Best Pipe Shop In Your Area

[darthcider]

If you ever find yourself in Cardiff, Wales, make sure you visit The Bear Shop, in Wyndham arcade.

A great old fashioned tobacconist that sells everything smokers could want, whether pipe stuff, cigars or ciggies.

 

[jojoc]

In Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, there are two shops: Coeur d'Alene Pipe and Tobacco (formerly, Prim's Smoke Shop)downtown. Small shop with limited selection. It once was the best shop in town for both pipes and cigars, but now seems more of a "tobacco" gift shop. There is no place to smoke on site.

Second option is the Bulldog Pipe and Cigars. Keeps a decent selection of pipes on hand (given the size of our small community). Has a modest selection of house bulk tobacco as well as some tins. Also has an attached lounge. Despite being located in a mall, the owner has done a decent job of making it a comfortable place. The lounge generaly is about a mix 50/50 of pipes and cigars.
jojoc

 

[jpmcwjr]

Sablebrush52, is the original Tinder Box gone? I second the California shops, Telford's near SF and Carmel Pipe Shop in Carmel-by-the-Sea, South of Monterey. Telford's has tons upon tons of new and used pipes; expect to spend at least an hour if you want to see everything, and if you don't see what you want, ask (I asked about unusual corncobs, and they dug out a short H. Tibbe pipe that's the same as the long ones on the MM museum's diamond-shaped 1904 wall display!) The Carmel Pipe Shop is teeny-tiny but has some nifty stuff.

Yes, the Tinderbox in LA closed about a year ago, and not long after, Kramer's shut its door.
Carmel Pipe Shop does carry some estates, and are top notch folks. There are two pipe shops in Monterey, one fairly new next to a venerable old restaurant, The Sardine Factory. (The Humidor) Hellam's, the oldest shop in CA for tobacco, has a new lounge, but not much by way of pipes or selections of tinned tobacco. (A dozen or so blends in jars) Humidor carries some very top end pipes, and some estates, and Esotericas from time to time.)

 

[jonasclark]

jpmcwjr, what's the new place in Monterey like? The old place, I visited, and yes, there were no pipes, and little pipe tobacco. The best thing they had was a sign reading, "This is a work-free smoke environment."

 

[yuda]

Sanctuary Tobacco Shop in San Luis Obispo is where I got my start and I look forward to getting ththe chance to go back. There is also one on State Street in Santa Barbara that was also very nice to visit, and Shah a tin of Frog Morton from. I need to get off base more.

 

[sholto]

<p>@jojoc I'll second Bulldog Pipe &amp; Cigar in Coeur d'Alene, in fact I'm in the lounge typing this smoking some Grousemoor in a Falcon

 

[jojoc]

@jojoc I'll second Bulldog Pipe & Cigar in Coeur d'Alene, in fact I'm in the lounge typing this smoking some Grousemoor in a Falcon

What in the world are you doing inside smoking on a beautiful day like today?! Take that pipe outside and enjoy! Nice to know there is another local on here.

 

[ronthewineguy]

@crazyhog, where are you located that Manhattan is 35 miles away? LI, Westchester, NJ?

 

[oldgnome]

I live just outside of Tampa, FL and what I have discovered so far leads me to believe this is a pipe smokers' wasteland. A few cigar shops, but few of them pay any attention to pipes.

 

[mso489]

Those of us in the provinces lucky enough to have a local independent pipe shop can take comfort in that the New York City area, though it has a few major pipe shops in Manhattan has no shops, or head shops, or generally pipe-free shops out around the burroughs. Chicago has Iwan Ries on Wabash, but none of the newsstand outlets that used to sell mid-grade pipes and a good variety of OTC blends, pipe cleaners and pipe tools, all over the downtown. Some of the newssstands were on the sidewalks but others were in the lobbies of large office buildings and hotels, with glass counters a a good selection, and speedy service if you knew what you wanted.

 

[jeff540]

Here in western Virginia I am fortunate to have Blacksburg Pipe & Tobacco about a 4 block walk from my office, and Milan Brothers in Roanoke is only a 40 minute drive.
I also made an effort to stop by Boswell's in Chambersburg PA last weekend on my trip to northern PA. I was not able to get there before their closing time of 6:00pm, but they graciously stayed open on a Friday afternoon so I could pay a first time visit. I dropped off a Nording freehand for stem replacement and picked up about $100 worth of tins in gratitude. They were truly awesome, and I received the Nording in the mail last night with new Lucite stem.

 

[jpmcwjr]

jpmcwjr, what's the new place in Monterey like? The old place, I visited, and yes, there were no pipes, and little pipe tobacco. The best thing they had was a sign reading, "This is a work-free smoke environment."

Sorry just saw this. The Humidor is pretty upscale in terms of pipes and tobaccos. Nice quarters, and I believe they have a lounge which I've not seen.

Hellam's has remodeled but draws mostly cigar smokers, at least based on their meagre offerings of tobaccos and pipes. Nice spot, though.

 

[kanaia]

In Eastern Washington there is only one true pipe store which is Tobacco World. Been open since 1974. 50-70 new pipes probably 40 estate pipes, 40 jars of bulk and all the major brand tins.

 

[adam12]

In the area: Mayan Imports in New Orleans, Country Squire in Jackson MS, and a new cigar shop in Hattiesburg MS that just opened

Not in the area: McCranies, Corona Cigars in Orlando, Iwan Ries, and Draper in DC are faves

 

[bent1]

El Fumador (Pittsburgh / Sewickley) is 2 hrs away, and Allegheny Smoke Works (Oakmont, PA).

 

[Worknman]

In the New Orleans, La. area the best is Mayan Imports in Metairie. Mayan Imports has two other locations in New Orleans - one in the French Quarter and one on Magazine Street, but those two cater more to the cigar smoker. The one in Metairie has about a 50/50 mix of cigars and pipes. We hold the monthly meeting of the New Orleans Pipe Club there. It has a large smoking lounge, a smaller VIP smoking lounge and a covered patio next to the front door for when the weather is nice.

I live in Biloxi and we visit downtown Nola from time to time. I've thought about visiting Mayan next time we're over there, do they carry a decent selection pipes or pipe tobacco at all?

 

[adam12]

I live in Biloxi and we visit downtown Nola from time to time. I've thought about visiting Mayan next time we're over there, do they carry a decent selection pipes or pipe tobacco at all?

Dude. Their pipe selection is amazing. Their tin selection is out of this world.

 

[Worknman]

Dude. Their pipe selection is amazing. Their tin selection is out of this world.

Awesome, I reckon that will make it the best shop within two hours of my house.

 

[adam12]

There's a Tinder Box in Mobile as well

 

[Worknman]

There's a Tinder Box in Mobile as well

I work in Mobile and never knew that. Thanks for the tip!