Jump to full article: Chicago (IL) Daily Herald, 2008-03-25
Author: Eric Peterson * Daily Herald Staff
Intro: Even under a new statewide smoking ban - and in a society where public tobacco use is increasingly restricted - hookah lounges are aberrations as legally allowable smoking establishments.
But they're now barred in Schaumburg from offering live entertainment such as the singers, dancers and disc jockeys that are often been part of their ambiance.
Hookah bars are allowed to exist, but they're banned from offering much of anything that might entice nonsmokers to go there.
Yet some proprietors and customers think that's heavy-handed and are seeking a compromise. One of Schaumburg's new establishments, Arabian Nights, was just turned down for an entertainment license and plans to appeal that at Tuesday's village board meeting.
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