It’s New York City’s 400th birthday, which is pretty insane. While most of the city will be commemorating the event, Cigar Aficionado is celebrating in a different way. Of course, New York has also been the home of the magazine for 33-years. So it’s celebrating, too — Cigar Aficionado launched in 1992. The next issue hitting newsstands on September 23, 2025, will be chock-full, cover to cover, with cigar guides and features. It’s going to show all of us, brothers and sisters of the leaf alike, the very best the city has to offer.
How are we celebrating?
Here’s what you can expect to find in the latest issue:
Rooftop Cigar Havens: For those looking for places to smoke in New York City, try looking up. While many sky-high drinking holes have become hotspots for visitors and Instagram photoshoots, a handful of upscale, cigar-friendly venues remain.
The Cigar Bars: It’s difficult to match the immersive cigar experience found in a cigar bar, and the cigar bars of Manhattan are the most comfortable places in the big city to enjoy a smoke in style.
The rooftop cigar havens sound like a really cool place to kick back, relax, and enjoy a smoke. I’m a Florida man, and the entire state is flat. We don’t get many opportunities to head to the sky. I’m jealous of everyone who gets to check out those amazing bars.
More smoky cigar lovers content to look forward to
The fun doesn’t stop there. This is Cigar Aficionado we’re talking about here, and these guys always do things right. There’s a lot more to love in this issue, like:
Smoking to Sinatra: A look into the Saturday nights of Steven Maglio, the voice behind Sinatra Saturdays at Manhattan’s Carnegie Club, an institution for cigar smokers and Sinatra enthusiasts alike.
The Shopping Scene: New York has a reputation as a shopper’s mecca. That extends to the city’s cigar stores, which maintain expertly curated selections that outstrip many of the shops you’re likely to find in smaller towns.
Rolled in Manhattan: Found on West 29th in Manhattan is Martinez Cigars, a handmade-cigar operation selling New York-themed, Dominican-inspired cigars. The small space has a definitive workshop feel, where you can watch the rollers make cigars—hopefully, their only lounge chair isn’t occupied when you arrive.
Steak and Cigars: In 2018, Long Island cigar retailer Boris Grossman partnered with Davidoff of Geneva to set up a cigar shop and lounge in Brooklyn, just steps away from one of the most iconic steakhouses in the country, the original Peter Luger.
Arthur Avenue Cigars: Arthur Avenue, which some call New York’s true Little Italy, is home to La Casa Grande, a working cigar factory located inside the famous block’s retail market. Founded in 1995 by Paul “Pauly Cigars” DiSilvio, the factory rolls nearly 600,000 cigars a year.
Smoking on the Sly: As anyone who has spent more than a few minutes in New York City knows, this is a city where rules are made to be bent—and enjoying a cigar on the sly is included, if you know where to look.
As this is a standard-issue, despite the libations, you’ll also find a bunch more. Examples include NFL content, golf hijinks, a feature on American-Made brandies and much, much more.
If you have a chance to pick it up, enjoy! It looks like it’s going to be a lot of fun. Especially for cigar lovers in the greater New York area. Wink wink.
Briley has over 16 years in the publishing and content marketing business. He's been writing about cigars for nearly half that in various forms. What makes him a tour de force is he also smokes them.
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