Real Pipe Shops in Illinois

[finnian3]

For those brave enough to face the some of the highest sales taxes in the nation, Illinois has some of the best pipe shops.

1. We have Iwan Ries, the oldest tobacco shop in the nation. Great pipe and tobacco selection.
2. Arlington Pipe and Cigar Lounge, has over 300 pipes and tobaccos to chose from.
3. Jon's Pipe Shop, huge pipe selection (I have never visited, but I have been told that this place is awesome) .

There are several other venues that have respectable tobacco and pipes selections:
8 to 8 Cigar, The Wolfhound, La Vita, Uptown (?) smoke shop.......

Any others ?

 

[Old School 3319]

Well as in real live the southern part of the state is all but forgotten. We have one that I know of in Carbondale. The only advantage we have is we can sneak across the border to Missouri or Kentucky and save money.

 

[BROBS]

Well as in real live the southern part of the state is all but forgotten. We have one that I know of in Carbondale. The only advantage we have is we can sneak across the border to Missouri or Kentucky and save money.

The southern part of Illinois is desolate. And I live in Iowa ?

 

[Old School 3319]

The southern part of Illinois is desolate. And I live in Iowa ?

Its not that desolate we have a few factories, and don't forget we are the meth capitol of the mid west

 

[Old School 3319]

And we did give the world this guy

 

[jpmcwjr]

For those brave enough to face the some of the highest sales taxes in the nation, Illinois has some of the best pipe shops.

1. We have Iwan Ries, the oldest tobacco shop in the nation. Great pipe and tobacco selection.
2. Arlington Pipe and Cigar Lounge, has over 300 pipes and tobaccos to chose from.
3. Jon's Pipe Shop, huge pipe selection (I have never visited, but I have been told that this place is awesome) .

There are several other venues that have respectable tobacco and pipes selections:
8 to 8 Cigar, The Wolfhound, La Vita, Uptown (?) smoke shop.......

Any others ?

Locations of #3 and those after? Are you upstate, downstate , West or middle?
I grew up in Livingston Co., 75 Miles SSW of Chicago.

 

[Old School 3319]

Locations of #3 and those after? Are you upstate, downstate , West or middle?
I grew up in Livingston Co., 75 Miles SSW of Chicago.

I live in the far downstate, down here we say anything north of I-70 is chicago

 

[jpmcwjr]

Thanks. I knew that, but was asking Finian. Esp the locations of the shops with just names.

 

[BROBS]

Thanks. I knew that, but was asking Finian. Esp the locations of the shops with just names.

well apparently 3. is in Champaign

 

[scloyd]

Any others ?

Tinder Box in Rockford. On Perryville across the street from CherryVale Mall...next to Sonic.

 

[BROBS]

Tinder Box in Rockford. On Perryville across the street from CherryVale Mall...next to Sonic.

Right near the meth head selling crack rocks. ?

I apologize if you’re from there but man... what a crap town!!

 

[scloyd]

Right near the meth head selling crack rocks. ?

I apologize if you’re from there but man... what a crap town!!

No apology necessary. I live 20 miles east (30 minutes). Like any city, it has it's good and bad.

 

[hoosierpipeguy]

Jon's Pipe Shop in Champaign is quite nice. I consider Iwan Ries awesome so it doesn't make the awesome level but has a small lounge along with a reasonable selection of pipes and tobacco.

 

[mso489]

As an historical footnote, the near northwest suburb of Chicago, Park Ridge, had for about thirty years the Park Ridge Pipe Shop backed up to the then Chicago and Northwestern Railroad, commuter line to the city. Park Ridge abuts the Chicago neighborhood of Edison Park. The pipe shop had an array of pipes and blends and the proprietor was also a pipe carver as I recall. In the late 70's, it became a gathering place for counter culture kids, right across from the city hall and police station. I wasn't smoking a pipe at the time, but the place always intrigued me, if only for the scents it emitted. My father was an ardent pipe smoker for fifty years, but only visited it once or twice. Too fancy. Today Park Ridge has Gifts and Cigars, a shop which sells pipe tobacco and the cigars of its title. It is across the tracks and about two blocks uphill of where the pipe shop used to be.

 

[finnian3]

The Chicago Pipe Collectors Club is working hard on creating an updated vendor list. This is a daunting task. There are many cigar shops that have a small selection of pipe tobacco/pipes, but few of these places can be considered true pipe shops.

Iwan Ries is in Chicago proper. Arlington Pipe & Cigar is in Arlington Heights (Northwest Burbs) Jon's is in Champaign and I think they have another store in St Louis.

I do remember the old pipe shop in Park Ridge as my father was a bus driver and I often had to go to work with him. We would visit the hobby shop down the street from the pipe store. The current store in Park Ridge, the "gift store" is a nice shop, but one is better served driving 20 minutes down Northwest Highway to Arlington.

 

[wyfbane]

You may have high taxes, but your tobacco taxes are amazingly low.

The state tax rate on smoking tobacco in IL is 36% of the Wholesale Price.

By comparision, Oregon, my lovely neighbor to the south, has a state tax rate of 65% of Wholesale Price.

The dungpile I reside... er Washington State, has a tax rate of 95% of wholesale price and it is a crime to order in from out of state.

Enjoy your B&M's! You are fortunate to have them and their prices are likely quite good.

 

[logs]

There are several other venues that have respectable tobacco and pipes selections:
8 to 8 Cigar, The Wolfhound, La Vita, Uptown (?) smoke shop.......

Any others ?

That last one is called Up Down Cigar on Wells street in the Old Town neighborhood. It's the second oldest pipe shop in Chicago after Iwan Ries. It's mostly cigars these days but still has a decent selection of pipes and tobacco. Worth a visit.

 

[finnian3]

I love Illinois. Sure, we are broke, and have more problems than I care to contemplate, but it is my home state.
Besides a keen mind can make a hell of heaven and a heaven of hell:]

 

[Raylan]

May have to check out Jon's Pipe Shop in Champaign - live in central IL and work in Livingston county. I won't venture into Chicago anymore. Loved it when I was young but it's turned to crap now. In fact if kids were out of state and I could find employment I would be so out of this corrupt state.

 

[scloyd]

In fact if kids were out of state and I could find employment I would be so out of this corrupt state.

Our two grandsons is the only reason we stay in Illinois.