Asheboro Wholesale Grocery Inc / Michael's Cigars

Around Asheboro, folks who take their cigars seriously already know about Asheboro Wholesale Grocery Inc, home to Michael's Cigars. This is a place with real history behind the counter, in business since 1955, and it has earned one of the strongest reputations of any cigar shop in the area. The heart of it is the walk-in humidor.

We hear it holds an awesome selection of single sticks along with a few bundles, so you can put together exactly what you want without settling for a mail order or driving out to Burlington. One local searching for a cigar shop on his lunch break stopped in expecting little and walked out with his cigars in hand and money to spare, calling the prices great. If you lean toward machine-made smokes, they keep those too, including names like Swisher Sweets, plus cigarettes for the regulars who stop through.

Ask anyone who shops here and the conversation lands on the staff pretty quickly. People describe them as helpful, friendly, and genuinely easy to talk to, with a good working knowledge of cigars that shows when you need a recommendation. If they don't stock what you're after, the word around town is they'll point you to where you can find it, and they'll make things right if an order ever comes through wrong.

The shop keeps a clean, welcoming feel that makes it easy to linger over the selection. One honest note: a few regulars have grumbled that the posted 8 AM opening doesn't always hold, so it's worth calling ahead if you're aiming for the early morning. That aside, this is widely considered the best place in town to grab a good cigar, and people keep coming back for the selection, the fair prices, and the folks running it.