The Daily Orange

Hookah bar opens doors after fire

Abstract:
Hollywood Hookah reopened Tuesday night after a fire shut down the Marshall Street lounge two months ago.

The business was open less than two weeks before a lit coal caused the Nov. 20 fire. Investigators said it was caused by careless disposal of the charcoal....

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Scott Smyth

posted 1/21/09 @ 11:28 AM EST

In every hookah bar that I've been to, they use whole round coals for the hookahs. However, at Hollywood Hookah, they had been breaking up the coals and placing them on the aluminum foil over the tobacco. I assume this was in an effort to save money, but it's also probably what caused the fire because it doesn't make sense to have broken bits of coal all around. Additionally, it allows small particles of the coal to fall into the holes in the aluminum foil which eventually people smoke.

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Scott Smyth

posted 1/21/09 @ 11:56 AM EST

I also forgot to mention that after paying a cover and paying for the hookah, I was subjected to Steve Miller's "The Joker," and Sublime's "Santeria" at least twice each during my 45 minute stay. Although some would consider these to be "classics," I was disappointed by the lack of variety and sitar, for that matter.

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