Kansas City Reading Coves – Cigar & Tabac, Ltd.
I bring you #4 of a hopefully long-lived series: Kansas City Reading Coves.
When I can, I like my coves like my burning crosses: smokey and offensive to most.
Today’s cove: Cigar & Tabac, Ltd – 6898 West 105th Street, Overland Park, KS 66212-1801
I have purchased many a cigar in this place over the last year or so, each time bypassing the giant leather couches for the equally giant walk-in humidor stationed along this small shop’s north wall. I envied the old men each time, wishing I had a few moments to crash, take in a cigar, a book, and a few overheard conversations regarding golf or lawn care or something else just as fitting to the cigar stereotype. This evening, my birthday, I finally allowed myself a few moments to live this dream.
For the most part, my envy was justified. But what comes with romanticizing a book and a cigar in a place like this, are the same associations that make it hard for me fall entirely into the dream. Golf on the TV, men talking about boats, and lots of Republicans. I need to bring a black guy with me next time to air out the place.
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Rankings out of 10:
| Smoking accommodations | 10 | The place is called Cigar & Tabac. |
| Furniture comfort | 10 | These couches are so soft cartoon spokes-bears wipe their asses with them. |
| Quiet level | 5 | Talking and TV don’t go well with books, but the lack of music pumping overhead events things out. |
| Temperature comfort | 8 | It’s hard to argue with the indoors. |
