World’s Oldest Cigar Seller: STORE CRAZY

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    Take a look inside the world’s oldest cigar merchants - and one of the last remaining public places in the United Kingdom where people can still smoke inside. Cigar merchants James J. Fox, based in London’s upmarket Mayfair region first opened its doors in 1881 in Dublin, before moving to London in 1947. The tobacconist has received eight Royal Warrants over time, with the last being issued by the Queen Mother in 1997 and they still continue to supply cigars to the royal household.
    Videographer / director: Adam Gray
    Producer: Crystal Chung, Michael Muncer
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  • @geraldmalik3684
    @geraldmalik3684 6 років тому +755

    I met this owner at a pub nearby. We exchanged pleasantries and I purchased him a round or two. He then said he had a cigar store nearby and offered to show us it. We walked over and he showed us around and during the visit gave me several Cubans which were fantastic. A real gentleman and most generous.

    • @waqarumer4291
      @waqarumer4291 3 роки тому +25

      I had a wooden pipe when i was 12 years old. A name is written on it and it was King Adward and also written year and i think it was 1785 or 1857 i dont remember exactly. My school teacher snatched it from me in class room and never teturn me. My grandfather gave me that pipe. I think i lost most precious thing.

    • @kreterakete
      @kreterakete 3 роки тому +3

      @@waqarumer4291 Sounds like the white elephant in your life. I wouldn’t care bout it anymore

    • @grizzlybear4656
      @grizzlybear4656 2 роки тому +1

      @@kreterakete what does that mean the white elephant in your life... please?
      Thanks

    • @Louis-rs6uo
      @Louis-rs6uo 2 роки тому

      Good bargain 🤣

    • @carth2313
      @carth2313 2 роки тому

      Cure

  • @Michael.Virtus
    @Michael.Virtus 5 років тому +2401

    "I smoke in moderation. Only one cigar at a time." - Mark Twain

    • @mr.j7009
      @mr.j7009 5 років тому +37

      "Its not the size of the dog in the fight, but the size of the fight in the dog." - Samuel Clemens. Aka Mark Twain.

    • @holymaryfullofshit3790
      @holymaryfullofshit3790 5 років тому +110

      but dont worry, giving up smoking is easy... ive done it hundreds of times.

    • @whulu9355
      @whulu9355 5 років тому +13

      @@holymaryfullofshit3790 i do hope this reply gets likes its the best so far

    • @sierra7534
      @sierra7534 3 роки тому +4

      Mark Twain also had half his face removed including his tongue and jaw due to throat and mouth cancer from his constant smoking. I enjoy cigars but Mark Twain is not the guy you want as your poster child.

    • @Michael.Virtus
      @Michael.Virtus 3 роки тому +18

      @@sierra7534 who told you that non-sense?

  • @MrKouzan
    @MrKouzan 7 років тому +679

    my grandpa was a first generation Cuban immigrant. me being his grandson I still remember sitting on his lap and smelling the thick pleasant smell of a cigar

    • @cardboardboxification
      @cardboardboxification 7 років тому +19

      Whistling Maniac no difference , tobacco smoke, cooking smoke, diesel smoke, fart gas. Non of it is toxic

    • @faintsherin4468
      @faintsherin4468 7 років тому +8

      hill billy
      It is toxic to us, but it needs an accumulation for it to take effects, that's why smoking related studies are done with individuals who are exposed with longer periods of time.
      Hyperbolic news made us had that mentality that being exposed to smoking is equivalent to cancer. So you are partly wrong.

    • @MrKouzan
      @MrKouzan 7 років тому +32

      I liked it, and the smell was pretty neat. That's the least fucked up thing my parents did to me.

    • @Schcarraffone
      @Schcarraffone 7 років тому +8

      Whistling Maniac me being Italian remember sitting on the legs of my grand god father and enjoy the music.of Sicily while they were beating someone with baseball bats.... ahhh good times..nothing better for a child to be exposed early to the way of making healthy efficient business...

    • @rebelton3421
      @rebelton3421 6 років тому

      Myb it was them smoking weed but you thought it was cigars

  • @vincentlangel8555
    @vincentlangel8555 3 роки тому +574

    “Welcome to our lovely humidor”
    *Hacking cough in the background*

  • @heru-deshet359
    @heru-deshet359 7 років тому +1356

    I don't smoke, but I love going in tobacco shops for the aromas of unlit tobacco.

    • @justinbest9078
      @justinbest9078 7 років тому +71

      Heru- deshet if u ever wanted to try a cigar it's not dangerous it's not addictive just saying but yeah the aroma is so nice especially pipe tobacco

    • @jorisboogaard4605
      @jorisboogaard4605 7 років тому

      Ed

    • @coreywilliams1454
      @coreywilliams1454 7 років тому +52

      "It's not dangerous" Please provide some evidence for that.

