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Comment by David Smith on April 13, 2009 at 4:29pm

As some may know, the Wisconsin legislature is currently dealing with the governor's budget proposal that includes a whole bunch of items that really have no business being included in the budget, including a proposed state-wide smoking ban. I write a bi-weekly coffee column for the local paper and a couple weeks ago addressed this smoking ban issue in a column about coffee, cigars and exemptions to the proposed ban (cigar bars and lounges). It was published on the editorial page in our local paper along with at least a couple of other city papers in Wisconsin, as well as on the Cigar Rights of America site and tobacco.org. Got some positive feedback from our State Representatives and Senator, which I appreciated.

Just FYI, if anyone cares to read this little editorial you can access it here on one of our blogs (http://stumptoons.blogspot.com/2009/04/coffee-and-cigars.html), along with a nasty though funny phone call I got from an irate anti-tobacco woman. I'd forward you to one of the newspaper-published versions but those seem to get archived and become inaccessible after a few weeks.

If any fellow cigar lovers are dealing with similar state and/or city bans where you live, I would not be at all disinclined to submit this essay to your local paper as well (with perhaps a small change or two to make it more locale-specific). It's just one more voice added to the battle I suppose.

Comment by william kevin emmons on January 27, 2009 at 9:41am

so if any of yall are in portland oregon. you can still smoke your cigars at caffe darte on our outside patio.

Comment by Jimmy(Alexander)Smalls on December 1, 2008 at 8:11pm

The other day I smoked a Rocky Patel, Vintage 1990, oh my god it was so good.

Comment by Jonathan wesley White on November 9, 2008 at 10:32am

last night I had a Nub Habano and was very impressed. I wished I was sipping a Brazilian we have at our shop - because we don't serve a SO Nicaraguan (which would have been fun to pair with the Nicaraguan tobacco).

Comment by Andrew Legg on June 7, 2008 at 2:10pm

Today I shall be starting my first holiday since opening our roastery/espresso bar 2 years ago. The cigar of choice is a maduro partagas select. The brew is going to be a french press of our guatemalan finca vista hermosa. The trip will be hitting all of the third-wave nerd cafes of western Canada. (victoria/vancouver) If this is your neighborhood please let me know I totally want to hit coffee bars of good taste.
Cheers,
Andrew