Cards&Gars
"Kellito"
- Joined
- Aug 15, 2007
- Messages
- 326
I R back EARLY!
(Relatively unscathed.)
Most importantly, I found a very cool little Martini/Cigar Bar in the heart of Colorado Springs called “15C” :
http://www.15cclub.com/
Dark wood paneling, leather couches and chairs, great scotch selection, and a little hard to find… there was no sign, no real front door, and the entrance was in the middle of an alleyway, unmarked except for a blue light. Reminded me of a “speakeasy.” No tourists, only locals. I found out about it after a waitress at the Phantom Canyon Brewing Co. (who has the greatest “Queen’s Blonde Ale and Smoked Gouda Soup” in the world) noticed my rugged, but boyish, good looks (and saw me with a cigar in my hand) and told me that it was one of the few places left in Colorado Springs where you could smoke indoors. She met me and some of my boys for drinks and gars later that night and helped me celebrate my birthday.
The only downside… was an OK selection of cigars at exorbitant prices. (Monte #2 for $26!) (Luckily, I brought my own.)
What was interesting is that I went to the B&M that supplied the cigars to the bar and I noticed that the prices were not much different. It looks like the markup was not that much. Are the taxes on tobacco that high in Colorado?
BTW…Oh and thank you to “tkoepp” who told me to “…revisit the Padrons', you might have just had a bad one...” I did, I must have, and now I like them. Big thanks to tkoepp!
Good to be back…if only for a week…
C&G
(Relatively unscathed.)
Most importantly, I found a very cool little Martini/Cigar Bar in the heart of Colorado Springs called “15C” :
http://www.15cclub.com/
Dark wood paneling, leather couches and chairs, great scotch selection, and a little hard to find… there was no sign, no real front door, and the entrance was in the middle of an alleyway, unmarked except for a blue light. Reminded me of a “speakeasy.” No tourists, only locals. I found out about it after a waitress at the Phantom Canyon Brewing Co. (who has the greatest “Queen’s Blonde Ale and Smoked Gouda Soup” in the world) noticed my rugged, but boyish, good looks (and saw me with a cigar in my hand) and told me that it was one of the few places left in Colorado Springs where you could smoke indoors. She met me and some of my boys for drinks and gars later that night and helped me celebrate my birthday.
The only downside… was an OK selection of cigars at exorbitant prices. (Monte #2 for $26!) (Luckily, I brought my own.)
What was interesting is that I went to the B&M that supplied the cigars to the bar and I noticed that the prices were not much different. It looks like the markup was not that much. Are the taxes on tobacco that high in Colorado?
BTW…Oh and thank you to “tkoepp” who told me to “…revisit the Padrons', you might have just had a bad one...” I did, I must have, and now I like them. Big thanks to tkoepp!
Good to be back…if only for a week…
C&G