Tex-Mex restaurant E-Bar has been the talk of the town for its anti-stoner policy that is spelled out in a sign posted on its window: “If You Have The Smell Of Marijuana On You We Will Not Serve You.” (“Marijuana” is underlined for good measure.) The signage has drawn recent attention, including in a story published Wednesday by The Dallas Observer. But the owner of the restaurant, Ernie Quinlantan, told the publication that the policy has actually been enforced for five years. The Observer noted that sometimes “when the windows are cleaned, the sign gets taken down, then is put back up in a place that is not quite so obvious.” “People reeking of marijuana, it just ruins everybody’s experience around them, you can’t possibly have a great meal with someone who has that much odor,” Quinlantan told the Observer. Quinlantan also downplayed the significance of the rule, saying that most customers are unbothered. “Some people have something to say, it depends on the person, but most of the time it’s not an issue,” Quinlantan said. The rule has not gone over well on social media, however. E-Bar’s Instagram account is filled with announcements, including multiple posts reminding customers to wear a mask at the restaurant. Another proudly displays an award naming E-Bar the best Tex-Mex restaurant in Dallas three years ago. But the comment sections of many of the account’s posts have been littered with sarcastic remarks and outright anger directed at the rule. “Congrats on being the only [Tex Mex] restaurant to monetize the Latino culture while also diminishing it by supporting stigmas rooted in associating cannabis with the Latino community by calling it marijuana,” wrote one Instagram user. “Do you think none of your staff or family consume cannabis?” “Do you have a list of smell restrictions?” snarked another commenter “Also, is the person smelling customers certified by the SCA (Sniffers Commission of America)?” Recreational cannabis is illegal in the Lone Star State, of course, but change could be afoot. Last November, voters in five Texas cities approved ballot measures to decriminalize pot. In one of those cities, Denton, officials ignored the will of the electorate and voted in June “against adopting the ordinance that would have decriminalized marijuana.” Polls show that a majority of Texans are in favor of lifting the prohibition on marijuana use. A Dallas Morning News/University of Texas at Tyler Poll last August found that 55% of registered voters in Texas support the legalization of adult-use cannabis. Thirty-four percent said they “strongly” support the legalization of recreational cannabis for adults, and 21% said simply that they support the change, according to the poll. Fourteen percent said they were simply opposed, with 21% saying they were “strongly” opposed. Another 9% said they neither supported nor opposed the idea. So far, the legalization effort has not gained much traction among Texas lawmakers in Austin. But the legislature has taken steps to broaden the state’s medical cannabis program. In April, members of the state House of Representatives signed off on a bill that would allow physicians to recommend medical cannabis as an option for chronic pain treatment rather than opioids. “Passage of this legislation will provide qualified patients with a state-sanctioned option to access a therapy that has proven to offer significant benefits,” the NORML chapter of Texas said at the time. “Medical cannabis is an objectively safer alternative to the array of pharmaceutical drugs that it could potentially replace. I urge my fellow Texans to voice their support for this important legislation and to reach out to their Senators to encourage their backing as it moves through the legislative process.” BYTHOMAS EDWARD like stoners don't eat much at all ......lol
If anyone came into my restaurant smelling of any of those they are fucking gone lol. The weed smell is kinda stupid but also gotta think about people who don't smoke, family out with their kids, not really fair to them if they gotta be smelling the table next to them who just hot boxed their car before coming into the restaurant lol. Sent from my LM-X420 using Grasscity Forum mobile app
I posted this as many girls who cut my hair say they smell weed on me, I say to them I use soap thats Hemp based, from the bodyshop I now stick to one girl and tip often ....lol
AT my age, I am honest af about weed even with strangers. WTF they gonna do? Stop worrying about what others think.
It's not really about caring what others think. It's about having courtesy towards other people. Something way too many people seem to be lacking these days... Sent from my LM-X420 using Grasscity Forum mobile app
And it looks like the place serves alcohol. At any rate I bet they would serve someone that smelled of booze.
That's pretty funny. If I saw that sign before entering I would without a doubt not give them my business lol. There's literally no way this will do anything but make them lose customers and get roasted and embarrassed for it. And unfortunately most of the people taking the brunt of it will be some young waiters and waitresses and not the douchebag owners. And as a daily smoker I almost never smell like weed in public because I just vape or take bong hits most of the time. I mean really just people smoking Js or blunts (especially in their car) or just smoking in their car in general are gonna be the people that smell.
I can admire standing on beliefs but with an investment like that riding on selling food it’s smarter to leave those views at home and sell food.
Sure, but why can't they sell food to people who smell like weed? Every other restaurant seems to do it. Isn't that half of taco bell's business model? lmao
When I read this my first thought was how there’s no way this would work at TB. They would probably lose as many employees for weed odor as customers.
AND most of all "food" chains. Look at the tv adds of cute stoner girls all giggly ordering food at Micky D's.
If they are that opposed to the way their costumers smell.,How about women who douse themselves in perfume.,they outta be banned as well.,fkina
I've gotten angry looks from other customers in restaurants. weed can be awful, worse than any other smelly "habit" so I understand because strong odors affect your palette, especially the gassy ones be thoughtful of others, that's all I say
I agree and disagree. I like stoners over drunks any day of the week, but please don't reek up the place. It's not cool and just makes a person appear like a slob.
Eat at home,,, pack a meal and picnic by a lakeshore, or in a scenic spot… Even the savings on the 20% tip adds up over time; to blazes with anti cannabis restaurants, and anti cannabis people,,, stop supporting them…
I’d like to see their sign after a batch roadburner heads roll in there after a 3-4 music fest camp out.