    • @l4k3
      @l4k3 7 років тому +85

      He means like if you could manage to smoke once a month the side effects are not to be found.

    • @l4k3
      @l4k3 7 років тому +51

      No, thats a retarded comparison.

  • @hughjass3070
    @hughjass3070 7 років тому +3301

    This is the type of guy you want to be when you grow old

    • @raoulduke806
      @raoulduke806 7 років тому +38

      I would rather smoke weed... whats the points of smoking tobacco? you cant take it to your lungs and it tastes bad

    • @Lavalle.mp3
      @Lavalle.mp3 7 років тому +93

      IC BM the point is tasting the endless complexity that a premium tobacco cigar can provide. I know, its hard to understand that you can consume a smokable only for its taste, not to get high or nicotine rushed. But yeah, its great after you get your taste buds trained.

    • @flufffycow
      @flufffycow 7 років тому +7

      I want to be the "Most Interesting Man In The World". My tears could cure cancer, if I cried.

    • @rafikhan1009
      @rafikhan1009 7 років тому +1

      Filipe of

    • @volundrfrey896
      @volundrfrey896 7 років тому +26

      IC BM what do you mean you can't take tobacco to your lungs? That's how you smoke cigarettes, all the tar you pull into your lungs is what's so terribly bad for you.
      A nice cigarr tastes fantastic, and I don't see why you would want to breath smoke into your lungs. During combustion you will create hazardous substances. Doesn't matter if it's tobacco or weed. With that said I smoke more weed than I smoke tobacco.

  • @minsuuna
    @minsuuna 7 років тому +438

    This grandpa is a badass but also a gentlemen

    • @rioeiokha9653
      @rioeiokha9653 5 років тому +1

      He's not a badass, he's an old fart

    • @HusseinDoha
      @HusseinDoha 5 років тому +10

      @@rioeiokha9653 a badass old fart!😎. What's your beef?? He harm his own health. Non off your business.

    • @JV-ll1cu
      @JV-ll1cu 3 роки тому +2

      *gentleman

    • @twentytwo138
      @twentytwo138 3 роки тому

      @@JV-ll1cu You just had to do it, huh

    • @richardj9016
      @richardj9016 3 роки тому

      @@rioeiokha9653 Lol just wait until you're his age and let's see what the young 'uns think of you

  • @kailexx1962
    @kailexx1962 3 роки тому +41

    I'm always impressed by people who've seem to have found their place in life and are content with it.

    • @oguzmen5451
      @oguzmen5451 3 роки тому

      Something I envy

    • @etow8034
      @etow8034 3 роки тому +2

      “Pleasure in a thing of beauty is the essence of a happy life.” - Zino Davidoff

    • @leobthelionshow
      @leobthelionshow 2 роки тому

      Same here I think that's the toughest thing in life but easy once you find it

  • @howdepressing2495
    @howdepressing2495 5 років тому +474

    Kingsman is the first word that went through my head

    • @olidingin6398
      @olidingin6398 3 роки тому +2

      Lol

    • @JoseMora-wc5zz
      @JoseMora-wc5zz 3 роки тому +1

      Why tho

    • @paulgosu2773
      @paulgosu2773 3 роки тому +2

      @@JoseMora-wc5zz have you watched the movie?

    • @JoseMora-wc5zz
      @JoseMora-wc5zz 3 роки тому

      @@paulgosu2773 yes. I’m aware it has English class.

    • @paulgosu2773
      @paulgosu2773 3 роки тому +8

      @@JoseMora-wc5zz then you just answered your own question

  • @tuzbubey
    @tuzbubey 5 років тому +144

    I am going to light up my $4 cigar and pretend I am sitting in Churchill chair and smoking $200 Cuban

    • @ryangray9881
      @ryangray9881 5 років тому +6

      Sounds like a good time man, I'm on a black and mild budget this week

    • @venicec3310
      @venicec3310 4 роки тому +5

      tuzbubey you can get a decent cigar for 10-20 bucks

    • @mikekaatman3194
      @mikekaatman3194 4 роки тому +1

      That's the right attitude!!!!

    • @db4695
      @db4695 4 роки тому

      Ryan Gray lol. I feel that bro...trust me

    • @Smsg-oi4lc
      @Smsg-oi4lc 3 роки тому +2

      My standy is a 4$ Villa Gonzales. Its a bundle packed nicaraguan stick and honestly it easily beats many more expensive sticks in terms of flavour and how much i enjoy t.

  • @Awsomeman123321
    @Awsomeman123321 7 років тому +2105

    Why do people look badass smoking a cigar?

