone Bar/Restaurant 15% 1
NY New York Caffe on the Green Bar/Restaraunt 35% Bar business fell about 35 percent immediately after the ban. It has picked up since he
added a "butt hut," an outdoor tent where patrons may smoke, but it's still less than before the ban.
NY New York Castle Heights Tavern Closed 100% 100%
NY New York Elbo Room Tavern Closed 100% 100%
NY New York Euzkadi Restaurant 50%
NY New York Fiddler's Green Tavern Closed 100% 100% We have just lost too many customers to this law, which I did not vote for, bar owners
did not vote for, bartenders did not vote for, and the public did not vote for."
NY New York Harry's Hanover Square Bar/Restaraunt Closed 100% 100 "Overnight, we lost 60 percent of our evening bar trade. For the bar, it
was the difference in profit and loss. Sales of expensive cigars had been almost as important as the sales of Scotch" Harry's had been in business for
more than thirty years
NY New York Le Bar Bat Tavern Closed 100% 100%
NY New York Madame X Tavern 50%
NY New York Manhattan Beer Distributors Vendor 19% Stagnant sales have led to a 7% drop in beer demand citywide, and a 19% drop
citywide to clubs.
NY New York Millennium Restaurant 40% 3
NY New York Nocturne Nightclub Closed 100% 100% / 70
NY New York O'Neill's Tavern 20% 3 "People who don't go to pubs just don't go to pubs. They said the ban would be good for business and for
employees, yet my business is down and three good staff are out of work and unable to find another job...Most of my staff are smokers, and now
they're being protected from second-hand smoke."
NY New York Pangaea Tavern Closed 100% 100%
NY New York Roesch's Tavern Closed 100% 100% Lauterborn, 60, said his bar, Roesch's in Queens, saw 40 customers nightly before the ban
but only about five after it. He closed in September and says his children are supporting him while he looks for work. His tavern had been a 100 year
old family owned business.
NY New York Slade Restaurant 40%
NY New York Sugoba Bistro Bistro Closed 100% 100% / 28 After 8 years of success in NYC, the NY smoking ban killed my Bistro in less than a
year! In less than 3 month my business declined 37%. Within six months I was unable to meet payroll and I had to lay off 28 employees.
NY New York Swan's Tavern Closed 100% 100% / 7 "I felt bad laying off seven workers. Most of them had been with me for the five years
Swan's was open. None of them had ever complained about secondhand smoke. "
NY New York Swift's Tavern 40% "It's absolutely killed us. This time last year the bar would be packed with the after-work cocktail crowd. Now
they just take a bottle of wine or a six-pack to each other's apartments, where they can smoke."
NY New York Whiskey Ward Tavern 20% 2
NY Newburgh Golden Rail Ale House Tavern 25%
NY Niagara Falls The Press Box Tavern Closed 100% 100% The Press Box had been open for 45 years.
NY Ogdensburg The Web Tavern Closed 100% 100% Owners Janet and Anthony Doerr say the smoking ban destroyed their business.
NY Oneida Bec's Ivy Grill Bar & Grill 23% 3
NY Oneida Five Corners Bar/Restaurant 32% After 20 years of hard work this is what NY state does to us. Where are all these nonsmokers?
NY Oswego Buoy's Dockside Tavern Tavern 36.50%
NY Oswego Eagle Beverage Company Distributor 25% N/A "Deliveries to pubs and taverns have decreased substantially, greater than 25
percent."
NY Oswego Shamrock Tavern Tavern 50% "It's not right. Our livelihood is being taken away."
NY Parkville Champions Billiards Cafe Brew Pub/Pool Hall 33%
NY Port Leyden Central Hotel Bar/Restaurant 50%
NY Portville Maple Tree Inn Tavern Closed 100% 100% / 3
NY Potsdam Roy D Graves VFW Post 1194 Tavern 22%
NY Potville Cork and Bottle Tavern Closed 100% 100% Located near the PA border, this was literally a Mom and Pop business, run by a couple
with no employees to "protect."
NY Queens Bingo Halls Bingo Halls 50% "If they want to spend their money, they want to be comfortable," said Susan Shkoditch, the volunteer
who runs the bingo games for the charities. "They're mostly angry that their rights are being violated."
NY Remsen Taylor's Trackside Bar/Restaurant 50%
NY Rochester Christanis Bar and Grill Tavern 40%
NY Rochester Hancock's Hudson Tavern Bar/Restaurant 15%
NY Rochester Panorama Sports Bar/Night Club 50% 50% / 4 We are a small night club that was doing very well until the smoking ban hit us and it
hit us very hard. We are very scared of our future, if any .
