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Jump to full article: Manitowoc (WI) Herald Times Reporter, 2008-04-11
Author: Charlie Mathews Herald Times Reporter
Intro: TWO RIVERS -- After more than a century, Kurtz's Pub & Deli is going smoke-free Tuesday -- almost.
"I do have a smoker in the basement, and we'll still be serving hickory smoked ribs on Tuesday and Thursday nights," said owner Jim Christensen.
On Wednesday afternoon, he was seated in a booth at his Washington Street eatery, founded in 1904, next to John Jagemann, who opened his Courthouse Pub in 2001 in downtown Manitowoc. He's snuffing cigarettes, too. . . .
"We have watched the state jawbone this topic to death, and we felt it was simply time to act on behalf of our employees and customers," Jagemann said.
The Legislature has wrestled with various statewide smoking bans, but none have passed, and the Assembly and Senate are not scheduled to take up any related legislation the remainder of 2008.
"The number of people with breathing difficulties -- or just people who do not wish to smell smoke while they eat -- has increased," said Christensen, who is third generation ownership and has been in the restaurant business since 1963.
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