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Cigars bring people
from different walks of
life together. Peace and
happiness can be found
in the draw of a good
cigar but sharing them
with friends over music
and good conversations
make cigars truly special.
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utside the building on Maxwell Street, smoke and the aroma of cigars wa
call to downtown patrons. Inside the Livery Cigar Emporium, men in
Panama shirts and sharply trimmed Cuban fedoras draw deeply from dark
cigars, while women in cocktail dresses sip on libations. You'll see a few
cowboy hats and jeans too.
at's the true power of cigars; they bring people from different walks of life together. Peace
and happiness can be found in the draw of a good cigar but sharing them with friends over
music and good conversations make cigars truly special.
In the middle of 2020, while most Americans were in lockdown working from home and
attending school through video monitors, Andre omas and Rick Yates were working
together to open their first cigar lounge. ey decided the newly vacant Livery building at 147
Maxwell Street was perfect because of its history and location in downtown Fayetteville.
"We wanted to stay in touch with the past, but still bring it forward," Yates said.
Andre Thomas, above, in the modern, well-lit, walk-in humidor that features a long, glass front so customers can see inside to the
shelves stocked with cigars.
