I used to travel to Chicago all the time back in my rock n roll days so I'm bucket-listing Iwan Ries probably in conjunction with the pipe show.
If You Could Visit any Pipe Shop...
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I see a lot of people mentioning LJ Peretti, a place I've been to a hundred times as a cigar smoker but NOT ONCE as a pipe smoker! I gotta get back there.
I really would like to visit Barclay Rex in lower Manhattan.
I really would like to visit Barclay Rex in lower Manhattan.
I hope that you do. The place is small and, as you know, old. The staff are "Boston friendly", that is to say civil and reserved. However, when they realize that you know about pipes and tobacco rather than having just fallen off the tourist trolley which stops nearby, they will warm up considerably. You will be able to try any of their blends that you want,
My suggestion is to fill up a bowl with a blend you fancy and take a nice walk through the nearby Public Garden (not the Boston Common). The Public Garden is one of Boston's real treasures (The Common is not as interesting or as pretty and you might encounter minor unpleasantness)
A fave is Telford's in Marin County across the Golden Gate Bridge from San Francisco. They host the Golden Gate Pipe Club. Lots of indoor and outdoor smoking areas, loads of estates as well as new pipes, tons of tins (at California prices).
Probly the Danish Pipe shop in Copenhagen, since it ain't located that far from our shores here, also Al Pascia in Milan seems to me being a very sophisticated outfit and so be a nice place to visit at some point in the future
I'm going to Chicago this month on vacation with the family. Iwan Ries is on my list of places to visit, if time allows. As a fan of Savinelli pipes, I'd like to visit their factory. Plus, all the others pipe shops that have been listed in this thread. I'm always wanting to visit pipe shops wherever I go, if possible, just to see how they differ from the ones I frequent, and what selection of tobaccos and pipes they have.
Boy, this one sounds interesting. I've been to Rome a few times, but always as a cigar smoker and never with an appreciation of pipes. Guess this means I need to go back, ha.
Been to Peterson in Dublin, this spring we were at JJ Fox - the downstairs Churchill “museum” is really cool, they let me have a taste of my cigar in Churchill’s chair before I went to the upstairs lounge to finish it. Great atmosphere.
I very much appreciated the responses. So many places to visit, and I learned where to go in my own country!
I collated the responses in order of number of "votes." If someone said they wanted to go there, I counted it. This list is not meant to be scientific, statistically validated poll. It's just for fun.
I collated the responses in order of number of "votes." If someone said they wanted to go there, I counted it. This list is not meant to be scientific, statistically validated poll. It's just for fun.
| Danish Pipe Shop | Copenhagen | Denmark | 9 |
| Iwan Ries | Chicago | Illinois USA | 8 |
| Country Squire | Jackson | Mississippi USA | 7 |
| L.J. Peretti | Boston | Massachusetts USA | 6 |
| Al Pascia | Milan | Italy | 4 |
| Boswells | Chambersburg | Pennsylvania USA | 3 |
| James J. Fox | London | United Kingdom | 3 |
| Peter Heinrichs | Cologne (Köln) | Germany | 3 |
| Peterson pipe factory | Dublin | Ireland | 3 |
| Pfeifen Huber | Munich | Germany | 3 |
| Pipe Rit | Saint-Claude | France | 3 |
| Castello factory | Rome | Italy | 2 |
| Paul's Pipe Shop | Flint | Michigan USA | 2 |
| Watch City | Framingham | Massachusetts USA | 2 |
| Savinelli pipe factory | Milan | Italy | 2 |
| Tabaccheria Corti | Lecco | Italy | 2 |
| A la Pipe du Nord | Paris | France | 1 |
| Alberto Bonfigilio pipe shop | Bologna | Italy | 1 |
| Das Haus der 1000 Pfeifen | Cologne (Köln) | Germany | 1 |
| Fincato | Rome | Italy | 1 |
| G and P Fine Tobacco | Anchorage | Alaska USA | 1 |
| Nomura | Tokyo | Japan | 1 |
| Northern Briars | on a boat somewhere | United Kingdom | 1 |
| Novelli | Roma | Italy | 1 |
| Pfeifenstudio-Frank | Rheinbach | Germany | 1 |
| SmokingPipes.com | Little River | South Carolina USA | 1 |
| Tanigawa Seijiro Shoten | Kyoto | Japan | 1 |
| Telford's | Mill Valley | California USA | 1 |
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I've been lucky enough to visit a few pipe shops, but there are a few I have on my bucket list.
Tabaccheria Corti in Lecco is at the top. I dearly regret not visiting when we were in Lake Como last year.
The Danish Pipe Shop would be next and that may still occur.
The other is Alberto Bonfigilio's shop in Bologna, which I missed in 2019, when passing through.
For me it's not just to look at pipes, but also to meet, learn from, and hang out with the people that work there. A whole lot of great friends.
Tabaccheria Corti in Lecco is at the top. I dearly regret not visiting when we were in Lake Como last year.
The Danish Pipe Shop would be next and that may still occur.
The other is Alberto Bonfigilio's shop in Bologna, which I missed in 2019, when passing through.
For me it's not just to look at pipes, but also to meet, learn from, and hang out with the people that work there. A whole lot of great friends.
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It's interesting that no one mentions The Briary in Homewood, Alabama. It blows most other shops out of the water with size, selection, and space to hang out and smoke. I haven't been to any other pipe shop that has as many high end pipes as they do, with a whole wall of tinned tobaccos and bulk tobaccos just lined up along the wall of their humidor.
Also hanging out there you are guaranteed to eventually meet some interesting folks. It is where I first met Brian Levine. And, on event days I have met so many pipe makers, and not just small potato guys, but Erik Nording, Ian Walker, you might still catch Rad Davis dropping by. As well as any number of celebrities that may drop in when passing through the area.
Skip is hardly ever there these days, which might be a good thing, lol.
Also hanging out there you are guaranteed to eventually meet some interesting folks. It is where I first met Brian Levine. And, on event days I have met so many pipe makers, and not just small potato guys, but Erik Nording, Ian Walker, you might still catch Rad Davis dropping by. As well as any number of celebrities that may drop in when passing through the area.
Skip is hardly ever there these days, which might be a good thing, lol.