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That don't necessarily card? Yes, I'm 18, but my friend is 17. We've grown up smoking hookah as it is part of our culture and we would like to go to a restaurant or hookah bar to smoke some shisha, but he is afraid they will not let him. can someone help us out?
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I would like to celebrate my 20th bday there but I have 18yr friends. on my list of Hookah Bars I have: Kush, Karma, Babel Lounge and Le Caire Lounge, which Hookah bar in Manhattan does not care about id and which is the best in Manhattan? If you have been there please tell me about your experience. Thank You
you have to be 18… so you will be fine
How old do you have to be to go to the Hookah Bar,in Manhattan?
Hi, I'm Yesi. Coming down to your beautiful city of Dallas TX, will be staying down Town for this up coming Memorial Day weekend, and would like to know all the cool clubs, bars, lounges, venues, or anything that is happening in Dallas from the 21-26. I mean anything!
Coming down to visit my girl, but never been to Dallas before. looking for clubs that play Electronic/Trance/House/80's/Goth-Indust… n' Roll. cool dive bars with great atmosphere, cool juke box, or live bands playing. Hookah Bars are great also, but hope they serve drinks as well!
What about day time? Parks, Amusement Parks, Zoos, Museums, Art, anything worth while awaking up early too? And believe me, I don't do mornings 
All suggestions are welcome! See you guys soon :p
Yesi.
Calling All Dallas Club Kids:Where to go this Memorial Day Weekend?
Special to Clay Today
GREEN COVE SPRINGS — the Clay CHD Tobacco Prevention Program and the Tobacco Free Clay Partnership warn parents about the presence of Hookahand K2 smoking among youth and young adults in Clay County as another avenue to consume flavored tobacco products.
What is a hookah?
· a “hookah” (also known as “narghile” or “sheesha”) is a water pipe used for smoking tobacco. This practice originated in the Middle East and Northern Africa.
· Hookah tobacco is often flavored with molasses, fruit pulp or honey. This provides it with a sweeter smell and makes the taste more appealing, especially to young adults.
· “Hookah bars” have been popping up across the U.S., especially on or near college campuses.
· In a typical hookah bar, patrons can purchase flavored tobacco and rent a water pipe with which to smoke it. Many hookah bars also sell food and drinks. Hookah bars appealing to young adults may sell alcohol as well, although more traditional hookah bars do not.
· Smoking tobacco with hookah pipes is not safer than smoking cigarettes (although this is a commonmyth). During a single session, a hookah smoker may inhale as much smoke as if he had smoked 100 cigarettes. Hookah tobacco and smoke contain nicotine and all of the same cancer-causing agents found in other tobacco products.
· Hookah bars are increasingly found near college campuses and some high schools where they are targeting a young adult market.
The picture below was taken at a local restaurant popular with teens. it features buying hookahs and hookah tobacco.
What is K2?
· K2 is also known as Spice or synthetic cannabis (marijuana). it is an unregulated mixture of dried herbs purported to give a high similar to marijuana.
· it is sold in places such as smoke shops and other alternative stores as incense or potpourri. K2 is reportedly being smoked through the Hookah water pipe by some teens.
· K2 can cause psychotropic hallucinations, fast heart beat, dangerously elevated blood pressure, pale skin and vomiting. In some cases it can cause seizures.
· the Drug Enforcement Agency considers K2 to be a “drug of concern”. In 2010, the US Air Force banned possession and use of K2 among its service members.
· the Tobacco Free Clay partnership encourages citizens to talk with their local elected officials about the benefits of a policy to restrict access to all types of flavored tobacco products.
· for more information on how to become involved with local policy change or on tips to how to talk with your teen about smoking or marijuana use, please visit: www.TobaccoFreeClay.com or www.ClayActionCoalition.com.
How many people honostly go to a hookah bar counting people that you know. Meaning think of all the people you know how many they are that go to hookah bars and how often.
I went a e few years ago to the red fez in Austin, TX. It was really cool. I am very opposed to smoking tobacco now so I wouldn't go again. but to be completely honest I remember it as really quite nice. the flavor was really interesting and very smooth. I still smoked cigars occasionally then and it was a whole other world.
