Wife's boss headed there and would like to see if she'd grab me some sticks. Thanks.
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I haven't been to McAllen in years, there is a Tinder Box there.
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Good question. I am not aware of one. There are two in Laredo, one has potential the other is over priced and for people from Monterrey. I will be in the Valley this weeked and will let you know if I find anything.

Maybe their is a good shop in Matamoros. :-)
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Maybe a BOTL/SOTL, from the valley, can chime in on Casa Petrides Tobaccos.
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That looks like it has potential.
Checked the TinderBox site but it appears its selection is limited.
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Just have whatever shipped to her hotel
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Agreed I guess I have a new stop on my way to Brown Town. :-) I'll let you know what I find this weekend.
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Well I stopped by Casa Petrides on Saturday. Easy review: Great place. :-)

To give you an idea of the humidor: I am 6'3" and had trouble reaching the top shelf of singles. Any NC cigar you are looking for you will find at Petrides. Well unless you are looking Anejo's. :-)

On top of that they have a lounge with full bar, great atmosphere and plenty of accessories and food too. There might be other places in McAllen but I sure didn't bother.

I even found a few tasties to bring home with me too:

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cool. Looks like the place to hit. Thanks for the detective work!
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Old thread bump!

I second. Very nice place. Here now with a cold beer and an oliva series v.
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I was in 2 weeks ago and was very happy to see the bar had been expanded and they now have a lot of beer on tap, including some tasty craft stuff.

The staff are very nice and I don't miss a chance to go in to the Casa.


However I never said this before. But after frequenting this establishment quite a bit I have to warn all my B/SOTL. Do not under any circumstance take cigars home from their humidor. Buy and smoke there only. Or bring your own. As long as you are drinking they don't mind.
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Why not take them home? I had my own but bought a couple per personal etiquite rules. :-)

Also, we need to meet up down there or corpus, or pharr, or SA sometime .
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I encountered mold and beetles in their humidor several times. I found boxes completely consumed by beetles in the humidor. It wasn't exactly unknown to the regulars that they had issues.

Like I said if you are drinking you don't need to buy cigars.


As for a herf, definitely or if you are in the Houston area too.
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Ohhhh. Yeah, I did not pay that much attention. I just grabbed a couple Padron 3000 so I felt better and then lit up what I brought.

One thing I can say is that I was pretty dang impressed with the selection. They even had some of the rare Fuente stuff like Forbidden X etc.

I do not get to Houston very often. Almost never, actually. I cover SA, out to Del Rio, down to Brownsville, Corpus, Victoria and back up.
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Ya it was rare Fuente's that I found the beetles. Started lookin around and seeing some old boxes. Popped them open and was shocked to say the least. After getting to know some of the locals I asked a few descreet questions. They have a huge humidor and great selection, I think they don't get the turnaround on some stuff add that to a lack of maintenance and I think that is the cause of their issues. That and employee's that while nice people who I know by first name don't know the difference between mold and plume.

Well I get to SA and the Valley every once and a while. Might even be in SA for Labor Day herf. I'll let ya know.
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