Rooster Puff’s Smoke Shop

Rooster Puff's Smoke Shop has quickly become a favorite among folks in Tallahassee, and it's easy to see why. Ask anyone who has bounced around the smoke shops in town, especially the college crowd, and you'll hear the same thing: this is the one they keep coming back to. One regular who spent his college years trying just about every shop around said he never felt as welcomed anywhere else. That kind of loyalty says a lot.

The selection covers what most people are after. They stock vapes and disposables, a solid wall of e-liquid and vape juice, glass pipes and water pipes, plus the smaller smoking accessories that are easy to run out of. Locals will tell you the place is always clean and well organized, and the prices tend to run friendlier than a lot of other spots in the area. Where Rooster's really earns its reputation is the people behind the counter.

Christie gets named again and again for helping folks land on the right product, and Mello has his own following, described by one shopper simply as "a goat." When someone came in with a malfunctioning vape, the guy working the midtown location walked them through it start to finish, the kind of help people say is rare these days. The staff know their stock and they're genuinely friendly, which is a big part of why so many people call this their go-to shop, even those newer to town. We'll be straight with you: not every visit has landed the same way, and a couple of folks have walked away unhappy with how they were treated. That's the exception, though, not the rule.

The overwhelming word around Tallahassee is that Rooster Puff's is one of the best smoke shops in the city, and with a strong local following built up in a short time, it's well worth a stop.