A curated guide to exceptional cigar lounges across the US

Find the room
worth settling into.

Not every place that sells a cigar deserves your evening. We've found the ones that do.

Browse by City Editor's Picks

Where to go

The cities worth
sitting down in.

Miami
Florida
Little Havana roots. Brickell polish.
The city that invented the ritual.
New York
New York
Hidden rooms above Midtown. Leather club chairs. The classics still hold.
Tampa
Florida
Ybor City rolled the cigars that built the country's habit. The heritage is real — and the rooms still honor it.
Atlanta
Georgia
Southern manners with a serious humidor behind them. Plush, unhurried rooms that quietly rank among the country's best.
Chicago
Illinois
Dark-paneled rooms that predate the smoking ban debates. The city never forgot how to do this.
New Orleans
Louisiana
The rare city where the humidity is a feature, not a warning. Cigar bars still legal indoors, and no one in a hurry to leave.
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Editor's pick

What we look for

The standard
we hold to.

I

A serious humidor

Walk-in preferred. The selection tells you everything about whether a place takes this seriously. We look for range, rotation, and proper climate control.

II

The room earns the sit

Comfortable seating. No TVs blaring. Enough space between chairs for a real conversation — or the easy quiet of good company. The room is half of it; who's in it is the rest.

III

A bar worth staying at

Scotch, bourbon, rum. Ideally all three, done well. A cigar lounge with a weak back bar is a humidor with chairs. We expect more.

For sale · one owner

A finished cigar lounge
website, looking for a room.

Not this site — a separate six-page website built for a lounge: the room, the humidor and bar, membership, private events, visiting. It's done. Your name and photographs go in, it launches on your domain, and it sells once.

See the Site · $2,800