Bob and Dean describe their goal of creating a “nice little neighborhood tobacco shop” – and that’s the exact feel you get as you walk in Blew Smoke Premium Cigars.  Enter Blew Smoke and your eyes immediately fixate on the over 70 various pipe tobaccos neatly organized in the center of the store. Placed on all walls of the cozy Blew Smoke building you will find a large assortment of humidors, cutters, lighters, and every other toy a cigar smoker would need. To the immediate right side is a functional seating area that has been host to many poker games and fierce checkers matches. Just beyond the game table is a leather seating corner directly in front of a big screen LCD TV.

The most impressive thing about Blew Smoke Premium Cigars is the humidor, sitting at approximately 370 feet (out half the size of the shop). Bob and Dean both have a  pet peeve of entering a cigar shop to only find the exact same product as the lounge down the street. That being said, it was their intent to bring in cigars that are unique and and truly very boutique. The collection includes stogies that will please any palate and even include many hard to find cigars, or companies mainly found on the internet, such as Taboo Cigars. In all there are approximately 720 open boxes of cigars at Blew Smoke Premium Cigars. Much like the pricing at Big Sticks, the cigars tend to carry a price point that is even cheaper than the large online retailers.

Bob and Dean have created a relaxed tobacco and cigar shop that one can pop in and out of at anytime and choose from a wide variety of cigars, tobacco and accessories. Blew Smoke is a great place to listen to live music at on Fridays or sit in cozy, clean and quiet environment and read a book during the week. So stop by Blew Smoke Premium Cigars and support the little neighborhood tobacco shop.

Blew Smoke Premium Cigars
(480) 507-8800
785 W. Warner Road, Suite A-106
Gilbert, AZ 85233
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Somewhere between a portrait of American life by Norman Rockwell and an episode of Cheers lies the nature and grandeur that is Casa Fuma Fine Cigars. When sitting down with friends, many a conversation has been had on what our ideal cigar store would look like, and I am glad to say that Casa Fuma not only accomplishes that, but exceeds expectations! From the first time you walk in, its like an man’s version of Disneyland, there is just something magical about it. It could be the inviting seating area, or perhaps the affable staff, or well stocked humidor, but whatever it is, it works!

Enter in past the permanent fixture named Walt, the grumpiest-kind old man, you will notice that the store is simple and elegant; it strikes a fine balance between refined and functional arenas. All of the furniture is either constructed of sturdy rich wood, or supple leather that allows one to sink into a chair or couch for a sinfully luxurious cigar smoking experience. If your pace is more of a sports bar appeal, then that can be accommodated too at the bar where many an individual come to blow of some steam via a nice cigar and a flat panel TV (6 TV’S), that has all of the latest in movies and sport packages. Of course some prefer to be close to Mother Nature and that can be delivered too via the outdoor patio. A very large outdoor seating area which features comfortable seating and canopy’s to create an enjoyable outdoor smoking experience.

The seating, both indoors and out, is set in such a way that it will accommodate any type of visit. A business man can use areas as his office. The small group can sit and converse in private and the largest of groups can mingle and socialize with ease. It’s also arranged so the business man can join the group or the group can turn into the larger party, assisted by the Cheer’s like atmosphere the patrons create.

“Get out of that seat, that’s Coach’s chair!” A group will yell as Coach, one of hundreds (or so it feels) of regulars, walks into the lounge. Everyone visiting is warmly greeted and invited in all conversation going through the Gilbert cigar lounge. The people, from your regulars to first time visitors, are instantly friends and treated as such. You will truly feel like this is not a cigar lounge but another extension of your daily routine – for many their second home.

The Humidor layout is also very nice, and comes replete with a veritable cornucopia of cigar choices for anyone to enjoy; from the novice to the cigar aficionado you can find a stick that is sure to be a pleasurable smoke. And if you aren’t quite in the mood to smoke it that second, why not buy a storage locker? Casa Fuma has their beautiful individually made storage lockers in various sizes to insure that each one of your sticks is in pristine form for the moment you want to pull it out and smoke it. Of course another important factor of the store is its price points, and I am thrilled as a frequent customer to report that the points are fair for the market, if not below the market on some very great sticks. Another incentive to buy is that you can become a Casa Fuma rewards card member and earn 1 point for every dollar spent on cigars, and cigar products. After a hundred dollars in purchases, you can get ten dollars back in store credit to use.

So if you are looking for a place that allows you to come and sit for a moment, or just come and pick a stick from a great selection, then Casa Fuma Fine Cigars in Gilbert, Arizona is the place to be. Not only do they have the best cigar store hours in Arizona (open to ten on weekdays, twelve on weekends, earlier and later for special events/sports), but they have a great selection of sticks at a great price. But perhaps the single most important trait to me, is that as an individual I can come and sit a spell, take a load off my feet, interact with some great individuals from all different walks of life, and smoke a cigar in an inviting environment; where as the old Cheers song goes, “everybody knows your name.”

Casa Fuma Fine Cigars
(480) 794-1581
1464 E. Williams Field Rd. Suite 105
Gilbert, AZ 85296
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Casa Fuma Fine Cigars
1st Annual Golf Classic

Saturday, September 19th 2009
Toka Sticks Golf Course
6910 E. Williams Field Rd.
Mesa, AZ 85212
(Power & E. Williams Field Road)

2 Person Scramble, 7am Shotgun
Check-in Starts at 6am

Registration payable to Casa Fuma.