    • @Awsomeman123321
      @Awsomeman123321 7 років тому +17

      Fiona Cao no

    • @r.khan_
      @r.khan_ 7 років тому +353

      AwesomeMan because you think large cylindrical shapes in men's mouth is bad ass. that's why. ur gay

    • @Awsomeman123321
      @Awsomeman123321 7 років тому +573

      Dizzy Considering that your the only one that thought of that it raises some questions.

    • @j5892000
      @j5892000 7 років тому +5

      AwesomeMan media

    • @pokerclown7922
      @pokerclown7922 7 років тому +33

      AwesomeMan it's true 😂 that guy is probably a grandad to several kids but say there with that cigar he looks like a Mafia boss

  • @jantzcarney8197
    @jantzcarney8197 6 років тому +154

    "I shall be long pushing up daisies by then"

    • @TheVahaj
      @TheVahaj 4 роки тому +2

      what does it mean?

    • @TheVahaj
      @TheVahaj 4 роки тому +1

      @@jantzcarney8197 thanks man, i realized that's what it most likely meant. was just confirming. ty

    • @familyread7889
      @familyread7889 3 роки тому +9

      @@TheVahaj means your 6 feet under in your coffin.
      Your pushing up the daisys that are growing on the patch of grass above you!

    • @TheVahaj
      @TheVahaj 3 роки тому

      @@familyread7889 ty

    • @familyread7889
      @familyread7889 3 роки тому

      @@TheVahaj 👍🏼

  • @siddharthnandi8567
    @siddharthnandi8567 5 років тому +19

    He had me at "It gets quite smokey." What a lad.

  • @aaronbaxter9935
    @aaronbaxter9935 4 роки тому +40

    “One of the last places you can smoke inside” tell that to my flat and all the other flats around me 😂😂

    • @topophil
      @topophil 3 роки тому +5

      I think it's clear that he was not talking about private residences. Or are brits not allowed to smoke inside their own homes?

    • @aaronbaxter9935
      @aaronbaxter9935 3 роки тому

      topophil first off I’m Scottish not British, second it’s a joke and third it depends on what year your house or flat was built if it’s before a certain year(I’m not sure what year) then yes your aloud to smoke inside but after to help prevent fires related to smoking it will go against the agreements you have to sign and could get removed from the house or flat ur renting not sure about buying a house though I’d imagine it would be something similar

    • @aaronbaxter9935
      @aaronbaxter9935 3 роки тому

      Paul Ross 😂😂😂😂 nope the Scots and English are very divided people you ask any Scottish person they tell you the same

    • @IlIIlIIIIIlBrianSt0rm
      @IlIIlIIIIIlBrianSt0rm 3 роки тому +4

      @@aaronbaxter9935 Yes they are. But by all accounts you are technically British. Just like you're also technically European. He wasn't wrong for calling you a Brit.

    • @jimmyc00l
      @jimmyc00l 3 роки тому +2

      @@aaronbaxter9935 it doesn't matter what you think, if you're Scottish, you're also British.

  • @marenmcdonnell7903
    @marenmcdonnell7903 7 років тому +144

    What a lovely man

    • @Dagvalda
      @Dagvalda 6 років тому

      He's a lovely bloke! Wealth of knowledge too.

  • @MrDinko
    @MrDinko 3 роки тому +8

    Went to this place with a couple of friends in 2019! What a great place to hang out, look at all the options, history and a fine gentleman working there suggested great cigars for us. Going to be good visiting it again at some point!

  • @yoshinguyen3731
    @yoshinguyen3731 7 років тому +82

    Even though I don't plan to smoke anytime soon, I would still love to visit that place and hear about the history behind it

  • @barrypanaretou9124
    @barrypanaretou9124 5 років тому +6

    I don't visit this store to often because of the distance I live. However on the day when I go, when I wake up it's always feels like a world cup final day or even better filled with excitement and anticipation. What a privilege it must be to actually work there!

    • @ciganyweaverandherperiwink6293
      @ciganyweaverandherperiwink6293 Рік тому +1

      I love this comment. I know the exact feeling and I feel it less and less these days, to the point where it will be a totally unable to generate feeling because bricks'n'mortar stores are dying out and what's left will be crap and corporate ugliness with no heart, no soul. I don't think what you wrote about is spoken about and eulogised, explored and celebrated often enough: for a SHOP to inspire us not just to be happy about a specially planned pilgrimage, but to shine our shoes, shave well, do our hair and make sure we look 'worthy' and join in with the high standards we are presented with and respond to so enthuisastically. It's so wonderful to uplift people to be their best when dipping their toes into what they're grateful for and clearly NEED: a sophisticated 'world' with standards and expectations that pulls them out of an ugly, broken society and encourages them to smarten up and be their best behaviour and appearance. I love this. What an incredibly rare phenomenon. This tends to happen to me when I'm in Japan a great deal. Elegant cigar bars and high end teahouses; I show my deep reverence and appreciation by making a day of it and grooming myself to within an inch of my life. It's wonderful. I sleep well at night.

