Post #305467 by Mai Tai on Thu, May 10, 2007 1:22 PM

Cigars do go well with Tiki bars. Martin at Forbidden Island has a monthly cigar and rum event, on the last Sunday of every month - we smoke out on the back patio. He's been pairing rums and cigars from the same country of origin. Very nice.

As to what cigars go well with tiki drinks, well... there are tons of cigars out there, so it's a matter of personal preference. Personally, I prefer smoking thicker ring gauge cigars, like robustos, churchills, and figurados. If my drink was on the savory side, I'd probably smoke something on the spicey side, and if my drink was sweet, I'd smoke something smooth and creamy, like a Monte Cristo #2 torpedo.

I'm in agreement with Unga that the Tiki Ti can get too smokey at times, even with only a ccuple of people smoking just cigarettes, and cigars can overpower the place. But I guess that's also part of the appeal, a retro bar with the throwback to when smoking was still allowed inside.