Market Tobacco Patch

Market Tobacco Patch has been a fixture in Seattle for around thirty years, and ask anyone who takes their cigars seriously and they'll point you here. The shop itself is small, but that's part of the charm. The walk-in humidor takes up roughly two-thirds of the space, and locals will tell you it's kept at near-perfect humidity, which matters a great deal when you're buying premium smokes. The selection is what keeps people coming back, and coming from a distance too.

We've heard folks call it the largest variety of cigars they've found anywhere in the country. Inside that humidor you'll find Davidoff, Opus X, Arturo Fuente, Drew Estate, Padron and plenty more, from fresh premium sticks to older, harder-to-find boxes worth digging through. Cheroots are on hand as well. Beyond cigars, the shop carries pipe tobacco with a good range of American blends, tobacco pipes, rolling papers, plus the accessories you'd want to go with a good cigar, lighters and cutters included.

The owner, Murad, is the heart of the place. People who shop here swear by his knowledge and his easy, welcoming way. One regular recalled coming in for a few tins of a discontinued blend and leaving after a friendly chat about pipes and new American blends to try. Another put it simply: one of the best experiences he'd had in a cigar store.

The word around Seattle is that these gentlemen know their cigars better than anyone in the Northwest, and the prices stay fair, not marked up for tourists. If you're anywhere within a good drive of Seattle and after a great cigar in perfect condition, this is a shop worth the trip. A genuine local favorite, and it's easy to see why.