  • @jonnycar5006
    @jonnycar5006 7 років тому +75

    cool shop .... he could certainly tell you plenty of stories , great share .. - i,ve added this place to my "places to visit" list .

    • @andreuesteve4930
      @andreuesteve4930 6 років тому

      jonny car when I was watching this, the only thing that I was thinkig into was the same

  • @TheHickmanbcfc
    @TheHickmanbcfc 5 років тому +71

    Ahhhhhh I went there when I was in London and never knew it was the oldest in the world! Very nice!

    • @ministryofcigars8222
      @ministryofcigars8222 5 років тому +2

      It is not. Shop in London opened in 1947. I know 100+ year old tobacco shops in The Netherlands. Even if you look at JJ Fox original shop in Dublin it's not the oldest. That shop opened in 1888. Hajenius in Amsterdam was founded in 1826.

    • @prof.patrick5564
      @prof.patrick5564 3 роки тому

      @@ministryofcigars8222 Then there's Fribourg & Treyer which 1st opened in the 1790s.

    • @ministryofcigars8222
      @ministryofcigars8222 3 роки тому

      @@prof.patrick5564 but they are no longer around.

    • @prof.patrick5564
      @prof.patrick5564 3 роки тому

      @@ministryofcigars8222 well I think the shop and name still exist but in a more brand legacy capacity.

    • @ministryofcigars8222
      @ministryofcigars8222 3 роки тому +2

      @@prof.patrick5564 the shop is no longer there according to Wiki (I had to use them as I never heard from the brand. But I was 8 years old when they went out of business so that's not too weird ;) )

  • @yousif.bmatti4380
    @yousif.bmatti4380 3 роки тому +7

    He's old, he smokes
    But most importantly he's stil alive like a lion.

  • @niklasjuchem
    @niklasjuchem 5 років тому +13

    I was there buying a lighter without even knowing the history

  • @Jimmy-B-
    @Jimmy-B- 2 роки тому +2

    Opens the door, the first thing you hear is someone coughing lol

  • @chris.to.the.g
    @chris.to.the.g 6 років тому +2

    What I liked most of the video is that classic decoration with those wooden furniture and warm brown details of the store and the fancy little boxes keeping the cigars in a good condition.

  • @matsmith5201
    @matsmith5201 3 роки тому +11

    First opened its doors in 1947. “They have hundreds of years of experience” damn didn’t know 74 years was hundreds of years.

    • @nicholas4436
      @nicholas4436 3 роки тому +3

      Winston Churchill - "he was a customer of ours for 64 years"
      "first opened its doors in 1947"
      Churchill died in 1965
      ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

    • @mongoose621
      @mongoose621 3 роки тому +7

      The original James J Fox store opened its doors in Dublin in 1881. The Mayfair store opened its doors in 1947

    • @mrshankly213
      @mrshankly213 3 роки тому

      @@mongoose621 Yes but everyone knows that when you move house you cast off your old life and start again with a fresh identity. Or maybe not, maybe that's just bad logic.

    • @mongoose621
      @mongoose621 3 роки тому

      @@mrshankly213 maybe if you move house. But if you're opening an additional store, that logic doesn't apply. Surely you would want to continue the brand name and reputation to the next store?

    • @mrshankly213
      @mrshankly213 3 роки тому

      @@mongoose621 Ah you missed the sarcasm of my post it seems.

  • @HaNNibal97smiTH
    @HaNNibal97smiTH 7 років тому +11

    Going to visit London this August, I will not miss this shop !

  • @AlphaMachina
    @AlphaMachina Рік тому +2

    I don't smoke, but I find cigars and everything to do with them fascinating. Just watching some of these videos is relaxing.

  • @boi-august5959
    @boi-august5959 3 роки тому +4

    Hope the store still opens. I gotta go there to get some cigars , at least once in my life.

  • @leviruppel2843
    @leviruppel2843 6 років тому +5

    1:58 smoker's cough lmao

  • @sovetski8893
    @sovetski8893 5 років тому +7

    1:58 someone coughing 😂

  • @ucuucu3111
    @ucuucu3111 3 роки тому +2

    I'm not a smoker but if this old man offer me a cigar I'll do it out of his respect and dedication alone.

  • @Cynic269
    @Cynic269 5 років тому +4

    this was nice. thank you youtube recommends

  • @thijsdeboer389
    @thijsdeboer389 3 роки тому +100

    "One of the only places in the UK where people can still smoke inside"
    Laughs in coffeeshop

    • @elisabethandersen1102
      @elisabethandersen1102 3 роки тому +6

      They have those in the UK?

