Two similar ventures are in the works in Boston alone. There also are cigar bars in Philadelphia, Phoenix, San Diego and Chicago, among other cities. Restaurants and hotels across the country offer weekly cigar nights. There's a new image. Powerful air scrubbers keep the smoke level down.
Most people buy four or five cigars, then sit down to enjoy one with coffee.
Cigar cases, cutters, lighters and other accessories are on sale behind a counter. If Cigar Masters is studiously casual, other clubs cultivate a more exclusive image. Most have some kind of entry fee. They go from one extreme to another. Then you have a place called Havana Studios in Burbank.