A Decade of Debate Ends in Silence

In 2015, city council chambers swelled with hundreds of Hookah Lounge supporters and detractors, there to shout down, up, and over each other as Seattle considered closures and regulation of the “after-hours lounges.” On the table was a bill from then-Mayor Ed Murray to completely shutter the doors of all Seattle Hookah lounges, now and forever.by Marcus Harrison GreenIn 2015, city council chambers swelled with hundreds of Hookah Lounge supporters and detractors, there to s