The Best Cigar Stores in Toronto

The best cigar stores in Toronto are in somewhat shorter supply these days on account of the fact that the last great cigar craze peaked somewhere between grunge and the end of the first dotcom boom. At the time, Toronto still had corner stores with humidors and old-fashioned tobacconists, but they were joined by an explosion of upscale cigar bars with walk-in humidors and big selections for men (and a few women) who wanted to live large, in a black-and-white movie kind of way. Some of the stores on this list date from this time, but they're all survivors, selling big wands of premium tobacco in a hostile world.

Successive financial crises might have had something to do with the waning of the cigar craze, but it was really done in by anti-smoking by-laws that made it impossible to enjoy a cigar anywhere but on your own porch, or in a room designed solely for the purpose, away from the public gaze (or respiration). More than not, Toronto's cigar stores can be found either near the city's business towers or in neighbourhoods with solid real estate values, which says all you need to know about who smokes cigars these days. Serious smokers will know where to find them; the curious will need a guide.

Here are the best cigar stores in Toronto.

by Rick McGinnis via blogTO