I'm sure I sound like a whiner, but I just can't stand cigarette smoke. And that's a difficult preference to have here in tobacco country. Smokey Joe's is, as the name suggests, pretty smokey. But I went here for a friend's birthday one night and we all had a good time drinking and playing pool. There was a $5 cover (I think because there was a band playing), and that was a bit shocking for a place like Smokey Joe's.
I'm not one of those bad drunks who always forgets her credit card at the bars. But the one time I did do that, it happened to be at Smokey Joe's. Fortunately, when I went back in my morning, they had my card and were very nice about it.