Comments on: Looking for a good cigar shop

By: puckhead

puckhead — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 21:22:42 +0000

Thanks for the invite I will have to come in when I am in the area.

By: Todd Ramsburg

Todd Ramsburg — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 18:21:42 +0000

As the owner of Cigar Jones in Minnetonka, I'd like to invite you to check out our shop. We're at the corner of Minnetonka Blvd and 101. From 494, exit on Minnetonka Blvd and head west about three miles. We're on the SW corner at the intersection of 101.

We carry pretty much everything...Fuente, Padron, Romeo, Montecristo, Tatuaje, Ashton, Rocky, Cohiba...I could go on...but you get the idea. You can enjoy them here and relax in one of our lounges.

There are only a handful of shops in town worth a crap...besides us there's Golden Leaf in Uptown, Perfect Ash in Lillydale and Stogies on Grand in St. Paul.

Support your local tobacconist!

By: mjm

mjm — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 00:43:11 +0000

Golden Leaf is thirded. Great store, and you can enjoy your smoke in peace, or with a conversation, if you like.

By: yoshi

yoshi — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 22:21:07 +0000

I second Golden Leaf Limited on Hennepin near Lake street. They used to be in Calhoun Square but moved across the street a couple of years back. Walk in humidor, nice guys, and a some chairs if you want to stay and smoke.

By: justpbob

justpbob — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 21:45:22 +0000

"Thank you Smoking ban"

You're welcome, puckhead.

"Any one know if cigar bars are still around. I use to smoke at this place in Columbia Heights but when the first county smoking ban was in place they had to stop allowing people to smoke."

You are misinformed. Columbia Heights is in Anoka County, which has NEVER had a county ordinance.

"I guess that will be the same on Oct. 1st but is there any exemptions to the ban?"

Yes, customers can still sample cigars in tobacco shops after Oct. 1st. Tobacco shops, yes. Bars, restaurants and clubs, no. You can also smoke in the great outdoors (unless a local ordinance set a distance limit, few do), your home (and where permitted) in hotels and motel rooms.

Not an exemption, but one of the legal oddities of native sovereignty: the Freedom to Breathe Act of 2007 will not aply at native american casinos in Minnesota.

By: honeybun

honeybun — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 21:37:27 +0000

i purchase my (occasional) pack of smokes at the Golden Leaf in Uptown on Hennepin. they have cigars in there too, and there are always a handful of dudes smoking them inside. the guys in there are always nice. wouldn't hurt to check them out.

Golden Leaf Limited
3032 Hennepin Ave
Minneapolis, MN 55408
Phone: (612) 824-1867

By: anonymous

anonymous — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 21:34:23 +0000

Cigar Jones on Minnetonka blvd in Deephaven.

By: puckhead

puckhead — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 21:25:36 +0000

Any one know if cigar bars are still around. I use to smoke at this place in Columbia Heights but when the first county smoking ban was in place they had to stop allowing people to smoke. I guess that will be the same on Oct. 1st but is there any exemptions to the ban?

By: teucer

teucer — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 21:23:20 +0000

Hence the expression “star-cross’d lovers” from Romeo y Julieta.

By: bobby_b

bobby_b — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 21:17:03 +0000

"There's cigars named after a star cluster? Wow!"

No. Their cigars are so good, people named a star cluster after them.