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| - I've never been to cuba (stupid embargo) but based on my extensive knowledge from the two movies I've seen that have scenes set there, this is a little slice of Havana.
In theory I want to like this place. There is a large walk-in humidor, and pairing coffee and cigars sounds so... so manly. You enter through large garage doors to a coffee bar and lots of comfortable seating areas in a dimly lit and enticing place. It seems as though Castro or Ché could walk in at any minute.
This is the place, however, that got me off cigars.
See, every time I've been here it feels humid and smoky and although there is a huge garage door, the smoke just lingers. I don't smoke cigars very often anymore at all, but if I'm going to go somewhere that people do, I'd prefer a place that is indoors with one of those high powered ventilation systems. A place where I can choose between an after dinner coffee and a scotch.
On Saturdays in warm weather this place has live music (they may have that Sundays as well, I'm not sure) and that is a nice feature, but I personally cannot imagine trying to play and sing in a could.
One note:
in my matriculating days I smoked the occasional clove cigarette because I thought I was smart and, let's face it, smoking a clove is like smoking Christmas. I purchased a pack there one day and was sternly told if I wanted to smoke them i needed to go elsewhere because "It bothers the cigar smokers". As if...!
Im giving this a 3-star rating because if you are into cigars and coffee this is a pretty cool place. I've mostly outgrown my cigar days and I don't like washing my clothes more than I need to so The Leaf and Bean has little draw to me anymore as there are far better smelling coffe places in the strip.
If you like cigars though, check it out! You just may love it.
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