    • @Eralen00
      @Eralen00 2 роки тому +1

      I thought smoking tobacco in coffee shops was illegal? Only the green stuff. That's what i heard anyway

    • @Zooumberg
      @Zooumberg 2 роки тому +1

      @@Eralen00 You can't smoke either in the UK. That is what annoys me, this place you can smoke indoors where the rest of us in the UK can't. But I suppose for the rich and famous or the MP's, for we but not for thee.

  • @BenBen153
    @BenBen153 7 років тому +5

    I love the cough at 1:57

  • @daedalus1279
    @daedalus1279 3 роки тому +2

    I was there in 2019 and had no idea it was the oldest cigar shop! Definitely gonna view the pipe I bought there in a new way

  • @dustingreen9075
    @dustingreen9075 3 роки тому +1

    I've been in this shop, and have a pic in Churchill's chair. Actually just randomly went into the shop to buy a cigar, and found out the history. A great visit!

  • @mukadewolf530
    @mukadewolf530 5 років тому +27

    *CIGARS AND COFFEE IN THE MORNING GOD DAMN WORLD BEST COMBINATION*

    • @aurum6664
      @aurum6664 5 років тому +3

      You're playing a dangerous game my friend

    • @vinxcxcxcxc6354
      @vinxcxcxcxc6354 5 років тому

      Hey just because the oldman at his age is still smoking doesnt mean its the same story for everybody.

    • @neanam
      @neanam 5 років тому

      Quit using the Lord's name in vain my guy

    • @malthus101
      @malthus101 4 роки тому +2

      I've never smoked a cigar in the morning - any you'd recommend?

    • @KCJbomberFTW
      @KCJbomberFTW 4 роки тому +2

      Aurum 666 he probably doesn’t have to drive far to work if he has time for morning cigars and cigars are not nearly as dangerous as cigarettes let alone automobiles

  • @TheAmpolic
    @TheAmpolic 7 років тому +9

    i went to their Dublin store and it was smaller but amazing

  • @michaelwalker1964
    @michaelwalker1964 3 роки тому

    I just received my cigars today fro you guys ty for a fast delivery and great packaging

  • @JJsiN84
    @JJsiN84 2 роки тому

    Not a everyday smoker, but I love to sit down a few times a year with a good cigar. Great way to slow down and just unwind.

  • @Spectrumpicture
    @Spectrumpicture 5 років тому +4

    Welp, time to update my bucket list.

  • @Pathfinder-Doc
    @Pathfinder-Doc 5 років тому +60

    I can only imagine the wonderful smell in there.

  • @jigrodrigues
    @jigrodrigues 3 роки тому +2

    My favorite go to place in London. I don't smoke but I usually drink a bongo when I'm sitting on that chair.

  • @DavidLLambertmobile
    @DavidLLambertmobile 5 років тому +3

    The 🎶 is 👍... good background music...

  • @rubenscott3972
    @rubenscott3972 6 років тому +13

    Ppl smoked everywhere when I was young

    • @hjubris
      @hjubris 3 роки тому

      and I'm glad that changed

    • @Balkancuga
      @Balkancuga 3 роки тому +1

      @@hjubris Im not.You are probably a kid.

  • @LoveDuah
    @LoveDuah 7 років тому +10

    A good reason to visit Mayfair-London. After all there is a museum

  • @rockydee7499
    @rockydee7499 3 роки тому +2

    this is like Vape shop but for old people

  • @GB3770
    @GB3770 6 років тому +1

    I think the fact Churchill was such a long time customer makes this place more interesting than the fact you are the oldest cigar shop - amazing when shops have such history...

  • @therealkingfrances3242
    @therealkingfrances3242 6 років тому +46

    I work right next door

    • @wellnesscoach73
      @wellnesscoach73 4 роки тому +1

      THE REAL KING FRANCES that’s one more blessing in your life.( imagine someone in texas breathless just by looking at the inside of the shop and counting the coins in my piggy bank so to afford the trip to the UK)😞

    • @ricthomas9788
      @ricthomas9788 3 роки тому +1

      I would be there at least one lunch hour per week. Very enjoyable way to spend an hour or two.

  • @Bennydabomber7718
    @Bennydabomber7718 4 роки тому +4

    I’ve smoked here a few times, great place to go for a smoke, would recommend.

  • @wesleypeters4112
    @wesleypeters4112 3 роки тому +2

    At 0:54. Those cigars were in the presence of Queen Victoria! So amazing.

  • @yonatanmakara6856
    @yonatanmakara6856 6 років тому +1

    I love the smell of cigars when its being smoke. My father use to smoke it and i love that smell.

