The Brunch Club has entered the cell phone wars.

The business’s owner says there is no turning back.

A notice posted around the restaurant — a longtime favorite at the intersection of South Main Street and South Patterson Boulevard in Dayton’s downtown — reads:

“Out of respect for other patrons please make sure your cell phone is turned to silent or vibrate, and please NO speaker phones.”

So far so good. The notice has been laminated since it went up just a few months back.

Owner Jim Vari said the notice has helped reduce the number of people having loud, annoying cell phone conversations or playing games on their smart phones with the volume at full blast.

He said no one wants to hear that.

Some smart phone users were just so “obnoxious” that the business felt it had to take a stand, Vari said.

He added that conversations were disturbing other customers.

Formerly the Breakfast Club Cafe, Vari’s restaurant reopened in 2007 under the name The Brunch Club.

The new management kept some of the former restaurant’s menu.

What do you think? Do local restaurants need smart phone policies? Do you think cell phone conversations are a nuisance at restaurants?