A potential ordinance change could make Murray's restaurant a nonsmoking establishment, a thought that brings her close to tears. I should have the privilege of allowing anything that's legal, and smoking is still legal. Murray's small restaurant has fewer than 50 seats. She doesn't even have a nonsmoking section. Nonsmokers in Neenah know of Bring Her Inn's smoking reputation and avoid it.
Smokers happily sit down and light up.
A smoking ban, said Murray, would effectively close her down. My customers have said they won't be back. Turning her place back into a bar, which would be exempt from the ordinance, isn't appealing, she said. Our reputation is built on our food. Nobody else can make Lynn's chili.