I am visiting family in Vancouver for the holidays and me and the wife decided to go full tourist on the city by deciding to go to Granville Island by foot. Typically, I didn't look at the directions. I essentially just walked towards the Arena downtown when I realized I was going the wrong direction. I pulled up google maps on the phone and it gave me some round about direction to get to Granville. While on the way, I saw a sign for City Cigar. Well I am a bit a of mess, as we are walking two labrador retrievers, and we both have coffee in our hand. As we try to hook them on outside, the end up swinging their gate open and knock over their sign.
And this is where the review begins...
Derek, the gentleman who was working that day, came out and invited both us humans and dogs into the store. The store was large for an inner city lot, having a couple of walls worth of cigars, a room for accessories and humidors, and another room for pipes and hookahs. Derek was pleasant throughout and very helpful. Although the pipe area was small, there was a descent selection of pipes with Peterson's and Bringhams owning most of the real estate. I picked out a cheap mini meerschaum with an old man's face on it (I might get around to a picture). I did not bring my travelling cob, and I needed an excuse to try out my first meerschaum. They had a few tins, and a small selection of locally blended tobaccos. I told him what I liked, and he helped me choose a couple blends to bring home. The one I have tried thus far was very pleasant when I smoked it by the bay on Granville Island.
I found this spot by mistake, but it was no mistake walking in there. It was a pleasant atmosphere, nice layout and good selection considering that the shop was selling cigars, pipes, hookahs and accessories. Even though my wife doesn't smoke cigars or pipes, she was also very happy with the experience and she ended up walking away with a couple packs of those flavoured cigarillos.
At the end of the day we walked away with a few grams of tobacco, a small meerschaum pipe, 2 packs of cigarillos, and to top it off, a Czech tool and a box of wood matches were thrown in. Best part of it all was that my dogs enjoyed the experience as well.
I highly reccommend City Cigar if you are in Vancouver.
Their credentials.
888 W 6th Ave, Vancouver
Website
And this is where the review begins...
Derek, the gentleman who was working that day, came out and invited both us humans and dogs into the store. The store was large for an inner city lot, having a couple of walls worth of cigars, a room for accessories and humidors, and another room for pipes and hookahs. Derek was pleasant throughout and very helpful. Although the pipe area was small, there was a descent selection of pipes with Peterson's and Bringhams owning most of the real estate. I picked out a cheap mini meerschaum with an old man's face on it (I might get around to a picture). I did not bring my travelling cob, and I needed an excuse to try out my first meerschaum. They had a few tins, and a small selection of locally blended tobaccos. I told him what I liked, and he helped me choose a couple blends to bring home. The one I have tried thus far was very pleasant when I smoked it by the bay on Granville Island.
I found this spot by mistake, but it was no mistake walking in there. It was a pleasant atmosphere, nice layout and good selection considering that the shop was selling cigars, pipes, hookahs and accessories. Even though my wife doesn't smoke cigars or pipes, she was also very happy with the experience and she ended up walking away with a couple packs of those flavoured cigarillos.
At the end of the day we walked away with a few grams of tobacco, a small meerschaum pipe, 2 packs of cigarillos, and to top it off, a Czech tool and a box of wood matches were thrown in. Best part of it all was that my dogs enjoyed the experience as well.
I highly reccommend City Cigar if you are in Vancouver.
Their credentials.
888 W 6th Ave, Vancouver
Website