I don’t know Adriana Nebbeling, owner of Chicago’s Orbit Room, but I think we could be friends. In an article today about how Chicago’s new smoking ban will affect the alfresco dining scene, Nebbeling told Metromix that while she doesn’t light up herself, she’d “rather have smoke in her hair than the government down her throat.”

Ditto. And while the fight against smoking bans appears to be a lost cause, it’s a sentiment that deserves repeating.

Nebbeling’s the Orbit Room is one of the city’s alfresco dining spots working to accommodate smokers—they’ve added a tent on the deck. (Remember, the law bans smoking in all indoor public places, as well as within 15 feet of any entrance, exit, window that opens, or ventilation intake that serves an enclosed area where smoking is prohibited.)

Sheffield’s, and the Pontiac Cafe & Bar are also working with smokers…but at Take Five, Sidetrack, and Moonshine, the government’s never-ending nannying has made accommodating smoking customers impossible.

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