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Your A List: Best Place Where You Can Still Smoke
Here’s a dirty little secret: Almost every single establishment that threatened to shut its doors when the City of Austin enacted an indoor smoking ban did not. They are open and, given that we are deep into our second recession since then, most are not doing so badly. So sending smokers outside didn’t, as adverstised, kill Austin nightlife or live music.
Opal Divine’s did divinely with 11 percent, tying with Cedar Street Courtyard.
Crown and Anchor, a pub crossed with a dive married to a student hangout, held down 9 percent.
Shoal Creek Saloon and Lovejoy’s tied at 8 percent. Ruta Maya and Ego’s tied at 5 percent. (That’s a lot of ties.)
G&S Lounge grouched into 4 percent, while Flamingo Cantina emerged with 1 percent.
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