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Two stories from today's Times-Herald of Vallejo, California about Ye Olde Briar Shoppe.
"Many years ago as a boy Ray Prather remembers taking a nickel into Ye Olde Briar Shoppe in downtown Vallejo, giving the coin to a larger-than-life figure behind the counter and leaving with a lot more than bubble gum.
"What he took away was also a warm glow from the smile and generosity of the funny, jolly fellow behind the counter."
Read all about it here.
"Some Vallejoans have worked hard to remove tobacco or so-called "smoke shops" from their neighborhoods, but Christ Pappakostas stresses that his Ye Olde Briar Shoppe is different.
He said he has never offered items that could be used for illicit drug use found in other smoke shops, including glass pipes, cheap rolling papers or other paraphernalia.
"I'm not a head shop," Pappakostas, 76, said.
Instead, his 40-year-old shop features imported and domestic cigarettes, pipes or briars, cigars and cigar cutters, old-fashioned butane lighters, pipe accessories, and humidors. On the counter are numerous containers of tobacco he blends secretly in the back of the store."
Read all about it here.
"Many years ago as a boy Ray Prather remembers taking a nickel into Ye Olde Briar Shoppe in downtown Vallejo, giving the coin to a larger-than-life figure behind the counter and leaving with a lot more than bubble gum.
"What he took away was also a warm glow from the smile and generosity of the funny, jolly fellow behind the counter."
Read all about it here.
"Some Vallejoans have worked hard to remove tobacco or so-called "smoke shops" from their neighborhoods, but Christ Pappakostas stresses that his Ye Olde Briar Shoppe is different.
He said he has never offered items that could be used for illicit drug use found in other smoke shops, including glass pipes, cheap rolling papers or other paraphernalia.
"I'm not a head shop," Pappakostas, 76, said.
Instead, his 40-year-old shop features imported and domestic cigarettes, pipes or briars, cigars and cigar cutters, old-fashioned butane lighters, pipe accessories, and humidors. On the counter are numerous containers of tobacco he blends secretly in the back of the store."
Read all about it here.