Potential Cigar Lounge on Main Street Discussed

Representatives for the Smoke Cigar Lounge answered questions at the Manayunk Neighborhood Council meeting on Wednesday.

The Lounge is slated to go in at 4453 Main Street, and it will be a cigar retail space as well as a smoking club.

The owner insisted that cigars are a luxury hobby, and that his longue would not become overrun with “drunk college kids.”

He argued that the target demographic for a smoking lounge is generally men 35 and older.

The Neighborhood Council had raised concerns because the owner had applied for a license that would essentially let the lounge become a nightclub.

The owner told the Neighborhood Council that he is actually applying for a use variance, and that there would be no dancing or deejays. 

Further discussion and a vote on whether or not the civic would support the variance was delayed until next month.