Bruce Busch
Bruce Busch is a cigar passionado who is also the Vice President of Karen Berger Cigars. He loves writing articles about the vibrant sectors of cigar culture in the United States. Bringing the reader news about great cigar lounges in America, as well as small cultural lessons about the states are his specialty.
Articles by Bruce Busch
SERAFÍN DE CUBA: HISTORY
As you make a left onto Dodecanese Boulevard, one can see a cigar boutique immediately on the left-hand side of the road. This oasis of the leaf is the Serafín de Cuba cigar shop. Owner Arnold Serafín and I sat down with a couple of cigars and an espresso and discussed the history of his delightful
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Metro Cigars | Cigar Friendly, Wisconsin
Just a bit Northwest of Milwaukee lies the village of Germantown, Wisconsin. Here in Germantown lies the wonderful cigar establishment that is called Metro Cigars. Myself being a German teacher by profession, and the fact that this lounge is in the town of Germantown, I am inclined to liken the envi
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Holy Smoke Cigar Cafe | Cigar Friendly, Florida
Head North on Alt-US19 in Pinellas County, Florida and you will pass through the tiny downtown of Palm Harbor. Just past the downtown area on the inland side of the road is Holy Smoke Cigar Cafe.
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Tasting Room | Cigar Friendly, Wisconsin
Located just outside Wisconsin’s capital, Madison, lies the town of Monona. In the lakeside town of Monona, there is a cigar lounge called the Tasting Room. In all of your travels, you may never find such a beautiful, elegant cigar lounge!
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Uhle’s Tobacco Company
In 1939, a man named John H. Uhle opened up a tobacco and pipe shop in downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Mr. Uhle would sit in the front of his store and repair pipes and blend pipe tobacco throughout the 1940’s.
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Lake Country Cigars | Cigar Friendly, Wisconsin
In Delafield, immediately right off Interstate 94, one can find Wisconsin’s version of the cigar bar where everyone knows your name. That would be Lake Country Cigars.
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Cigar Lounge Leesburg | Cigar Friendly, Florida
The state of Florida has seen incredible growth over the last thirty years. It started off on the coasts, but of course after a while that land became more and more expensive and harder to find.
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Over The Rhine Premium Cigars | Cigar Friendly, Ohio
In The Queen City of Cincinnati, Ohio there is a very unique cigar concept called Over the Rhine Cigars.
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Tobacco Town | Cigar Friendly, West Virginia
Traveling down the West Virginia Turnpike on my way to the town of Beaver, you start to realize why John Denver was so taken by this state that he wrote a song about it. Truly these country roads take you through some of the most beautiful country in the United States. For this Floridian, it…
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Central Cigars | Cigar Friendly, Florida
Downtown St. Petersburg is without a doubt the finest part of the state of Florida! What was once nothing more than a tiny replica of New York City, geared to appease those Big Apple snowbirds in the winter months, has now developed into a mecca of culture and gastronomical delights all onto itself.
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Gulfport Cigars
Located on the Southern tip of Pinellas County just South of St. Petersburg, Gulfport is a beautiful hidden gem of a town that you would never find unless someone dragged you there by the nose.
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The Vault | Cigar Friendly, Idaho
Just outside of Boise, Idaho lies a quaint little town called Meridian. It is in this town of Meridian where one can find the former bank turned cigar lounge called The Vault.
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