When the state snuffed all cigarettes in restaurants, the popular barbeque joint turned outlaw.

“We put a sign up that says this is a smoking establishment,” explained owner and namesake Buddy Clark. “I think everybody should have a right to do what ever they want to do.”

“The people have a choice. They can either eat here in the non-smoking, or eat up here in the smoking. Or if they don’t like it at all, they can go to another restaurant,” added Clark’s wife, Barbara…

...Meanwhile, Buddy’s smokers and non-smokers both appreciate the restaurant’s atmosphere. None of them want to see Wildwood’s favorite lunch spot close up shop.

“You can’t smell it at all over here so it doesn’t really bother me,” a diner explained from the non-smoking section.

“Who in the hell is the state to come in and tell you and me what we can do in our own place?” observed smoker Sonny Schmidt.