The City That Never Sleeps also never stops evolving, often mercilessly making way for new generations. Cigar bars in New York City, especially in this restrictive climate, have not been spared from the unrelenting momentum of change. But there is one spot, located near the Meatpacking District in New York’s famed West Village, that has resolutely remained Old New York. Hudson Bar & Books, established in 1991, is the city’s oldest cigar bar and its most tenacious protector of cigar culture.
There once were two more Bar & Books in New York City, but only Hudson, the first location, has survived here. The owner, Raju S. Mirchandani, also has active Bar & Books locations overseas in Prague and Warsaw.
The original cracked, mosaic floors are no more, but little else…