Early Registration: $60.00 by September 10th, 2009.
Late Registration: $75.00

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Registration Includes:
Golf Cart, T-Shirt, Sleeve of Golf  Balls, Three Raffle Tickets, Lunch and Practice Balls.

Registration in person or by mail:
Casa Fuma
1464 E. Williams Field Rd. #105
Gilbert, AZ 85296

The Goods:
Prizes for 1st and 2nd place teams.
Longest drive and closest to pin contest.
Hole-in-one on hole #3 wins a car courtesy of Saturn of Tempe.
Awards , raffles & lunch following golf at Casa Fuma.
Lunch provided by “Righteous Barbeque”.

Download the Application Form

Proceeds to Benefit:
Wounded Warrior Disabled Sports Project

Dean Laffey, representative to Fuego cigars,  will be at Casa Fuma from running specials on the entire J. Fuego line. Including the new 777 Brazilian Corojo,  the limited edition Origen, and even the original Gran Reserva. Casa Fuma Fine Cigars is one of a few shops in Arizona with the Origen cigar, be sure to stop in and review one yourself before they are gone.

Dean will be pairing the Jesus Fuego Cigars with Mojitos featuring Flor de Cana rum from Nicaragua.

Last but not least, Casa Fuma is going to have some BBQs set up outside for your grilling convenience. Our good buddie Bobby will have his famous BobbyQue sauce here for your meat. Bring your favorite dish, dump some Bobbyque sauce on it and grill it up on your huge smoking patio.

There will be prizes, special pricing, BobbyQue sauce, good cigars, and tons of fun for everyone.

Casa Fuma Fine Cigars is also one of the few shops in Arizona, or accross the country, that carries the new MJ12 cigar by Illusione, Work of Art Maduro, Perdomo Gran Cru, and let’s not forget about the amazing estate collection.

Casa Fuma Fine Cigars is located at:
1464 E. Williams Field Rd. Suite 105
Gilbert, AZ 85295
480.794.1581

The cigar lounge is outfitted with 5 high-def TV’s, leather couches, free wi-fi internet, accessories, and a big selection of cigars to enjoy. Casa Fuma will start renting out the personal lockers today, on a first come – first serve basis.

More specifically, the new Gilbert cigar lounge has stocked the humidor with many hard to find cigars. The cigars on hand, but not limited to will include: Oliva, Ashton (VSG aged 2 years), NUB, Don Pepin, Don Carlos, Opus, Stradivarius, Tatuaje (even the West Coast) and many more.

Mr. Cliff Coen the owner of Casa Fuma says he is offering some great deals for the first weekend open for business. He has purchased the UFC fight and has invited everyone to stop in and enjoy the lounge.

PuffingCigars.com, along with everyone in the tobacco community, would like to wish Mr.Coen the best of luck in his new venture.

Cliff Coen, the owner of the soon to be cigar lounge, says he had the “vision of the perfect cigar lounge that would cater to anyone and everyone“.

He was quick to inform us that “Casa Fuma“, as he says for short, will operate where “you the customer are truly my number one priority“.

The thought, design, and building process has taken over a year – combing over the little details to make sure everything was absolutely perfect. In fact Cliff Coen gathered many cigars, lots of them even rare, the moment he knew he would proceed with the shop.

Why you ask? He knows many smokers will appreciate aged sticks.

Cliff, as he prefers to be called, says he will carry a wide range of aged cigars at all price levels. PuffingCigars.com promised to keep a list of the cigars a secrete (he wants to reveal them for the grand opening) but I can say this: wow.

Casa Fuma does not yet have a grand opening date. Mr.Coen has promised to inform PuffingCigars.com when the specific information is known.

The Gilbert cigar lounge ill be located on the corner of Willamsfield and Val Vista.  1464 E. Williamsfield Rd Ste A105. Gilbert, AZ 85296

PuffingCigars.com thanks Mr.Coen for the interview and providing more information on the rumored Gilbert cigar lounge.

Pricing at Stogie Cutter is a reasonably-priced cigar shop. Cigars did not have any outlandish markups; Stogie Cutter actually had very popular cigars that are sold out / hard to come by at other shops, for a reasonable price (the nub).

As you open the door to Stogie Cutter you have just let in a minuscule amount of light that just cuts across the dark, smoky filled room. The windows to the outside are completely covered. The walls are very dark, the furniture is deep rich leather, and even the bar is black with dark wood. Light comes from the few deep yellow lamps and the large plasma screens plastered across the walls. The cigar mood is set, and set well.

Richard, the owner of Stogie Cutter, has been in the shop at every visit. I have always stepped foot in the shop with a warm visit (so has everyone else who has come in). All the shop visitors are friendly and always willing to involve you in conversation.

The atmosphere is wonderful. On my 4th visit or so (I visited multiple times prior to making any review) I decided to have a beer with my smoke. I sat down, lit the cigar, and without even asking – had the beer in front of me. Richard had remembered the beer I had on the very first visit month’s ago.

I will be making this my personal shop, getaway, and cigar supplier.

Stogie Cutter
(480) 813-2628
833 N. Cooper Rd., Suite #106
Gilbert, AZ 85233
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