By Garland Pollard
TAMPA – Of the places associated with cigars, there are three places: the Dominican Republic, Cuba and Tampa.Tampa is synonymous with cigars, mostly because of the Hav-A-Tampa, made by Altadis USA.
If you go to Tampa’s Ybor City, please do stop in at El Sol. Can’t miss the sun logo.
A bit of history. In 1929, cigar maker Guy Saitta made the first Smok-A-Cuba cigar. He started his business with his wife, Mary. Today, the business is now run by grandson.
Today, El Sol has small cigar factories in Tampa, Honduras, Nicaragua, and the Dominican Republic.
Read more at www.elsolcigars.com
2 responses so far ↓
1 Tommy Zman // Feb 20, 2009 at 9:28 pm
Ybor is the epitome of nostalgia and if you smoke cigars, a visit to El Sol is a must.
2 Kyle Andrews // Aug 5, 2009 at 10:49 am
I just might have to pay this shop a visit sometime and check out what cigars they are selling. I wonder if they sell Cuban cigars, nothing gets better then Cuban cigars. Also I wonder if they ship to other countries like other sites such as http://www.gocubans.com/. I guess we’ll just have to find out.
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