NY Rochester Salingers Tavern 35% 2
NY Rochester The Loop Lounge Bar and restaurant 30% I own a small local tavern and I have a 90% smoking cliental. Let me say it just sucks.
NY Rome Sammy G's Bar/Restaurant 50%
NY Sanborn Walmore Inn Restaurant/ Tavern   Thank you for fighting the smoking ban.
NY Savannah D&S Diner Restaurant Closed 100% 100% Sales were down $3,000 in July 2002 compared to July 2001. Hardest hit were on
Friday nights and Sunday mornings.
NY Scottsville Chili American Legion Post 1830 Private Club 70%
NY Sloan Unique Lounge Bar/Restaurant 40% 4
NY South Dayton, Rough Kutts Tavern Tavern 21% 1
NY Southport George & Shirl's Tiny Tavern Tavern 41% In October 2002, the bar made $6,000. This past October, after the ban went into
effect, they made just $3,500,
NY Springville Pocketeer Billiards South Pool Hall Closed 100% From the Owner: "Pocketeer Billiards South is now officially closed due to the
Hitler like laws the NYS. Politicians have enacted! NY continues in its efforts to drive business out to other states. I like many others have now
chosen to leave after living here 58 years."
NY Staten Island Sharkey's Sports Bar and Grill Sports Bar 60%
NY Steamburg Coldspring Volunteer Fire Dept. Tavern 50% 75% / 1 The fire department owns the bar. Money from the bar buys equipment for
the fire department. The income has been cut in half. This money buys new ambulances, trucks, gear ect. Remember, this all volunteer. Without the
bar money we are going to have to rely on the town for revenue. You may lose your house or even someone's life without the money for the
equipment.
NY Suffern Ireland's 32 Tavern 50%
NY Sunnyside Caseys Pub Tavern 35% 1
NY Syracuse Barrie's Tavern Tavern 40%
NY Syracuse Coleman's Irish Pub Bar/Restaurant 19% 4
NY Syracuse Doc's little Gem Diner 27% 10 "We fought tooth and nail and won a local County victory, only for the state to turn it over to a
complete ban."
NY Syracuse Dodesters Tavern 20% "My business is down 20% from the same period last year, even though I'm now open three more hours a
day and I didn't have a kitchen then."
NY Syracuse Nibsy's Pub Bar/Restaurant 18%
NY Syracuse Rafferty's Bar/Restaurant 35% 2
NY Syracuse Syracuse Brigadiers Bingo Hall 61% "The hall was losing about $60,000 per month in net income for the past three months because
of the smoking ban."
NY Syracuse Thompson Road Tavern Bar/Restaurant 25%
NY Syracuse Tommys Park Place Tavern 40%
NY Syracuse Viva Debris Comedy & Magic Club 30 30%
NY Tonawanda Slick Willie's Pool Hall 25%
NY Troy Celtic Cultural Organization Bingo Hall 30-35% "From July 25 through Nov. 1, we are down about $12,000 from the same period last
year."
NY Troy Holmes & Watson's Tavern 30%
NY Utica The Dog House Bar/Restaurant 28%
NY Utica Varick Restaurant Inc Bar/Restaurant 35%
NY Utica, Shorty's Sports Bar & Grill Bar/Restaurant 30%
NY Wallkill Desperado's Tavern 90% "I can count on my fingers the people who don't smoke who come in here. The regulars say they won't
come."
NY Watertown Brown Shanty Tavern 20% 1
NY Wellsburg Village Tavern   50%
NY West Seneca Southgate Lanes Bowling Alley/Bar 55% 7
NY Wheatfield The Alps Restaurant Closed 100% 100%
NY Wheatfield The Meeting Place Restruant/Tavern Closed 100% 100%
NY Wilson Jean's Bar & Grill Tavern 26%
NY Binghamton Mama Lena's Italian American Restaurant Closed 100% 100%
NY Binghamton Valentine's Neighborhood Tavern & Grill Closed 100% 100%
NY Buffalo Jimmy Mac's Bar & Grill Closed 100% 100% "We are out of business, laid off 35 employees..... We went from making a steady living
for 24 years to losing about $100,000. per year compliments of the smoking ban. The government figures are lies. Tell your friends who own bars
that if the ban goes in they might as well pack up and leave." - Rick Naylon
NY Holland Holland Hotel Bar/Restaurant 45% My wife and three children (8, 4 & 2) have used all of our savings to supplement the business after
the ban." - Mark Mazurek, Owner

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