SMOKE-FREE ENTERTAINMENT
FOR YOU
BECAUSE STINKING CLOTHES
AND BURNING EYES SUCK.
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the Smoke-Free Entertainment Site.
Friday, Jan. 7, 2005 World-Beat Dance Party
Seattle, WA
Maya Soleil Afro-World Fusion
Nectar in Fremont
www.nectarlounge.com/
412 N 36th St.
A very nice, hip, NONSMOKING dance club.
Come experience a variety of world beat music with Seattle's best DJ's and live music from Maya Soleil, with special guest GAIA CONSORT
Visionary music for the Freethinking Mystic in all of us.
9 pm Event, 10 pm - 1 am Maya Soleil
$7 - We have been doing shows
with ticket prices up to $25 recently, so this is a great deal.
(We would love to play more in Seattle, and finally there are some
good large, nonsmoking clubs for dancing, so please come and support
this event)
Watch for Reviews by Nathan
Z. His very professional reviews are full of information, and this
guy knows his beer!
I have used a different font
and color to set his
reviews apart visually.
Great new organization,
and an anxiously awaited new resource
Musicians Against Smoke Filled Atmospheres
is newly up and running with information and a list of smoke-free live music venues at
Check it out and give them the support they need.
The worldwide guide to smokefree dining, entertainment and travel: http://www.smokefreeworld.com
Guide to Smoke Free Dining in King County -- This guide is presented to you by Public Health Seattle & King County so that you may choose to protect yourself from the dangers of secondhand smoke while dining in King County restaurants. From Colin Jones of Metro & King County Public Health: If anyone would like a print copy of the guide, I publish those as well as the web guide. They are free (including postage) by calling (206) 296-7613, just leave a message with your name, address, and phone number if you get a voice mail.
Rebecca Ryan, Snohomish Health
District / Project ASSIST
e-mailed to say that they are introducing the new Snohomish County
Smoke Free Restaurant Guide.
You can get one by calling (425) 339-5237. Thanks - Love your
website!.
Interesting article about smoke-free restaurants and bars. And another.
Americans for Nonsmokers' Rights web page
Washington Dept. of Health Smoke-free Establishment page
It's reader supplied
content that keeps the Smoke-Free Entertainment Guide fresh and
objective. I would like to thank all of you that have sent in
information, questions, and reviews and encourage all of you that
read the Smoke-Free Entertainment Guide to send in your reviews of
smoke-free entertainment venues and events.
I just checked the log for
this page, The Smoke-Free Entertainment Guide is read in over
forty-one countries!
(Now, I really doubt
most of them are repeat visitors since for the most part the guide is
for
Puget Sound, but hey,
it sounds pretty cool).
On the other hand,
I have had requests to expand The Smoke-Free Entertainment Guide
beyond the Puget Sound.
Okey Dokee, here's
what I'll do. If you send me in a review for any place in the world,
I will make a place for it and post it. Pretty simple,
eh?
I'm at 
.
Keep them e-mails coming!
If you find a search
engine that doesn't get you to this page, it would be keen if you'd
submit my URL (http://www.dougdb.net/smokeless.html) to them and let
more folks come and visit.
MY
PERSONAL PAGE OF SMOKE-FREE ENTERTAINMENT OPTIONS IN THE
PUGET
SOUND
AREA AND BEYOND. HOPEFULLY,
THIS IS A GOOD SOURCE OF THINGS TO DO AND SEE FOR THE NONSMOKER WHO
CHOOSES NOT TO BE EXPOSED TO SMOKE WHEN THEY WANT TO ENJOY MUSIC OR
MEET FRIENDS.
DO
YOU KNOW OF A PLACE THAT SHOULD BE INCLUDED?
LET
ME KNOW AT .
SEND
IN YOUR REVIEWS AND I WILL PUBLISH THEM HERE!
IF
YOU HAVE BEEN TO A PLACE, AN EVENT, OR A BUSINESS WHERE YOU HAD A
GREAT TIME, LET EVERYBODY KNOW ABOUT IT.
SEND
ME THE DETAILS, AND I WILL PUT THEM UP.
IT
DOESN'T HAVE TO BE SOMEPLACE NEW TO THE LIST.
