Tobacco World

If you are serious about pipes and pipe tobacco, Tobacco World is the shop locals point you to, and folks travel a long way to get here. We've heard from people who drive in from North Central Idaho because there is nothing like it closer to home, and one longtime regular who has visited tobacconists across Europe and around the US still counts this Spokane shop among the best he has found anywhere. That is high praise for a tobacco shop in Spokane, Washington, and the word around town backs it up. Doug, the owner, is the name you will hear again and again.

Ask anyone who shops here and they will tell you how patient and knowledgeable he is, whether you have smoked for thirty years or just picked out your first pipe. People new to pipe smoking say he took the time to steer them right, and seasoned smokers keep coming back because he and Ethan can suggest a new tobacco based on what you already enjoy and land it spot on. The selection runs deep on pipe tobacco, from the major and popular brands to the more selective, classy blends, and they carry Savinelli pipes among the new stock. One nice touch locals love is the charming older reconditioned pipes, perfect if you appreciate a refurbished piece with some history.

The shop itself looks exactly the way a tobacco store should. Shelves lined with cigarettes, roll your own supplies, rolling papers, cigars, pipes and accessories, with vintage Cigar Aficionado covers and old advertisements framed on the walls. It is cozy and genuine, not a bargain-bin outfit. People describe the tobacco as fresh, the prices as fair, and the service as the kind that keeps a shop like this alive.

As one regular put it, you will be taken care of. If you have not stopped in yet, it is well worth the trip.