Pipe Shops in Boston
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One of the Best and one of the Oldest!!!
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If he does nothing else, tell him to go here. LJ Peretti is one of the oldest tobacconists in the country. They make phenomenal house blends (manufactured by Sutliff RIP) and offer superb customer service.
Yes second the perertti recommendation. Plus they ship all over even international. I’m planning an order myself nice near future.
Watch City Cigars in Waltham makes some of the best pipe tobacco blends in the world. Ernie Q is a pipe tobacco icon.
+1 for Watch City Cigar blends. I've not visited their establishment in person, but I buy their blends long distance. Nor'easter, Old Black Magic, and Persian Slipper are all excellent.
I sent him the address and the website. He's hoping to have some down time after meetings to visit. I don't care if he brings anything back with him as much as he just takes the time to visit such a historic pipe tobacconist. (I won't be upset if he brings some of their blends back with him either.)
If he will be in Boston proper, L. J. Peretti is a must for sure.
Leavitt & Peirce might also be worth a visit in Cambridge but I've not been there, so I don't know what to expect, looks interesting from their website though.
If he'll have a car and wants to take a ride out to Framingham, Watch City could be worth a trip. Though the shop is geared more towards cigars, there's quite a bit pipe tobacco and pipe related supplies in the shop. Be forewarned though it's only accessible from the westbound lanes of the road.
Being Massachusetts, they don't sell flavored tobacco so he won't likely be able to pick up any cherry pipe tobacco. Somehow though, many aromatics like Captain Black seem to get a pass.
Leavitt & Peirce might also be worth a visit in Cambridge but I've not been there, so I don't know what to expect, looks interesting from their website though.
If he'll have a car and wants to take a ride out to Framingham, Watch City could be worth a trip. Though the shop is geared more towards cigars, there's quite a bit pipe tobacco and pipe related supplies in the shop. Be forewarned though it's only accessible from the westbound lanes of the road.
Being Massachusetts, they don't sell flavored tobacco so he won't likely be able to pick up any cherry pipe tobacco. Somehow though, many aromatics like Captain Black seem to get a pass.
We talked about Watch City but he won't have the time to drive that far out of town. Don't know about Cambridge.
He will be visiting Northeastern, Boston College and Boston University to see how they have their food services set up.
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Oh yeah!!! This too.
Watch City is phenomenal!
I do believe they’re located in Framingham though.
Leavitt & Peirce is in Harvard Square. Years ago it was a real pipe and tobacco shop. It was associated with David P Ehrlich's famous pipe shop on Tremont st (pronounced both Tree-mont and Tremm-mont by Bostonians). Ehrlich is sadly long gone and L&P is, sadly, a shell of its former self, now selling Lane & Stokkebye bulk blend as well as chess boards and shaving supplies. There are a couple of the old Ehrlich blends also. The last time I was there they did have a big jar of Full Virginia Flake which was great to see. They do sell some pipes and have a case or two of historical material. Worth going to see and the people are very nice. Harvard Square itself was once an incredibly exciting place to be, but, alas, corporate America has homogenized the formerly vibrant place into a less interesting spot.
L.J. Peretti is rthe second oldest continuing pie/tobacco shop in the country (Iwan Ries is slightly older). Peretti's is very small in terms of space. While some of their blends may have been made by Sutliff I know that Steve (like the late Robert Peretti) blends most of the tobacco in the back room on the very old and worn table which has always been used.
Peretti's (Boston) and Watch City (Framingham) are my two stops when I'm in the area.