IF
IT IS ALREADY HERE, I WILL ADD YOUR INFO TO WHAT IS
THERE.
I try to hyperlink my reviews to locations on the net belonging or relating to the establishment that I have reviewed and more often than not I also link to Don Scheidt's excellent Northwest Brewpage. He has put an incredible amount of effort into the excellent, detailed reviews of Northwest breweries, brewpubs, and pubs. He has included the establishments smoking policy in his descriptions. I am deeply grateful to him for all of the leads I have gleaned from his pages.
THANKS TO ALL OF YOU WHO SEND IN SUCH NICE E-MAIL THANKING ME FOR THESE PAGES!
To:
Hello - Just wanted to say thanks for your website! I was relieved to
find it when a few new friends suggested coordinating a monthly beer
night. The first bar suggested was one of the smokiest in town,
although none of us smoke. With the help of your website, I was able
to suggest seven smoke-free bars around my neighborhood. It helped me
to expand beyond the three that came to mind.
I was also relieved to see there are efforts to promote smoke-free music venues. I love live music, but have gone to fewer and fewer shows over the years because most venues are so smoke-filled.
Keep up the good smoke-free work.
Thanks, Melissa
To:
Hello, love your site. :o) I'm coming down to Seattle in July 2001
and am very interested in going somewhere that doesn't have a bunch
of Dragon Breaths standing around polluting my air!! hehe Thanks for
the list! I am originally from Vancouver, BC, Canada, and have been
to Seattle many times on both business and pleasure. I am anxiously
awaiting my excursion to your fair 'Emerald City'.
To:
Doug, I just wanted to let you know how happy I am to have come upon
your site. I am highly allergic to smoke and going out (which often
times being social necessitates) is sometimes a miserable venture.
I'll be sure to check out some of these places. Jacque
To:
I checked out your smoke-free entertainment web site. Right
on!!!
To:
Hey Doug! Love your smoke-free page. I just moved here from North
Carolina, and have actually had my only fight there with a smoker
(previously warned) who blew smoke in my face.
To:
Congratulations on your smoke free guide. I am the person behind King
County's smoke free dining guide (that you link to at
http://www.metrokc.gov/health/tobacco/smkfree.htm)...
My staff and myself are working on calling all the King County
restaurants again this year for the next update of the smoke free
dining guide. I'm sure you know the amount of effort it takes to keep
up a good smoke free dining (or entertainment) guide... I'm thankful
that there is smoke free entertainment in the seattle region, as I
myself find that I end up smoking other people's secondhand smoke
when I go out. Thank you for providing this resource. Colin Jones of
Metro & King County Public Health [And thank you Colin for
providing more info and great reviews for the Smoke-free Entainment
Guide]
To:
Doug, great site! Thanks for making the best Puget Sound
entertainment guide on the net!
To:
Hi Doug, I love your
idea for the smoke free entertainment guide. Wish I'd run into
it sooner. Thanks for the great web site. Alan M. [Thank you for
all the great reviews, Alan]
To:
Hi Doug - I am really
thrilled to find your web page. Thanks for all the hard work you've
done. Thanks, Jim
To:
Hi again! I just
checked out your site -- it's awesome! You must go out to eat a lot!
You may already know this, but the Cedar River closed last weekend --
much to all our dismay! But Renton city officials expect (hope)
another restaurant will open in the same building. Sue Kidd - South
County Journal
To:
Doug, thanx for
creating this guide for those of us seeking smoke-free hang-outs
around the Puget Sound area. just returning from 2 years in
california, on top of the list of drawbacks (and there are but few)
for moving back to this gorgeous state i grew up in has been it's
smoke permitting restaurants and bars/pubs :-( i have made it my goal
to frequent only smoke-free establishments and plan to start visiting
and checking your pics off the list!! keep up the vigil!!!
Justine
To:
Okay, it really isn't
my style to gush over anything. However, I feel inclined to give you
props over your wonderful website! What a breath of fresh air!
(Pardon the pun. :) ) I LOVE to dance (techno, et cetera) but HATE
the smoke in the dance clubs. Such a love/hate relationship isn't
healthy. Do you perchance have a listing of SMOKE FREE DANCE CLUBS???
