Cigar Lounge Routines?
No_one21
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So, mostly because of the cold, but also because I genuinely love smoking indoors as opposed to outside, I've started going to my local cigar lounge every Friday after work for a stick. Sometimes I bring my laptop and get some stuff done, other times I just shoot the sh!t with the guys there. Either way I'm having a good time and it's great to wind down my week.
So what do you guys do routine-wise?
So what do you guys do routine-wise?
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work and life keeps me out of there as much as i would like to be there.
...less often by percentage the more often i go there.
On top of that every B&M within 25 miles of my house is a much older crowd. The place stops and everyone kind of stares at me when i walk in.....they don't say hi or anything to me, but rather just stop and stare at the young guy in their shop buying cigars.
there is 1 shop that hasn't been like this and that is one downtown that is new and run by young guys, but since that is a decent drive to get down there, i don't go there often. Sam mentioned setting up a time to go and smoke at the shop every friday, i think i am going to start doing this with that shop to try and get to know everyone better.
That doesn't seem like a very good business practice to me....
I don't go very often but there are a couple great B&Ms nearby though. Always treated well by staff, and knowledgeable employees who will answer questions, offer discounts/etc. and the employees/customers are very welcoming, will sit around and shoot the $hit all day long.
Damn, you need a shop like that bro. If you ever make it out this way we will go.
The other B&M is bigger and has a much better selection. The owner is an ex Miami-Dade police officer and is super cool. He blends his own pipe tobacco and asked my opinion of a blend he was working on one day when I walked in. I told him it smelled pretty good and should be a tasty smoke. He loads his pipe with it, took a puff then looked at me and said, "Your nose sucks! This tastes like crap.".
The lounge is the same place I had my birthday herf last year. Their selection is hit or miss but they don't care if you bring your own. I always buy one or two and have a few libations to help support them since they have to pay the fine regarding the smoking ban in Lexington.
The guy that runs the place is about my age and we have become really good friends. He keeps joking that he is going to put me on the payroll since I am always there and always help customers in the humidor.
He specializes in the boutique lines, a lot of his stock is the stuff you can't find online and you don't see in many shops so that is a plus. One of the best things is no matter when I go I feel welcome and I have never been talked down to by any of the other customers. The customer base ranges from the filthy rich to people making minimum wage, I am always treated as an equal and that means a lot to me.
If anyone is ever in the Louisville area with a little extra time on their hands please let me know. I will be more than happy to introduce you to Jason, the owner, and smoke a cigar with you. H311, you can even help yourself to what I have in my locker. There is plenty of Bourbon, Scotch, and cigars in there.
Well I've already said I've been able to bring my own, but support them by buying sticks for my humi. However, this was typically because I didn't know what they had there. Tbh now that I know their selection a bit better and see how much of it is what I really would like to smoke more routinely, I'm likely gonna go, pick one stick, and smoke it there.
Like what was said earlier, if I go once a week on Friday's and spend close to $10 for a nice stick, well that's much cheaper than many other work stress relievers.