Eat’n Park is Praised for Becoming Smoke-Free
Eat ‘n Park has enacted a system-wide non-smoking policy in May 2007. Many local organizations and leaders are praising them for this action.
Kevin O’Connell, the senior VP said that he is humbled by the attention. He says the main motive of the decision was to protect the health of his workers and guests.
“We simply did what we thought was right,” says Kevin.
The chain has also won awards for having a clean air environment from The American Lung Association of Pennsylvania, American Cancer Society, Westmoreland County Tobacco Coalition, and Teens Against Tobacco Use. For more information, visit www.eatnpark.com.
This goes to show you that you don’t always need government regulation to change things. This private business decided on its own to become smoke-free. And that’s what the free market does. If there is a market for smoke free bars and restaurants a business will fill that market. This gives people a choice and choices are what give us freedom. If you want to know more about my views on smoking bans just read this post.
In closing I will leave you with some facts about the Eat ‘n Park Restaurants. They were founded in 1949 as a family carhop. The chain now has 77 locations in Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia. They also own Park Classic Diner, a retro-eatery reminiscent of the company’s roots and Six Penn Kitchen, an upscale American Bistro. I have never been to either of the other two or knew they were owned by the same Company. You really do learn something new every day.
Eat ‘n Park, Six Penn Kitchen, Pittsburgh, Monroeville, diners, Park Classic, smoking ban
November 8th, 2007 at 1:20 pm
The Park is located in Monroeville…it’s just like the regular Eat ‘n Park, but slightly more expensive.
And I’ve been meaning to eat at Six Penn; they always get really good reviews.
But more on topic with this post, I’m happy to see more businesses are embracing a smoke-free environment. Finally, the rest of us will have the right to breathe wherever we choose to go. I thought that was a given, but apparently a smoker’s right to pollute the environment and kill people’s lungs is more important in this city.