  • @Repcitykickz
    @Repcitykickz 7 років тому +13

    my mate has just gone to cuba i cant wait for him to get back

  • @chavelymartinez4671
    @chavelymartinez4671 5 років тому +35

    This brings back many memories of my childhood because I grew up seeing how my family made Puros all day at home.
    #🇨🇺 #LandOfPuros👌 #LightingACohibaNow🤫

  • @sammykyriakides7886
    @sammykyriakides7886 3 роки тому

    Nothing like a good cigar___love it__ may the shop go from strength to strength

  • @freespirit906
    @freespirit906 6 років тому

    What a grand establishment, will endeavour to visit .

  • @yunussomething7993
    @yunussomething7993 3 роки тому +20

    "One of the only places in the UK where people can still smoke inside"
    Laughs in turkish coffeeshop

    • @andrefecteau
      @andrefecteau 3 роки тому +2

      cigars and cigarettes are not even comparable...

    • @joshuagumpert8910
      @joshuagumpert8910 3 роки тому

      A Turkish coffee shop is my happy place.

  • @GunCollector007
    @GunCollector007 6 років тому +35

    Cigar Heaven!

  • @dragonmaster7841
    @dragonmaster7841 5 років тому

    Cool shop. I love places with history.

  • @charlesncharge6298
    @charlesncharge6298 3 роки тому

    A visit to James J Fox just found its way onto my bucket list.

  • @damatt9429
    @damatt9429 6 років тому +5

    I fondly remember sitting in that shop on my 18th birthday, taking a seat in Churchill’s chair then retreating upstairs for a wonderful Romeo y Julieta short Churchill.... what fond memories

  • @cameronrivascreativedirector
    @cameronrivascreativedirector 7 років тому +186

    I often wonder why a business doesn't have the right to be smoker friendly. If you're a non-smoker, just don't go to places where it's allowed.

    • @reeffeeder
      @reeffeeder 5 років тому +32

      Liability for the employees. If they get cancer from second hand smoke they'd have a good case against the business.

    • @tijmen131
      @tijmen131 5 років тому +16

      @@reeffeeder nowadays we have such good ventilation systems that someone next to you can smoke but you will barely smell it, let alone inhale any smoke. I understand that 10/20/30 years ago there was barely any ventilation and second hand smoke was a problem. But times have change, luckily.

    • @-----REDACTED-----
      @-----REDACTED----- 5 років тому +17

      Simple: smokers are a distinct ever decreasing minority, which, objectively, is a good thing. And I am a pipe smoker.

    • @masvindu
      @masvindu 5 років тому +2

      @@-----REDACTED----- I don't know if that is true for most countries, but I would hope so. I smoke cigarettes myself, way too many at that. I quit once, will probably do so again. I also once smoked pipes, that was much nicer.
      Either way, it has just been a detriment to my well being for the most part, including the annoyance of not being allowed to smoke anywhere XD (Though Switzerland is awesome, in bars and malls, train stations and airports etc, they have ventilated indoor smoking areas which are very nice.)

    • @miket2951
      @miket2951 5 років тому +2

      In Japan and Korea they have ventilation systems for smokers - even in restaurants.

  • @TheBandana1969
    @TheBandana1969 4 роки тому +1

    My dad and grand dad smoked cigars or pipe. The aroma of cigar and some pipe tobacco is fantastic. I smoked cigarettes for some years but gave up.

  • @Steve20127
    @Steve20127 5 років тому

    Wonderful, elegant and so very civilised.

  • @glyrtv
    @glyrtv 5 років тому +4

    I don't why this is recommended but one cigar please.

  • @KiloByte69
    @KiloByte69 7 років тому +339

    Naturally the same aristocrats who banned smoking in public places set aside an exception here for themselves.

    • @PiOfficial
      @PiOfficial 6 років тому +94

      KiloByte Sorry but it's liberal douchebags that want to control our freedoms not aristocrats that probably have far more interesting things to be doing.

    • @catlee8064
      @catlee8064 5 років тому +50

      Aristocrats??? Im a truck driver...i go in there at least once a year to smoke/buy....

    • @filipmac5577
      @filipmac5577 5 років тому

      hahaha

    • @msato8650
      @msato8650 5 років тому +38

      The aristocrats would love to have the smoking ban lifted, its the liberals that wanted to ban smoking on public. Just look at all the members club in central London, most members are what you called as “aristocrats”, all the smoking room are now non-smoking rooms.

    • @tijmen131
      @tijmen131 5 років тому +14

      It's a smoking lounge inside a tobacco shop, seems perfectly normal to me. It's good that they banned inside smoking but allow places like this for diehard tobacco fans.

  • @towerofresonance4877
    @towerofresonance4877 2 роки тому

    I wish I had one of these around where I live. All windy mountainous terrain with no cover😆👍

  • @alexandrayoung9831
    @alexandrayoung9831 4 роки тому

    Great cigar shop! Girlfriend took me as a surprise Went in while it was quiet and he took me downstairs and let me sit in the chair! Absolutely wonderful shop was such an awesome experience

  • @TheNumber86
    @TheNumber86 4 роки тому +10

    Cigars are so damn cool. What a shame that they're so unhealthy, otherwise I'd smoke like a chimney.

