Brotherly Love
Become a Brother of the Leaf at Cigar King
The great American cigar store: there is nothing like it anywhere in the retail space. Bars and clubs don’t come close, but the Cigar King is truly a unique venue. It’s an insanely comfortable environment where people from all walks of life are welcome. There is a phrase that we like to use around here and it sums things up pretty darned well. That phrase is “Brothers of the Leaf”.
It may seem a bit funny. You might think that we are talking about some type of secret society with secret rituals and degrees of order, but it’s much more simple. There’s no Grand Pubah here. In a way it is a club. Membership is attainable by any man or woman regardless of socio-economic status. It transcends all of that nonsense. Simply sit back and enjoy a fine cigar and you are officially a member of the club. You are now a “Brother of the Leaf”.
I’ve seen garbage men hang out with stockbrokers, and everyone gets along. Hardcore republicans enjoying a fine cigar in the company of an ultra-liberal Democrat is a common scene. You see, it doesn’t matter if you are red or blue or what you do for a living; a simple common bond like a fine cigar is all you need.
At a bar you sit and drink alone or with a few friends, but at a place like Cigar King, everyone who enjoys a cigar is your friend and brother. It’s the tie that binds. The price of admission is low. It’s a cigar. It is attainable luxury at it’s finest. It’s brotherly love and everyone is welcome.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Mitchel Hirsh - Cigar King
Mitchel Hirsh, owner of Cigar King and Arizona Fine Time, has been working the retail trade since 1960. His father started one of the 1st discount beauty stores in the Chicago area and began teaching him the ins and outs of retail at a very early age.
Throughout out his life, premium cigars, fine watches, and luxury goods have always been a hobby and a passion. After a successful run as a commodity trader at Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Mitchel decided to retire and return to his roots in retail. He purchased his father’s business and began the transformation from a discount store into one of the premier retailers for premium cigars in the country; The Cigar King was born.
The Cigar King is a place where customers can smoke and enjoy a premium cigar and choose from a selection of 200 brands. Displays filled with any type of accessory the mind could imagine line the store, and a beautiful lounge is available for consumers to smoke their cigars in comfort. Realizing he had a captive audience of consumers with a fondness for the finer things in life, Mitchel called on one of his other passions and created Arizona Fine Time, a boutique watch store.
Today, Arizona Fine Time stocks over fifteen unique lines that are exclusive to AZFineTime.com in Arizona if not the entire US. Built beautifully into a nook at the Cigar King, his dream blossomed into a solid business that allows him to work on projects that he has been passionate about for over 40 years.