Visit De La Concha on September 23, 2010 to dine and smoke with master cigar maker Jose Fuego. He will be on hand to promote his latest cigar, the Xikar HC series. The in-store dinner starts at 8 PM and includes a three-course meal from Rue 57 and a full open bar. Tickets cost $125 [...]
What do cigars and artisanal mozzarella cheeses have in common? They’re both handmade products that take lots of labor and time to produce a good quality product, according to our fellow brother of the leaf, Anthony Fauci, a partner in an awesome high-end mozzarella bar located in midtown Manhattan: Obika Here’s Anthony talking about two [...]
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Ever have a cigar while watching the sun set? Well, there’s a new cigar happy hour that’s designed for just that: Barry, from acigarsmoker.com, introduced me to Cigar Mondays at Vetro NYC. It sounds wonderful – you get a premium cigar, butler served hors d’ouevres and your choice of a cognac, port, single malt or [...]
Savinelli will be at De La Concha in New York on July 28, 2010. At this event, which runs from noon to 7 PM, you’ll be introduced to some new cigars from Savinelli, including the Liga Especial II series. Visit the store for the event, and you could win some great prizes being raffled, including [...]
The Big Smoke is coming back to New York City, but everything else is changing. This year, it will be on December 1, 2010 at Pier 92. Located at 711 12th Avenue (between W. 52nd Street and the West Side Highway), the event will have one expanded session, from 6 PM to 9:30 PM and [...]
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It’s a shocking thought, right? Most people who are anti-smoking seem to be singularly focused on taking our rights away from us. Since they don’t like smoking, the thinking goes, we shouldn’t be allowed to do it. Fortunately, there are people out there who are a bit more open-minded. Take Ralph Gardner, Jr., of the [...]
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Massachusetts is taking a page from the New York City playbook. The commonwealth is using $316,000 in federal stimulus money to print anti-smoking signs that tobacconists would have to hang in their establishments. The signs will have to be displayed in the 9,000 retail locations in Massachusetts that sell tobacco products. It’s not etched in [...]
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Hey, New Yorkers: do you like being able to light up a cigar in the city’s parks? I do. I’ll smoke one while hanging out in Central Park, and I used to have (more than) one while writing in Madison Square Park. The prospect of an outdoor smoking ban is back, according to the latest [...]
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How do you plan to spend the World Cup Finals? I, alas, will be in transit, so I won’t be in town for the big event. Those of you in the New York City area, however, can pick up a ticket for the get-together at De La Concha. For $25, you’ll get a seat in [...]