    • @kb26inla
      @kb26inla 4 роки тому +10

      Not unhealthy at all, in fact shown to prevent or slow down Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases. Like everything good in life, it must be consumed in moderation. Don't confuse cigars with cigarettes, as they don't even have real tobacco in them. It's all paper and chemicals

    • @NickWalenda
      @NickWalenda 4 роки тому

      @@kb26inla +1

    • @andresalzmann2255
      @andresalzmann2255 4 роки тому +2

      Bruh get yourself some cigars and live a little

    • @liamc1102
      @liamc1102 4 роки тому +3

      Cigarettes are unhealthy. Not Cigars.

    • @topophil
      @topophil 3 роки тому +2

      They're not as bad as cigarettes. You don't inhale. Your mouth and throat take a hit, but then again, you smoke once a week or even less. I am willing to take that remaining risk for the pleasure I get.

  • @kukkapurkkiteam
    @kukkapurkkiteam 5 років тому +4

    I heard UK has high cigar prices but those are like double to Germany

    • @ministryofcigars8222
      @ministryofcigars8222 5 років тому

      That's true. It;s because of the tobacco tax. In the UK, there's a tax per weight and then VAT. In Germany it's a small percentage of the value.

    • @puressenceuk35
      @puressenceuk35 5 років тому

      @@ministryofcigars8222 Yeah the prices here in blighty are insance, hence why I've started buying from the US.

    • @ministryofcigars8222
      @ministryofcigars8222 5 років тому

      @@puressenceuk35 Try living in Singapore or worse, New Zealand and Australia. Worse than the UK

    • @puressenceuk35
      @puressenceuk35 5 років тому

      @@ministryofcigars8222 sounds like a nightmare

  • @gwinnet3142
    @gwinnet3142 5 років тому

    Very interesting video 👍

  • @godofwarmcruwu4048
    @godofwarmcruwu4048 7 років тому

    Great video

  • @cookieman8057
    @cookieman8057 7 років тому +333

    But do they got vape juice

    • @amaethon2117
      @amaethon2117 7 років тому +6

      Justin Best Poor attempt at a homophobic slur, Must try harder. C-

    • @Alex-it6xy
      @Alex-it6xy 7 років тому

      Justin Best You're a smart individual

    • @Alex-it6xy
      @Alex-it6xy 7 років тому +1

      Corey Williams I vape

    • @frankiegee6135
      @frankiegee6135 6 років тому +2

      Corey Williams shut up Cory Hart go wear your sunglasses at night.

    • @krugersavage6347
      @krugersavage6347 5 років тому

      smoking is one of the best masculine pleasures

  • @-RunninNGunnin-
    @-RunninNGunnin- 5 років тому +5

    When you smoke a big fat cigar at least wear a suit :D

  • @therickpound
    @therickpound 4 роки тому

    Love that shop, such a great smell, reminds me of when I snuck a dozen or so boxes of cigars out of Cuba in 91, could only get Mexican or Honduran product unless you went to Foxes...or Cuba, made sense at the time lol, those were the days.

  • @AwesomeSauce81
    @AwesomeSauce81 2 місяці тому

    Was hoping to visit next week, but a fractured ankle put a stop to to the visit to the Uk from Australia for a while. I will visit eventually though.

  • @frozenfox1614
    @frozenfox1614 5 років тому +4

    How can Oscar Wilde be a customer when the shop opened in 1947?

    • @petersmith9254
      @petersmith9254 5 років тому

      Frozen Fox dont argue

    • @bigsmoke1410
      @bigsmoke1410 5 років тому +2

      The shop first opened its doors in 1881 in Dublin, before moving to London in 1947.

  • @killian7120
    @killian7120 5 років тому +4

    opened in 1947 and oscar wilde was a customer, okay then

    • @gantmj
      @gantmj 5 років тому +1

      They were located in Dublin for 66 years prior to their move to London in 1947.

    • @jec1ny
      @jec1ny 4 роки тому +1

      Actually their history goes back to the 1700s. www.jjfox.co.uk/heritage

  • @looneyirish007
    @looneyirish007 3 роки тому +2

    I regularly frequent their original shop here in Dublin, Ireland for cigars which is there since the late 1880's

    • @anthonydowling3356
      @anthonydowling3356 2 роки тому

      Do you really ? Revenue will be paying you a visit .

    • @looneyirish007
      @looneyirish007 2 роки тому

      @@anthonydowling3356 why on earth would revenue pay me a visit for buying cigars. seriously pal. no logic in your statement

    • @anthonydowling3356
      @anthonydowling3356 2 роки тому

      @@looneyirish007 Because you have money to burn .joke ,joke lol

  • @thelonelyguy4852
    @thelonelyguy4852 5 років тому +1

    Pollution more dangerous than smoking

  • @CadillacM
    @CadillacM 7 років тому +8

    did anyone notice the guy in the pink suit, the color of his teeth? holy crap.

