McGradys Bans Smoking

Posted by Thor on May 30th, 2008 34 Comments

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Like, OMG, it’s so important that a restaurant bans smoking that it makes it on TV. That’s pretty cool.

The banning will happen on June 1st, according to the McGrady’s website.

I love the patio and the uber-cheap drink specials, but …can we get a ban on the bad food, too?

In case anyone was wondering, happy hour specials after the break…


4:30 p.m.-7:00 p.m.Monday-Friday

  • 24 Beers on tap
  • $1.25 domestic drafts
  • $5 domestic pitchers
  • $3.50 appetizer specials

[via Outskirts and NBC 29]

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34 Responses to “McGradys Bans Smoking”

  1. 30 May 2008 at 12:34 pm1Donk said:

    Pffft.. The food is fine. Most of it is bar food that is almost specifically to lay down a base layer. And really…. with drink specials like that, how can you even taste the food?

    /You’re doing it wrong.

  2. 30 May 2008 at 12:35 pm2parlie said:

    plus, if you wear your kickball shirt, you can smoke.

    i mean you can play kickball.

    i’m always hungover on monday, i don’t get it.

  3. 30 May 2008 at 12:42 pm3dieter said:

    Cvillenews had this 3 days ago (from the 29 story) in the sideblog- just sayin’

  4. 30 May 2008 at 1:00 pm4shenanigans said:

    Big whoop. You can prolly still smoke on the patio. And their food isn’t that bad for the price. Cheese fries for $2? Fuck yeah!

  5. 30 May 2008 at 1:04 pm5Chad Day said:

    For those kickballers and other social club members, to celebrate them going non-smoking, McGrady’s is doing a keg kill for us. Details here: http://www.cvillesocial.com/events/view.php?id=6

    and it’s actually supposed to be sunny on Sunday! about damn time.

  6. 30 May 2008 at 3:06 pm6Ethan said:

    I haven’t been there for happy hour since last summer. I should go again occasionally.

  7. 30 May 2008 at 3:54 pm7Gobbler said:

    Yeah, why does a bar have to have great food? If I want great food, I’ll go to a restaurant, not a bar. McGrady’s is great. I’m excited they are going smoke free. I think it’s gonna help with the ‘er clinetell. Also, I hear there are plans for not only covering the porch, but getting heaters installed, so sitting out there in the winter won’t be as bitter as Thor is about the food.

  8. 30 May 2008 at 4:17 pm8Thor said:

    Why does a bar have to have great smoking? If I want great smoking, I’ll go to a smokerplaces, not a bar.

  9. 30 May 2008 at 4:25 pm9Chad Day said:

    If you serve $1 beers, you’re not going to serve $20 entrees. This isn’t rocket science.

  10. 30 May 2008 at 4:26 pm10echo said:

    If $1 beers = $20 entrees, does $4 beers = $80 entrees? I know South Street doesn’t have any $80 entrees.

  11. 30 May 2008 at 4:28 pm11parlie said:

    well as long as we’re all getting angry about something, i want to know why it’s so important for a bar to have good drink specials? i mean, what if i like to go out wearing my shiny d&g shirt and my retarded sunglasses and get ripped the fuck off? what am i supposed to do? NOT SMOKE? EAT A BURGER? these shoes cost $600 dollars!

    this is absolutely outrageous. i demand that mcgrady’s serve speedballs and sell RU-486 in the bathroom.

  12. 30 May 2008 at 4:29 pm12Chad Day said:

    echo: Obviously my point was lost.

    People who go to McGrady’s generally go for the beer (hence the ‘pub’ in the name). For them to serve fine cuisine is a waste of time and resources. The food they serve is fine for bar food, they know their market.

  13. 30 May 2008 at 4:32 pm13echo said:

    Your point wasn’t lost.

  14. 30 May 2008 at 4:33 pm14Thor said:

    please deposit nickels for the “repetitive talking head” machine.

  15. 30 May 2008 at 4:34 pm15echo said:

    $0.05

  16. 30 May 2008 at 4:37 pm16Thor said:

    please deposit nickels for the “repetitive talking head” machine

  17. 30 May 2008 at 4:38 pm17five said:

    The side of McGrady’s patio is an ash tray! Is this the reason they don’t want any more smokers??? They can’t clean up.

    /The $5 pitchers’ during happy hour work well with slim budgets like mine.

  18. 30 May 2008 at 4:39 pm18five said:

    $0.05

  19. 30 May 2008 at 4:39 pm19shenanigans said:

    Sometimes cheap food is great food. Just sayin’.

  20. 30 May 2008 at 5:01 pm20Thor said:

    please deposit nickels for the “repetitive talking head” machine

  21. 30 May 2008 at 5:11 pm21Rose McIntire said:

    @19 I lub macaroni and cheese, the kind from the box.

  22. 30 May 2008 at 5:14 pm22oy said:

    had the .89$ meaty cheesy burrito thingy from Taco Hell for lunch - was actually kinda tasty, for an eightynine cent concoction.

    /ok, had 3 of ‘em. yes, I’m not feeling quite right. beer should fix me, no?

  23. 30 May 2008 at 6:37 pm23orchid said:

    how can you hate on a place that serves deep-fried oreos?

  24. 30 May 2008 at 9:12 pm24Uva LaGrape said:

    bars aren’t about the drinks, they’re about the socializing

  25. 31 May 2008 at 2:41 am25echo said:

    bars aren’t about the drinks, they’re about the socializing

    FAIL

  26. 31 May 2008 at 2:51 am26five said:

    Bars are about drinking and forgetting that the day or week sucked. That’s why most of us frequent them so often. Socializing is better at bars because alcohol gives you guts to actually talk to someone.

    /Why do you think most one night stands originate from bars?

  27. 31 May 2008 at 8:10 am27orchid said:

    @25 i knew you’d correct her.

  28. 31 May 2008 at 3:54 pm28Street said:

    Can I smoke if I’m on fire?

  29. 31 May 2008 at 6:10 pm29Tinkertoy said:

    @26 Because alcohol makes me charming, suave and attractive?

  30. 02 Jun 2008 at 11:07 am30parlie said:

    this thread is about mcgrady’s, which is the militant arm of kickball, inc. that means my post will be relevant:

    i broke my back this weekend, somewhere between the whiskey wrestling and the kickball drinking. oh my god you guys. oh my god.

  31. 02 Jun 2008 at 11:17 am31Gobbler said:

    I’m worried that the smoking ban will diminish the number of bar sluts at McGrady’s. “If she smokes, she pokes.”, I always say. Of course, I only go there for the beer specials, but I’m worried about my friends.

  32. 02 Jun 2008 at 11:18 am32parlie said:

    don’t worry about your friends. penicillin can cure almost anything.

  33. 02 Jun 2008 at 11:19 am33echo said:

    If she smokes, she pokes.

    I’ve never heard that before, but I’m going to steal it.

  34. 02 Jun 2008 at 11:43 am34Chad Day said:

    Yeah, keg kill was done in 28 minutes, which was pretty impressive.. wish I had a picture of the people lined up 3 deep around the bar to get free pitchers.

    I do have some other pictures though, which are here: http://www.cvillesocial.com/photos/album.php?ID=3

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