Smoke Cities: Cigar Haunts of New York -
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Name: ALFRED DUNHILL
Address: 450 Park Avenue (corner of Park and 57th Street), New York, NY 10022
Tel: (212) 753-9292
Proprietor: Alicia Wilson, Manager
Years Operating: 63 years, 6 years in current location
# of Brands: 20
Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10-6:30; Sat., 10-6; Sun., 12-5.
Special Features: Alfred Dunhill New York is an Anglophiles wet dream, with clothes and accessories that hearken back to grander British Empire times. The store boasts a beautiful new humidor, with "keep" lockers. However, the cigar selection is extremely limited and more expensive than other retailers. The bottom line? It's a wonderful to look, but pricey.
Name: DE LA CONCHA
Address: 1390 6th Avenue (between 56th and 57th Streets), New York, NY 10019
Tel: (212) 757-3167, (888) CIGAR-04
Proprietor: Lionel Melendi
Years Operating: 33
# of Brands: "mucho, mucho, mucho"
Hours: Mon.-Fri., 8:30-8:30; Sat., 10-8.
Special Features: No glitz, no glamour -- just one of the best cigar shops anywhere. From their generous selection to their crack sales staff, De La Concha represents that finest slice of that bygone era. Either Lionel Melendi or George Vasquez, store manager is in the store at all times. Both are Cuban, both are sons of the tobacco trade, and both are personable, chatty cigar scholars. For straight-up cigar sales, it just doesn't get any better than this.
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