Comments on: Pivovarský Klub Goes Nonsmoking

By: Chris Shallow

Chris Shallow — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 09:56:38 +0000

Pivovarský klub going non-smoking was a great and wonderful surprise. Last time my friends and I were there it wasn’t. Indeed, we couldn’t get a table anywhere as it was full of Russian tourists, most smoking like chimneys! The owner really needs to expand and / or open a third establishment.

By: Evan Rail

Evan Rail — Mon, 18 May 2009 20:02:35 +0000

Hi David,

There’s no smoking ban visible on the horizon yet. I wouldn’t be surprised if it happens in a few years. But it’s interesting that restaurants and pubs that voluntarily go non-smoking — like Pivoklub — are successful. In that case, maybe there’s no need for a legal ban.

There’s one new brewpub that opened after Bašta in Prague, called Pražský most u Valšů: http://prazskymost.cz/ It has a limited offering of its own beers. There’s a rumor that the folks from Richter brewery are going to open a new brewpub sometime soon in the south of Prague, but it hasn’t happened yet.

Evan

By: David Hughes

David Hughes — Mon, 18 May 2009 12:45:29 +0000

Is a No Smoking Ban about to become law in prague ?

On a completly diffrent subject Has there been another brew pub opened in Prague or surrounding area since Pivovar Basta ? rumers surfacing in UK that this is so.

David Hughes

By: Evan Rail

Evan Rail — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 15:33:21 +0000

That’s great news. I always found it slightly incongruous that Lokalblok was filled with people who cared about fitness and exercise, and yet it was one of the smokiest pubs in town. Last time I went climbing it was at the two places in Holesovice, just across from Vystaviste. They’re pretty smoky too…

By: Guff

Guff — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 12:20:00 +0000

My local, Lokalblok, has recently relegated all the smokers to the front of the bar and as soon as the ’smoking room’ is constructed, they will be banished to a standing only room off the side of the garden.

By: Velky Al

Velky Al — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 06:33:56 +0000

I have never really been bothered by smokey pubs, but the thought of going to PK and only smelling of booze when I get home is fantastic! I wonder if there was any trace of irony in having a rauchbier on tap the day they ditch smoking?