Tobacco & Candle Outlet

Tobacco & Candle Outlet has been part of the daily routine for a lot of folks in Winston-Salem, the kind of place people stop by nearly every day for cigarettes, a lottery ticket, a coffee or a cold drink. It has earned a solid reputation around town, and regulars will tell you what keeps them coming back is the range: cigarettes at a fair price, cigars, rolling papers, tobacco pipes, smoking accessories, and a wall of scented candles that lives up to the shop's name. There's candy and a few odds and ends too, so it does double duty as a neighborhood stop.

The heart of the place, though, is the cigar setup. There's a walk-in humidor with a big selection of both imported and domestic cigars, and a separate cigar room with comfortable furniture where you're welcome to sit and smoke. It's a quiet little den, and while it doesn't stay packed, the people who use it appreciate having a spot to relax with a cigar.

Word around Winston-Salem is that the bulk pipe tobacco is a real value, and that this is the one shop in the area that actually follows through on unusual or special orders when other places won't bother. One longtime shopper even mentioned a raffle that hands out a discount on a carton, and having won it a few times over the years. If you're hunting for e-liquid and vape juice, they carry that too.

You'll find the shop in the same parking lot as Starbucks and CVS, with plenty of parking right out front. Locals are a little split on pricing lately, and we've heard the occasional grumble about a staff interaction, but most people who shop here regularly say the service is friendly and the selection is hard to beat, especially for candles and tobacco under one roof.