Discuss My Experience: The Cigar Lounge, Schaumburg, IL

Chilling at "The Cigar Lounge" in Schaumburg, IL

Larry, Owner of "The Cigar Lounge" in Schaumburg, IL

So I started a new project called "Discuss My Experience" as you see on the Tab to the left. "Discuss My Experience" features and showcases my Cigar Adventures in or around town, as I take a stop in at some of Chicago's friendliest, most bustling cigar lounges. All cigar lounges will not be on my list of course. And the reason why I say this, is because some of them suck!  I have argued with my beau, in the past, about what cigar lounges are suppose to be like. I get that a lot of men frequent there. But there are more women cigar smokers, now. And we would like to have a place to go as well. Women cigar smokers may go with a male companion, few may go by themselves, some may smoke at home or others make smoke at a bar that has comfortable outdoor seating.  And I am yelling right now as I write this. I am angry. I have been so uncomfortable, so unwanted and so mistreated in the past. But not all cigar lounges are this way. But there are some really crappy ones out there. If I could put them on a public shit list, I would. But that would not be right. And I wouldn't do that, anyway. But anyway, I have to get it all out.

I want to feel welcomed. I want to feel appreciated. I want to feel comfortable and I want to be able to sit down and smoke my entire cigar without getting up to leave because the room feels unwelcoming and  uninviting. Some of the patrons at these cigar lounges look over as if they want to say, "What are you doing here"?  And I just want to say back, "I am having a smoke dammit. Just like you. What are you doing here"?

And at last, I do not want to sit on top of another patron while I smoke my cigar. It's fine for some of you guys, but I do not want to do that.

Okay, I feel better now. My significant other says I will not get everything I want out of a cigar lounge. And he says sometimes people are not nice. I explained that I did not care. If I am spending my money, I don't expect the patrons to be nice, but I expect the people who run the facility, to treat me with respect or like any other patron there. But many of these cigar lounges do not care because they have plenty of male patrons. And I get that these businesses are not going to roll out the red carpet or anything. But I just want to feel welcomed. That is all...Bada bing bada boom!

And I get it. Some of us patrons are really annoying.  I can just imagine some business owners may be thinking, "just buy the darn cigar, and go sit down somewhere for goodness sake". We CAN be a bit annoying. I know. But I guess  we all come with different needs. And we all have different  reasons why we frequent the places we like. So this is the reason why I have developed the project, "Discuss My Experience".

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But anyway, I took a 15 minute trip to a place called "The Cigar Lounge" in Schaumburg, IL. And it was totally unexpected. The place was huge. You have leather seating in the front, a man made fire place made out of cigar boxes, an elegant pool room, cabinets of cigars that grace the perimeter of the entire front area, a large back room area with additional seating like tall leather stools and tables, leather lounge chairs and more , funky ashtrays everywhere, some ashtrays were standing, off to the side was a sweet conference room for meetings. Plus a lovely young woman named Brianne greats you, when you walk in. I really liked it. Larry the owner briefed me about the place and its amenities and introduced me to some new cigars. I decided to try the San Cristobal Elegancia. It was a great daytime cigar. It was nice , mild, smooth and crisp. I will follow up with a rating in the following days. But anyway, here is the kicker. And it really doesn't matter because the place is so great. No BYOB and no alcohol whatsoever. I know some cigar lounges allow you to bring booze but I thought the place was really cool. This is why. There are different areas. There is a front area for seating in case you do not want to go back to the main room. The front area reminds me of a far more luxurious Starbucks. You can chill up there and have a smoke especially if you rather  retreat from the main room. The back area is perfect for game days, night time functions and pulling out your laptop if you want to do some work during the day. I saw a guy taking a nap. I am assuming he snoozed off after having a cigar. The conference room is perfect for business meetings or simply working away from your regular office for the day. The pool room is particularly special. You can have fun, laugh with friends or sit on one of the leather stools to have a cigar while observing a game of pool. Of course you have to be there to experience this. And I did not take pictures of the lounge because their website was a better source. But there is a couple of me. Larry is in one photo with me.

Cheers!

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