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Cigars in Ybor
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[Times photo]
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Do you know how Ybor City came to be known as Cigar City, USA? In 1886 cigarmakers Vicente Martinez-Ybor and Ignacio Haya moved their cigar factories from Key West to Tampa.
Tampa had everything the cigarmakers needed: a railroad, a port and a warm climate that provided a natural humidor for the tobacco leaf.
Once the cigarmaking was under way, Ybor City became home to Cuban, Spanish and Italian immigrants who worked in more than 140 cigar factories in and around the area, producing 250-million cigars a year.
For more than half a century, Ybor City was the "Cigar Capital of the World." Though the cigar business faded during the last few decades, the 1990s have seen a dramatic renewal in the cigar culture. Today, the streets of Ybor City are again home to a slew of cigar stores and carts. And visitors to historic Ybor Square can still watch artisans roll a fresh cigar by hand. Vicente and Ignacio would be proud.
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| Ybor Square was once a cigar factory during the boom days of Ybor City. [Times photo] |
Ybor's cigar industry
Retail | Mail order | Manufacturers
Retail
Martinez Gonzalez Cigar
2025 E 7th Ave.
Tampa, FL.
(813) 248-8210
King Corona Cigar Factory
1523 E 7th Ave.
Tampa, FL.
(813) 241-9109
Tampa Sweetheart Cigar Co.
1310 N 22nd St.
Tampa, FL.
(813) 247-3880
Columbia Restaurant Cigar Store
2103 E 7th Ave.
Tampa, FL.
(813) 247-2469
El Sol Hand-Made Cigars
1728 E 7th Ave.
Tampa, FL.
(813) 248-5905
Florida Cigars From Ybor City
2017 E 7th Ave.
Tampa, FL.
(813) 247-4129
Florida Of Cuba Cigar Shop
1805 N 22nd St.
Tampa, FL.
(813) 248-1338
Metropolitan Cigars
2014 E 7th Ave.
Tampa, FL.
(813) 248-3304
Tampa Rico Cigar Co.
1901 N 13th St.
Tampa, FL.
(813) 248-0218
Vincent & Tampa Cigar Co.
2503 N 21st St.
Tampa, FL.
(813) 248-1512
Mail Order
Maniscalco Cigar
1406 N 19th St.
Tampa, FL.
(813) 242-8844
King Corona Cigar Factory
1523 E 7th Ave.
Tampa, FL.
(813) 241-9109
Guerrieri Cigar Co.
201 N 26th St.
Tampa, FL.
(813) 248-2555
Cigarz De La Ybor
2310 E 2nd Ave.
Tampa, FL.
(813) 242-0509
Vincent & Tampa Cigar Co.
2503 N 21st St.
Tampa, FL.
(813) 248-1512
Tampa Sweetheart Cigar Co.
1310 N 22nd St.
Tampa, FL.
(813) 247-3880
Tampa Rico Cigar Co.
1901 N 13th St.
Tampa, FL.
(813) 248-0218
El Sol Hand-Made Cigars
1728 E 7th Ave.
Tampa, FL.
(813) 248-5905
Florida Cigars From Ybor City
2017 E 7th Ave.
Tampa, FL.
(813) 247-4129
Florida Of Cuba Cigar Shop
1805 N 22nd St.
Tampa, FL.
(813) 248-1338
House Of Delmage
405 S 22nd St.
Tampa, FL.
(813) 248-5776
Metropolitan Cigars
2014 E 7th Ave.
Tampa, FL.
(813) 248-3304
Manufacturers
El Sol Hand-Made Cigars
1728 E 7th Ave.
Tampa, FL.
(813) 248-5905
Florida Of Cuba Cigar Shop
1805 N 22nd St.
Tampa, FL.
(813) 248-1338
J.C. Newman Cigar Co.
2701 N 16th St.
Tampa, FL.
(813) 248-2124
Martinez Gonzalez Cigar
2025 E 7th Ave.
Tampa, FL.
(813) 248-8210 |