I know some do exist...somewhere. I love to dance in Seattle and in
Vancouver. My body is my temple, and the temple is smoke free. So, do
you have any advice for this dancing diva? Thanks a bunch and keep up
the great service. [Thanks Theresa (High Priestess of the
young and the smokeless, and on an ordained quest for smoke free
dance venues )]
To:
Dear Doug, I was
delighted to come across your site. I will definitely use it in the
future to find restaurants to try out. But I came across your site
while trying to find smoke-free places to dance. I saw the Century
Ballroom, and from there the Russian Club, and I found Madison's cafe
and Old Town Ale House as places that have music. But without having
to go to each place's individual web sites (for those that have
them), is there an easy way to find the places that offer music
and/or dancing? [Thank you Linda]
To:
...introducing our new
Snohomish County Smoke Free Restaurant Guide. It will be available
after September 17 by calling (425) 339-5237. Thanks - Love your
website! Rebecca Ryan, Snohomish Health District / Project
ASSIST.
To:
Wow, absolutely love
the web page, very informative since I'll be visiting Seattle in
July! Government is trying to pass a non-smoking indoors bylaw here
in Victoria, but it's getting a lot of criticism, its scheduled to
start January 1, 1999, but already many places are saying they will
disobey the law. It turns me off a lot of places here, but I can see
I'll have my schedule packed full in Seattle! Thanks,
Jon.
To:
Subject: eastside
smoke-free bars
I think you're doing a great service posting this list. I am so sick of spending yet another $20 on dry-cleaning just because someone lights up. Smokers might as well splash mud on other people's clothes, financially it has the same effect. -- Ken in Bellevue
To:
Subject: nonsmoking
bars
Saw your site on a
search I did today and was shocked to see how little there is on the
net about non-smoking bars. I live in Durham, NC (home of tobacco
companies) and am contemplating opening a smoke-free bar. Do you know
of other links in other parts of the US? As cigar bars rise in
popularity, I would like to see an alternative. Blaise
To:
Subject: Yes Yes
Yes
Thanks a lot. As a
musician, I wish there were more smoke-free venues for local music.
You should add the Old Town Alehouse on Ballard Ave.
[Thanks,Robert]
To:
I think this listing
of non-smoking establishments is great! Your effort in compliling the
list is greatly appreciated. Thanks again!!! Have a great day!
[Thanks Lois]
To:
Subject: great
page
Hey Doug, as somebody
who doesn't usually go out because of the effects of smoke on my
throat and overall sense of well being.... I have to give you a
hearty THANKS for your efforts to make people aware of the
non-smoking places in Seattle. I hope the list continues to grow! It
really perplexes me how Seattle can be such a hotbed for smokaholics.
What ever happened to the 80's when smoking was
"uncool?"
Your efforts are
SUPER commendable, and I will recommend your page to others and check
back frequently for new places where I can actually go. Any
additional places that have live music would be a nice
surprise!Thanks and best of luck. [Thanks
Stacey]
To:
Subject: Non-Smokers
in Seattle? Can it be??
Doug, Hi, my name is
Alex, (short for Alexandria) and I just wanted to say that I think
your web pages are great! I got to your non-smoking page through the
Yahoo Seattle site and I'm thrilled to know these places exist. My
roommate and I just moved here from Boulder, CO which is basically a
non-smoking town. We have been out in Seattle a couple of times but,
have been turned off by the amount of smokers there are in this town.
I guess Boulder is an exception but, I thought that Seattle might be
a little more environmentally aware then it is. Anyway, I will
definitely try some or all of the establishments that you recommend.
Especially the ones that offer Guinness! Too, bad that Kells, and The
Owl and The Thistle allow smokers! Can you recommend any non-smoking
bars that can pour a Guinness correctly? (I want a clover in my
foam!) Keep up the good work! I have book marked you page and will
visit again! [Thanks, Alex].
To:
Subject: great
site!
Dear Doug, I really
enjoyed reading the reviews of smoke-free places in the Seattle area.
I've been living overseas for about four years and I'm moving back to
Seattle next week. Now I remember why I'm coming back! It's hard to
believe that places like Puyallup and Kent actually have smoke free
pubs! Wow. I'll check in again when I get into town.
Debra.
King James on smoking
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