Latin Quarter House of Cigars Testimonials

Dear Nicole at The House of Cigars,
Thank you so much for helping to make our wedding perfect! The cigars I bought for my groom were a hit! The guys loved them! Thank you for all your help and patience Nicole!

Katie Schroeder

The Latin Quarter House of Cigars is Amazing!
I cannot imagine another shop that supports our troops more than you do. You not only bring comfort & support to our soldiers, but to those of us waiting for them as well. Thank you for all you do! See you at the Marine Birthday Ball! Semper Fi

From the devoted girlfriend of a Marine who loves your cigars.

Hello from the Sandbox!
I hope this letter finds you in the best of health and even better spirits
I don’t know if you remember me, but I had the pleasure of visiting your fine establishment a few times with my friend Bill (Apache Company US Army), who frequents your place. I enjoyed it tremendously – what’s not to love about a nice bottle of wine, an EXCELLENT cigar, and a few pool games with good music and amongst good friends? It is probably one of the things I miss the most about being over here in Baghdad for the next year.

Life isn’t terrible over here in Camp Victory…it’s more monotonous than anything else, really. I have managed to make it out to some of the shops that sell imported Cubans here. Unfortunately, the Cubans here are all quite dry, and not nearly as awesome as the hand-rolled cigars I picked up from your shop.

A good group of the guys in my battalion have formed an impromptu Cigar Club of sorts, and set up “smoking sessions” out here on Monday nights. We build a deck, threw some camouflage over it, and added a table and some chairs and an ashtray – voila! We smoke cigars and play poker or just shoot the breeze, and it is the one evening in my week I have to really look forward to. It’s one of the few nice moments we get over here between the hours when we’re at the grind. It’s amazing how many people out here get excited about getting to smoke a cigar!Anyway, I’m sending an email to you guys to see if I can buy some of your awesome cigars and a small travel case to ship to Iraq.

Respectfully,
Desiree Rincon SGT,FLARNG US Army

Willie,
It was a pleasure to meet you on Saturday Nov. 7 at the physician holiday party. I know everyone enjoyed learning about how cigars are rolled…and several enjoyed smoking them. Thanks for everything!

Ginny Fairbank Medical Staff Coordinator South Bay Hospital

I was down in St. Pete Beach about a month ago and came across your shop. I was pleased at how knowledgeable the gentleman was about the cigarsand also that he was able to help me pick out the perfect cigars for me. They were fantastic! I picked up 2 mild Go West, and 2 mild Brooklyns in the torpedo style and they were by far the best I have ever had. I wan to see how I can get some more! I am an instructor for satellite communications for the US Army, working for General Dynamics, and will be leaving soon for overseas. Please let me know how I can stock up before I leave.

Thank you,
Jeremy Dingler

Greetings!
I get all your emails. Please keep me informed & on your email list. I live in Columbus, Ohio and was in town on July 20th for some house-hunting. I discovered your shop & yelled at the realtor to “pull over”! I am very impressed with your product & your shop. Expect me as a regular once I’m in town.

Regards,
Mark

Dear Willie:
Thanks for your call today. Look forward to smoking those Daniel A’s in the next week. You’ve got a lot of fans up here – they’re the best cigars I’ve ever had, and everyone who has tried them agrees.

Corey J. Ayling
Minneapolis, MN

Dear House of Cigars friends,
c/c Col. Butter USMC
“Capitan Anderson also sends a healthy amount of respect this morning. Yesterday he asked me for a couple of “Good” cigars in order to celebrate one of our Lt’s promotion. So, of course, I broke out the Buttermans!!! Well, he said he couldn’t stay still, but he couldn’t get up either. He said the first ¾ was awesome, but by the last ¼ the…accumulated effect reduced his brain to jelly!
Got a good chuckle out of that one, Sir!

SSgt Clayton Hill USMC
President, Bastion Cigar Club, Afghanistan

Dear Nicole & House of Cigars Crew,
Just received another shipment of cigars via SSgt Hill and the Bastion Cigar Club and I wanted to take the time to send an email and thank you personally for the FANTASTIC cigars that we all get from you out here! We all greatly appreciate your fine shop and the effort, money, and support you provide us!
I’m actually getting ready to retire soon and am looking at jobs down in that area. Hopefully I’ll get one and be able to come in and thank you personally for all you do!
Thank you again and good smoking!!

Respectfully,
Clark A Hovland
GySgt USMC
Member, Bastion Cigar Club, Afghanistan

Hola Nicole,
The Commander and I smoked some of the treats you sent last night. The NewYoricans were incredible! They were exceptionally smooth – much more so than we expected for one as strong as they were. They burned slow and even…even more so than normal – we both commented on it! Very light on the spi9ce, no significant changes in attributes as we smoked them down to the nub. And I do mean nub. Neither one of us put it our until we did nothave enough cigar left to hold andpuff on at the same time. All said and done it took about an hour and half to smoke through. Final report…it is now in the Top Five Favorites list! We will definitely be adding that to the next order.

