branded smoking rooms built into existing smoke shops. There were 53 at press time, and the company says a waiting list of shops want to include Diamond Crown lounges. The company also has one of the only cigar bars in a major league ...
Jeff Borysiewicz owns three large stores in Florida: one Davidoff shop in Tampa, and three large stores in the Orlando area, ironically named Corona Cigar Co. “All of our stores, including our bars, are open for business,” he said in a letter to his customers. “On March 17, ...
On March 17th, 2020, Florida Governor DeSantis mandated bars to be closed. As you know The Humidor operates under a retail license. So this will not affect us but we will cease serving of all alcoholic beverages. Beer and wine will be available for package (as to-go purchases). MEMBER ...
Tampa’s Cigar City Brewing has won numerous awards and gold medals, and you can order its draft beers at bars all over Key West. While the beers are quite tasty, the irony of this libation is lost on most visitors. While Tampa’s Ybor City, a neighborhood rich in Cuban American tradi...
and soon after the magazine’s launch, cigar bars and tobacco shops were popping up all over the country. Cigar dinners became commonplace. Bars and restaurants that never had any sort of cigar program suddenly had well-stocked humidors and people who’d never smoked a cigar in their lives ...
“We had shutdowns in Orlando. We had bars that were closed for three months, where we couldn’t serve drinks…Our downtown store was a ghost town.” His business changed, and while some stores were slow, others saw a sales gain. Where there were fewer tourists, locals bought more. ...
"At that time there was George Hamilton's and the Grand Havana Room and there were two or three cigar bars in Los Angeles. I had a membership there. After a while, I wasn't going there as much, so I just gave it to a friend." Piazza also enjoyed cigars at the Eastern outpost of...
Q: You found that cigars fostered friendships—what was the reaction when you would smoke a cigar in the office before you createdCigar Aficionado? Were you welcomed in the office much like you were welcomed in the bars with other cigar smokers?
A: I am not a farmer. I’m knowledgeable of the farm, but my expertise comes after the tobacco has been harvested, in the curing bars, fermentation, sorting and selecting. And blending. Q: How much of that is done here in Connecticut?
There are ten dining options onboard, six on the casual side and four fine dining spots, plus several cocktail lounges and bars. An executive chef runs the full dining experience, often de-boarding at each port to shop in local markets and curate food selections based on their port of cal...