    • @tijmen131
      @tijmen131 6 років тому +2

      thats what you get when you smoke and don't take enough care of your teeth

  • @jorgenmac
    @jorgenmac 4 роки тому +8

    The statements "First opened its doors in 1947" and "Churchill was a customer of ours for some 64 years" don't quite work together

    • @cygnusx-1862
      @cygnusx-1862 4 роки тому +2

      I thought the same thing..I think maybe was 1847

    • @ciora1980
      @ciora1980 4 роки тому +1

      definitely, if Oscar Wilde was a customer

    • @Themuthu0808
      @Themuthu0808 4 роки тому

      I came here for this

    • @stantondinger5836
      @stantondinger5836 4 роки тому +1

      This is from the video description
      Cigar merchants James J. Fox, based in London’s upmarket Mayfair region first opened its doors in 1881 in Dublin, before moving to London in 1947.

  • @KING-lw8nv
    @KING-lw8nv 3 роки тому

    Imagine if the place burned down, Passerby can just snort for free

  • @GMG455
    @GMG455 3 роки тому +1

    imagine if those walls could talk man

  • @mikkel533
    @mikkel533 6 років тому +7

    Well, He look healthy morethan some vegan.

  • @jvcquieroberts4598
    @jvcquieroberts4598 6 років тому +5

    My daddy

  • @danieltaylor1038
    @danieltaylor1038 3 роки тому

    Spent a fantastic day at jj fox a couple of years ago with friends. As soon as you walk in your made to feel welcome and have a wealth of knowledge and a brilliant range of cigars

  • @Sundays566
    @Sundays566 3 роки тому

    I used to go for walks, puffing away in london, when I bought their cigars, which could last 20 minutes or more....,there's a lovely park nearby

  • @12on12offTV
    @12on12offTV 7 років тому +24

    Do they got swishers???

    • @mitchalmaines1232
      @mitchalmaines1232 7 років тому +1

      evolkuf hellafornia 😂I'm sure they got reallllyyy high end swishers

    • @12on12offTV
      @12on12offTV 7 років тому +1

      Mitchal Maines I need one lol

    • @mitchalmaines1232
      @mitchalmaines1232 7 років тому +1

      😂😂I need copenhagen

    • @Aron-ru5zk
      @Aron-ru5zk 6 років тому

      They probably have some drew estate cigars which are the people that own swishers

    • @Soxruleyanksdrool
      @Soxruleyanksdrool 5 років тому

      In San Francisco they got swishers.

  • @RiotHouseLP
    @RiotHouseLP 7 років тому +5

    Nothing like darkly stained brown teeth to charm the ladies with! Definitely an old guy's hobby when you just don't give a crap anymore haha!

  • @TheUniversalEyes
    @TheUniversalEyes 2 роки тому +1

    The greatest smell in the world is a tobacco shop.

  • @go-random9004
    @go-random9004 3 роки тому +1

    damn, this store with the man, is CLASS!

  • @freakyflow
    @freakyflow 5 років тому +4

    Asian girlfriend with a Monte Cristo in one hand Appleton reserved rum in the other hand. Purple and red sunset off a Philippine beach....
    Someone once asked me when i knew she was the one.

  • @enricomemmoli7399
    @enricomemmoli7399 6 років тому +3

    maybe the oldest is Hanjenius in Amsterdam

  • @mountainboyoakley3119
    @mountainboyoakley3119 2 роки тому +1

    It's crazy I'm a non smoke for 58yrs, I like a cigar once a year when fishing.

  • @jayaychare7318
    @jayaychare7318 3 роки тому +1

    Some newbie coughing his lungs up on his first inhale at 1:57

  • @madmax7990
    @madmax7990 4 роки тому +3

    1:58 cough cough cough nice timing

  • @sumertheory
    @sumertheory 7 років тому +24

    smoking is so cool

  • @pross6525
    @pross6525 9 місяців тому

    I would love to visit this fine cigar lounge.

  • @rjeefamily926
    @rjeefamily926 3 роки тому +1

    That man is the most pleasant cigar smoker I have ever seen. If more of them had that personality I might even give smoking a try

    • @sparkplug1018
      @sparkplug1018 3 роки тому

      Like many things,most are very good people, and pretty interesting. Then again you have the obnoxious minority that ruin the reputation. See it with cigars, wine, scotch, etc.

    • @adama4791
      @adama4791 9 місяців тому

      Having been to many cigar lounges most people are like that. Most people are in a cigar lounge to simply enjoy the moment, relax and be in good company.