Friday, March 14, 2008

Smokers move up

Bartender Louise Reisinger, 41, said that Saturday night at the Glen Rock Tavern was busier than usual.

"I got phone call after phone call from people from Maryland to see if this was a smoking bar," she said.

At 12:01 Friday morning, Maryland enacted a statewide ban prohibiting smoking at most indoor businesses that pushed a few people over the state line to patronize bars and restaurants that still allow smoking.

"That was just the day after," Reisinger said.

Janice Wolf has been Glen Rock Tavern's day bartender for nearly 32 years. She said a lot of her regulars also frequent bars, restaurants and casinos in Maryland.

"They told me they aren't going there anymore," she said.

Lenny Boyle is at the Glen Rock Tavern bar daily, smoking, drinking and shooting the breeze.

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