What Does It Take To Open A Successful Cigar Lounge? BLEND Bar Cigar Edition - Episode 186

Tony Katz — Mon, 23 May 2022 06:00:00 -0400

This week, Tony and Fingers found out what goes into opening and running a successful cigar lounge from the folks at BLEND Bar Cigar in Indianapolis. In the process, they enjoyed the BLEND Salomones by Davidoff and BLEND's Uncut & Unfiltered Straight Bourbon Whiskey.

Tony Katz and Fingers Malloy host Eat! Drink! Smoke! recorded live at Blend Bar Cigar in Indianapolis, IN.

BLEND's Corey Johnston described how he got into the cigar business and the journey that led him to open BLEND in Indianapolis. He also talked about what it takes to run a successful cigar lounge, and reviewed the BLEND Salomones by Davidoff.

Mark Holden of BLEND joined the show to talk about his love of cigars and his motivation to get into the cigar lounge business. What kind of investment and planning goes into opening a premium cigar lounge? Mark explains.

Nolan Smith of Backbone Bourbon went into detail about his partnership with BLEND to create BLEND's Uncut & Unfiltered Straight Bourbon Whiskey. He also described the challenges facing the bourbon industry in this current economic climate.

Blend's Brian Lerman hinted at what customers can expect when they stop by BLEND Bar Cigar. What makes a good cigar and cocktail pairing? Brian answers that important question.

Rick Hubbard of Hubbard & Cravens Coffee Company talked about his partnership with BLEND and what it's like running a coffee company in 2022.

All that and much more on episode 186 of Eat! Drink! Smoke!

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Eat, Drink and Smoke - Episode 23 - Trump's National Emergency, The Great French Fry Debate and Rep. Cortez Gives Her Boyfriend Access

Tony Katz — Sun, 17 Feb 2019 20:00:00 -0500

President Trump has declared a National Emergency on the southern border. Is it an emergency, and will the country go along with it? Tony Katz hosts Eat! Drink! Smoke!, and discusses how the emergency breaks down and where the real arguments for and against are.

Along with April D. Gregory and Fingers Malloy, they review the Le Careme cigar from Crowned Heads and a mystery bourbon which turns out to not be a bourbon at all; catch the review of the Auld Blow In single grain scotch from the guys at Backbone Bourbon.

Fingers Malloy has learned that you can lose weight if you don't eat garbage. The LA Times starts a fight by ranking the best fast food french fries in America. Democrat Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez gives her boyfriend Congressional email priviliges....is that normal?

Eat! Drink! Smoke! is availale on iTunes, and was recorded live at Blend Bar Cigar in Indianapolis, IN.

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What Does It Take To Open A Successful Cigar Lounge? BLEND Bar Cigar Edition - Episode 186

Eat, Drink and Smoke - Episode 23 - Trump's National Emergency, The Great French Fry Debate and Rep. Cortez Gives Her Boyfriend Access