Forget the Hookah bar, you need to lay off the whacky-tabaccie with a question worded like that.
sounds fun…never been but might as well try everything once.
i have been once. a few of my friends have been more, but we all smoke (cigarettes) and none of the hookahs here will let u smoke inside…how crazy is that? also, i dont like smoking stuff that tastes like banana bread…lol
fun kinda environment, but not too sure how many times i will go back. to much of a pain to go smoke cigs outside
what is a hookah bar? cos maybe if there was one where I live I might go there!
that would be so fit. wow. i wish we had one in my area…
Well, luckily enough, we have one in one of our nightclubs in san antonio that's pretty popular. It's a good time when you have a few more people with you and you just want to chill. the best is the apple flavor with a shot of apple vodka mixed in with the water – pretty intense and totally legal
That don’t necessarily card? Yes, I’m 18, but my friend is 17. We’ve grown up smoking hookah as it is part of our culture and we would like to go to a restaurant or hookah bar to smoke some shisha, but he is afraid they will not let him. can someone help us out?
Several readers have pointed out that the Revitali Hookah Lounge at 125 first Ave. between St. Mark’s and Seventh Street…
….recently closed. the space is now for rent.
Meanwhile, there are only 592 hookah bars left in the neighborhood…
Now you can do all of it in the same place: Downtown Lakeland at the Hookah Palace.
The Hookah Palace is nice, clean, friendly, relaxing and, well, it’s just plain different. it is unique to Polk County.
There are some hookah bars in Tampa, said Nathan Jordan, 27, from Lakeland ‘But this a lot friendlier and a lot cheaper,’ he said. ‘I never thought they’d open one here, but I’m glad they did.’
Walk into the Hookah Palace, 122 S. Kentucky Ave. in Lakeland, and you’ll probably be greeted by Egyptian-born owner Soloman Wassef. that is, unless he’s helping or making friends with other customers.
The Hookah Palace is much longer than it is wide. it has ’semi-private’ booths on both sides and the area in the middle is covered with Oriental rugs.
Some booths are for sitting while others are for getting more comfortable, as with cushions and pillows. in the Turkish-style Hookah booth without benches, think of lying in bed, with your back raised and cushioned, like how you’d read or watch TV.
The booths are called semi-private because you can see what’s going on across the way, but if you’re reclined, you can’t see any of what’s up on either side of you.
The booths are decorated by open curtains made of Egyptian fabric. Wassef, 48, says that every so often, someone wants to close the curtains, which would shelter them from anyone seeing whatever were to take place in the booth.
‘I tell them the booths are private, Wassef says with a smile. ‘But not that private.’
A Step to the East
Once you get comfy either in a sitting or prone position, you can order one of more than 20 wine-based martinis for $4.95, frozen drinks for $4.99 or several fancy non-alcoholic drinks, like a pia colada daIquiri, for $3.75.
Wassef sells beer, too, but would rather not. ‘You can get a Budweiser anywhere,’ he says. He says everyone who tries a martini likes it. Two favorites are the Alabama Slammer and the Watermelon.
This was no Trent Rowe operation, where our intrepid critic goes somewhere, orders everything on the menu and writes about it in great detail. however, we can accurately report the martinis are good.
The Middle Eastern and Mediterranean wall decor at the Hookah Palace is not overpowering or gaudy, but it is thoughtful, tasteful and anything but cheap.
Even the restrooms are a cut above.
Customers hear Greek, Arabic and Mediterranean music, not too lout but loud enough. and then a sparkled-woman wearing a shiny outfit slowly snakes by, in cadence with the music.
Belly dancing is on Friday and Saturday nights. Sometimes one performs, sometimes two. recently, it was Rosa Fossi, 30, one of many who learned to belly dance at Lakeland’s Kelly Recreation Center from Sandy Silverman.
Belly dancing, Fossi said, ‘isn’t striptease and it’s not burlesque. It’s celebrating a different culture.’
Double Apple
When it comes to smoking at the Hookah Palace, plenty of it is going around but this is no smoke-filled bar. the smoke smells sweet and doesn’t have a strong or nasty odor. it doesn’t burn eyes or make people cough, like cigarettes do. it also doesn’t contain the amount of nicotine a cigarette does, .05 percent in hookah tobacco compared to 7 percent to 14 percent in a regular cigarette. Hookah tobacco also doesn’t contain tar.
It costs $11.95 to smoke a hookah, $5.99 for a refill.
A hookah pipe can be smoked by several people at once, and smokers are given disposable tips.
Out of 19 flavors, which can be mixed, the two favorite tobaccos are watermelon and double apple.
The Hookah Palace also serves desserts.
Tiffany Razabdouski, 26, said she appreciates the idea of a different cultural experience in Lakeland.
‘I was born here, but except for Molly’s there’s not much to do around here,’ she said.
One thing, she said, ‘The chocolate cake (Chocolate Lover Dream Cake, $4.95) is the best.’
Rick Rousos can be reached at rick.rousos@theledger.com or 863-802-7514.
