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Cigar Heritage Festival

Cigar Heritage Festival In 2017 Cigar City announced that the Ybor City Cigar Festival is back to its original name, the Cigar Heritage Festival. The was name originated by Tampa's most famous radio personality, Mr. Jack Harris of WFLA back in 1996. Harris wanted to bring back the cigar festival from its heyday of the 1930s cigar festival called Viva La Verbena, Tampa's Original Cigar Festival. This four-day event included a cigar making contest, the rolling of a world-record-setting cigar, a cigar factory open house where members of the community were invited to tour local factories, and a daytime parade…
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Cigars with The Prez – FQ Cigars

Mike "The Prez" Palmer, has been a avid cigar smoker since the age of 18.  A serious cigar smoker for the last 10 years.  He is the founder and President of the Florida Cigar Club, On the Board of Directors of the Boutique Cigars of America Association and Co-host of A Cigar Hustlers Podcast. FQ Cigars, otherwise known as Fernandez Quiroga Cigars was started by Matthew Hunt when he was just 21 years old. This young man discovered at 19, he had a love for cigars and the cigars lifestyle. He is now just 27 and about to release his…
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Florida Cigar Club Report

For many of us, Kipling said it best “a good Cigar is a Smoke.” Now add a group of cigar aficionados to the equation and you have the makings of a cigar club. We spoke with Mike Palmer the founder of the Florida Cigar Club about his passion for a good smoke and good company. Mike, tell us about the Florida Cigar Club? It all started in 2014, my wife told me to find a hobby. I was already an avid cigar smoker, so I decided to start a Facebook group called the Florida Cigar Club Lounge. It has grown…
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Meet the Cigar City Boss Lady!

The owner of Cigar City talks about her love of cigars, motorcycles and the Cigar Heritage Festival! In the sixties, Lisa Figueredo did not spend her summer days at daycare, but instead, she spent them in the home of her great-grandparents, Mercedes and Ulysses Henriquez who she affectionately calls, Abuela Nena & Abeulo Lee. “I can remember waking up in the morning to the noise of clanking pans and the smell of soffrito (a combination of green peppers, onions & garlic cooked in olive oil). As I walked into the kitchen, there on the table sat my empty cup waiting…
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