Talk to you again soon. Long Ashes to Everyone!
SSgt Hill USMC
President, Bastion Cigar Club, Afghanistan

Muchos Gracias Nicole!!!
The package has arrived and there are a lot of very happy Marines and Sailors out here. It is so great to see y’all in the DuPont Registry. I showed that off to EVERYBODY. Thank you very much for the cigars that you sent me. I am really looking forward to trying those yon-yangs. The Commander is something of an aficionado so I think I will share that distinct pleasure with him. All the guys out here really loved the new lighter model that you sent them.
Talk to you soon.

Semper Fi
SSgt Hill USMC
President, Bastion Cigar Club, Afghanistan

Hello House of Cigars!
I wanted to say thank you for the shipment and I look forward to enjoying more of your cigars in the future!

GySgt H.R. Collier Jr. USMC
Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan

Hola Nicole,
Thank everyone for all the work y’all put in getting our stuff together for us. We just had a huge smoke out for some of our members that are leaving soon. We all had a blast and they all say THANK YOU! Long Ashes –

Semper Fi
SSgt Hill USMC
President, Bastion Cigar Club, Afghanistan

Dear House of Cigars,
Having a home in Redington Shores, I’ve visited many little cigar shops over the past twenty years. This past January, however, I came across your shop and stopped in. You have a very nice shop and since I always feel obligated to buy a cigar when I visit small shops, I purchased a Butterman Twister on the advice of your salesman, despite the high price. The cigar was perhaps the best I’ve ever had. Thank you for giving me a reason to stop in when I am in Redington. I will no longer bring cigars from my home humidor when visiting Florida. Looking forward to seeing you again, sometime this summer!

Michael J. Menchise
Long Island, New York

Hello Nicole,
Thank you so much for your cigar help and suggestions, I would like to get some Butterman, La Loca, and H2 Perfectos. Let me know what you think of this selection and if you have any other suggestions. Thanks for all your help getting this order ready. My parents will be in town in a few weeks and will bring my order to me back in Canada! Wish I was there too!

Daniel

Hello, LQHouse of Cigars!
I was in Florida around this time last year and I stopped by your shop a few time. On my 2nd visit, I ended up buying a great humidor and an even greater bunch of cigars in it! I explained how I wasn’t much of a connoisseur, and therefore hesitant on what to buy, but you were both very helpful and encouraging in my purchase…and friendly to boot (Thanks for the espresso!)
I remember having some Cubanito Milds, Caciques, and what ended up being my favorite, the Butterman (awesome) and a few others.

There is only one problem: I have no more! Luckily, my parents are on their way down to Florida in early March and I’d like for them to pick some up for me while they’re there. So, if you think we could set something up to get a batch of cigars ready for my parents to pick up in March, please let me know.
I still haven’t sent you a picture of myself and my friends enjoying your fine smokes in blizzards of snow (I’m not even kidding) up here in Ottawa, Canada. I gotta do that! Thanks for your time!

A loyal Canuck customer,
Daniel Robichaud

Happy Birthday, Willie!!!!
Will & I wish we could be there to celebrate with you. It sounds like you are having a wonderful bash! I attached a picture of Will & his father Scott. For his birthday, we gave Scott a humidor with a mini-stash of your cigars. Ther are the only ones he enhoys! We miss you!

Good Luck & Take Care,
Whitney and Will
p.s. – We will call you soon to order our wedding cigars!

Nicole and Willie,
I am trying to drum up some business for you guys here in Indianapolis. I will take 5 and pass them out to some of my co-workers. I am so thankful Lori & I walked in your store during vacation. The prithday party was fantastic. You guys do things the right way and I will do my best to make sure peopleknow it. You have won me over. Nothing else tastes good to me now.
Semper Fi, Tom.

Thomas Lehn
Homicide Detective IMPD

Howdy from (-9 Degrees this morning) Indiana.
The package has arrived and appears to be in good condition! The “Cocktail/Cigar hour” is about three hours away, so I will be “test driving” one of these beauties this evening. They appear to be up to your usual good standards. My compliments to Willie (blends), your Master Roller, and you!

Sincerely,
Gene Milner, Record Book Publisher
Indiana Basketball Coaches Association

Hola from the snow covered North!!! Thanks for the cigar delivery update…I am glad the “Fine Smokes” are on the way!

Dan R.

