Perhaps we should change the state slogan to: "Minnesota the land of 10,000+ unemployed hospitality workers."
List of closings can be found here:
http://cleanairquality.blogspot.com/2007/01/100-bars-and-restaurants-put-out-of.html
And even though some very dubious Nicoderm / RWJF funded lobbyists told our politicians that smoking bans are good for business, just one year later a report from the Minnesota Auditor's Office proved that smoking bans DECREASED hospitality revenue by 31.9% on average.
http://cleanairquality.blogspot.com/2007/02/smoking-bans-good-public-policy-or.html
http://cleanairquality.blogspot.com/2010/10/minnesota-releases-revenue-numbers-that.html