Yelp restaurant review

[Omeletpants]

I enjoy John's best when we have warm weather and outdoor seating is available. We ate there just last Thursday and enjoyed the experience, but I do have a minor complaint. Half way through lunch, this greasy stumble bum entered and took a seat. He ordered...coffee. Then he started to...smoke. He started to...chain smoke. Only two tables away. Wind blowing toward us. Again, said hobo ruined our sunny vibe. You may ask why I didn't hail a manager and *****? First, I don't make a habit of picking on hard scrabble coots. I imagine the poor man's life is grim enough. I imagine him sleeping on a tattered bedroll in tall bushes behind the Winfield Metra station. A battered Dobbs hat pulled low over his tomato face, noodling a Hohner harmonica. He also probably sings Rainy Night in Georgia and King of the Road softly before drifting off every night. I'm going to rat him out? Nah. Besides, I shouldn't need to snitch. John's has manager who sports an old school spade beard. Older heavyset jasper, fried egg eyes. He was there. He saw the guy smoking. A Winfield copper came in later for lunch. He saw the guy. I understand the law is fuzzy. Still, the beer garden tables are not equipped with ash trays. Right? You just don't smoke around folks eating a meal. It's obnoxious. This ain't 1958. Mister Fried Egg Eyes should discourage smoking. That's my opinion. Love the food, but not the smoking. That's all. (Try the Jamaican chicken sandwich or the Reuben. Fine eatin'!)

 

[HeHateMe]

Is this restaurant related?

 

[Omeletpants]

Is this restaurant related?

Who is asking?

 

[number51]

I imagine the poor man's life is grim enough. I imagine him sleeping on a tattered bedroll in tall bushes behind the Winfield Metra station.

You have a vivid imagination.

 

[ruprecht]

Cliff notes?

 

[ruprecht]

By the way, **** you. I loved every coffin nail and cherished my cup of joe.

 

[BearDen]

The anti-smoking law applies to inside and entrances. Though I agree it's rude to smoke around someone who's eating, patios are fair game. If you don't want to be around smokers, eat inside where it's banned. Should the staff yell at every person that walks through the parking lot smoking a cigarette so that the smoke doesn't blow into the patio? Sorry, worked at a bar for a very long time and had to deal with similar complaints.

 

[Ares]

I like when people walk to/from Union station during rush hour and they blanket the sidewalk around them with smoke as they walk like they are one of Daenerys Targaryen's dragons.... I mean I get it, people need to smoke, I was a smoker for a time... but ffs step out 5 mins early and smoke before you walk.

Dis like #209 on the list of things people do during Chicago rush hours that make me consider murdering them.

 

[Scoot26]

The anti-smoking law applies to inside and entrances. Though I agree it's rude to smoke around someone who's eating, patios are fair game. If you don't want to be around smokers, eat inside where it's banned. Should the staff yell at every person that walks through the parking lot smoking a cigarette so that the smoke doesn't blow into the patio? Sorry, worked at a bar for a very long time and had to deal with similar complaints.

"Place of employment" means any area under the control of a public or private employer that employees are required to enter, leave, or pass through during the course of employment, including, but not limited to entrances and exits to places of employment, including a minimum distance, as set forth in Section 70 of this Act, of 15 feet from entrances, exits, windows that open, and ventilation intakes that serve an enclosed area where smoking is prohibited; offices and work areas; restrooms; conference and classrooms; break rooms and cafeterias; and other common areas.

Doesn't that eliminate a lot of patios...except for the huge ones?

 

[BearDen]

Doesn't that eliminate a lot of patios...except for the huge ones?

I suppose you're right, the patio at the place I worked was pretty big and it usually wasn't a problem.

 

[Urblock]

Ok we need to kill the smokers and then drivers that tailgate.