I have been smoking your cigars for the past 3 years after discovering your old store in John’s Pass. I love them. I am not a big smoker, maybe two-3 boxes a year. Normally I either stop into buy them in person when I am visiting my father-in-law in Zephryrhills or I have him pick them up when he is coming to Ohio to visit us.
I need to order some now for him to pick up. I like the Go West Robustos with the Connecticut wrapper and also the La jefa Robustos with Connecticut wrapper.

Steve Mills

Nicole, et. al.,
I regret that I will be unable to avail myself and party of your fine hospitality. I feel honored to be incorporated in your circle of patrons. I for the moment reside in Wrightsville Beach, NC, quite literally on the beach, for the Atlantic Oceanic waves embrace our exposed deck. In my sojourn since St. Pete Beach, I have yet to encounter the ambiance, expertise, or elegance equaling the purveyors of one LQ House of Cigars. Nicole, I yielded to your counseling to age the unique cigars you so generously engineered for me in my modest humidor and have elected to enjoy these jewels one month at a time. I savored the virginity of the first smoke not long past on the deck overlooking the grand Atlantic. I allowed providence to select the leaves and wrap. It was simply coined by you a Butterman / Connecticut Shade. Words are inadequate for the senses of taste, smell, and gratification experienced. Where does one turn for the lexicon of such succulence? I rather choose not to demean this masterpiece of the flora tenujred skill of the maestro of Nicotiana tabacum but rather allow the memory of the experience to endure beyond the mere mechanics of the smoke. It is but one-tenth of a score of years that I wait to “canoodle”the cigars “in toto et finitye”.

Graciously in your debt,
Donald Clayton Patterson MD

Dear Nicole,
Please be advised that I received the cigars in good condition today. I’m smoking a Big Daddy as I’m typing this email to you…it is SUPER!

Thanks again for everything!
Steven

Thank you Nicole.
My travel buddy Tim is still telling everyone about your shop. It was a great experience to be able to smoke a cigar indoors…especially when it’s 28 Degrees at home!

Thanks for the Hospitality,
Ron

Hola Nicole,
The CDR and I would like to place a re-supply order as he is down to six and I only have 2 left from the cigars the Colonel brought to Texas. The ones the Col brought were incredible! The perfect complement to the 50 year old cognac and the 60 year old scotch I got. But, I will let the Col tell you about that when you see him.
Love Y’all and talk to you again soon. - “Cowboy”

Semper Fidelis SSgt Clayton H. Hill USMC
Night Intel Chief / Asst Security Manager /Marine Expeditionary Brigade - Afghanistan

Sir,
I'm not sure you will remember me. I came into your store on Monday the 15 of February 2010. I was in a hurry because my lady friends wanted to get breakfast before I caught a plane back to Minneapolis. I purchased two cigars from you to take home. One was titled Brooklyn and another was called the H2 Perfecto. You were very patient with me and I thank you for that. I recently quit smoking cigarettes and like to indulge an occasional cigar. Knowing that I am a novice cigar smoker and you helped me to select to of your creations. I am emailing you the feedback that I hope finds you.

Today I had the pleasure of enjoying what was called the Brooklyn. I have in the past enjoyed fine cigar brands such as Romeo and Juliet, Onyx, something I believed to be called Red Dot Cohiba, as well as the Cuban version with a yellow and black band Cohiba (this one being my favorite) and another Cuban Montecristo. (…or so I was told…). As I mentioned before the Cuban Cohiba was my favorite... until now. The cigar I just had purchased from your store was by far superior to anything I have ever enjoyed. The Brooklyn was delicious in every way. Please forgive my ignorance in my description but never have I had a cigar burn as perfectly as yours. It never ran on me and burned evenly throughout. The flavor of the tobacco was as good as any I have ever tasted. I just wanted to commend you on what I would call your art form. I was wondering if you could answer some questions to help me understand more of what I experience with your cigars. Through out the cigar I felt a tingling on my lips. Little prickly sensations as if my lips fell asleep like a foot if you sit on it wrong. Is this the pepper description you spoke of when we met?

I like to enjoy a glass of Bourbon while I smoke the cigar. To me it seems like they complement each other. Is this a common happening, and if so what are some other activities that could be recommended while enjoying a fine cigar such as yours? I truly enjoyed your fine creation through out, yet I noticed my favorite part was toward the end, perhaps the last two and a half inches of the cigar. That seemed to me to be the best part. Is that a common thought and if so why?

Again I just wanted to tell you that not only do you have a fine product but in my opinion you have the finest product out there. My name Is Jon Rappe, I live in Minneapolis MN and I look forward to browsing your web sight for my next purchase. I also look forward to hearing from you and any advice you can offer for someone who is not knowledgeable in the subject matter but has a desire to become so.

Thank you for your time and effort.
A happy customer,

Jon Rappe

PS. I would very much like to know your name. You took the time to
sell me two cigars and I recognize your picture on your business card.

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