Proposal would ban smoking in some restaurants
By Mike Monson
Monday September 12, 2005
by Robin Scholz
Bob Patterson Sr. of Urbana smokes at the counter of Taffies Restaurant in Champaign on Friday. Patterson, 71, said he has been smoking for 52 years and signed a petition to allow smoking in area restaurants and bars.
CHAMPAIGN – As the noon hour grew closer on a recent day, the lunch crowd at Taffies Restaurant in west Champaign got larger.
And the air in the restaurant got a little smokier.
While 115 restaurants in Champaign have gone completely smoke-free in recent years, a majority of the city's roughly 280 food-service establishments, including Taffies, 301 S. Mattis Ave., still allow smoking.
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