[Mpls] RE: Another DT restaurant closes

[Pat Bohn]

    As a person who, until last week, has spent almost every Tuesday night at Molly's for years, I have to tell you that there is a lot more issues there then just the smoking ban.
    Since Molly's moved to the new site, they've never had smoking in the restaurant side so the smoking ban probably didn't cause folks to quit eating there.  Also, when two of the owners(Kathy and Matthew) severed their partnership with the other(Bill), he took a fair number of the regular customers with him and moved on down the street to the Lake Street Garage.  They seem to have quit booking music in
that brought the regulars in on weekends.  And while I love Molly's, the service has left a lot to be desired for quite some time and that is not helping the situation.
Buzzy Bohn
Folwell

Ed Kohler wrote:

> Dan Mcgrath wrote: Hasn't anyone considered that restaurants, and bars may be closing due to the gigantic drop in patronage following the March 31st implementation of the Minneapolis and Hennepin County smoking bans? Since the ban(s) took effect, 40 bars and several (don't have the exact number) restaurants in Minneapolis have closed. My favorite pub (Molly Quinn's) is probably closing in a couple weeks.
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> Ed Kohler: Is it the smoking ban that's hurting Molly Quinn's, or the opening of the Longfellow Grill, which has far superior food at a similar price point? Why is one booming while the other struggles nearby? I don't remember MQ being particularly busy pre- or post-ban at their Ember's location outside of St. Patrick's Day.
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> The American Lung Association of Minnesota's blog has a list of newly opened restaurants since the smoking ban:
> http://www.alamn.org/media/2005/10/new-bars-and-restaurants-in-smokefree.html
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> Why are people continuing to open bars and restaurants in such a hostile county?
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