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Post by bonanzadriver on Oct 13, 2023 22:06:21 GMT -5
As luck would have it I was back in Boston for business this week. As even more luck would have it my hotel, Four Seasons was was just across the street from Peretti's... Of course I went there (twice). ;-)  |
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Post by Silver on Oct 13, 2023 22:51:15 GMT -5
Good to see you, Dino!
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Post by coalsmoke on Oct 14, 2023 6:49:57 GMT -5
While living in CT many years ago, I used to go to Boston for business. It must have been at Peretti's that I bought a box of my favorite cigars.
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Post by urbino on Oct 14, 2023 14:49:11 GMT -5
Have to say the exterior of the shop looks pretty down at the heel. Doesn't exactly scream "Come have a look around!"
For those who haven't seen it, there's an extended video tour and interview with the owner of Peretti's on YT. It's well worth watching.
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Post by Silver on Oct 14, 2023 15:12:22 GMT -5
Could use a little paint.
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Post by urbino on Oct 14, 2023 15:16:04 GMT -5
And the display windows don't look like they've been touched, cleaned, or dusted since the '70s.
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Post by Silver on Oct 14, 2023 15:23:53 GMT -5
Part of the charm.
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Post by Rattlesnake Daddy on Oct 14, 2023 19:18:56 GMT -5
As luck would have it I was back in Boston for business this week. As even more luck would have it my hotel, Four Seasons was was just across the street from Peretti's... Of course I went there (twice). ;-) Nice. I've ordered from them, but still haven't made it down. I'm only about 85 miles north, but try not to drive in Boston if I can help it.
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Post by qmechanics on Oct 18, 2023 18:02:20 GMT -5
Everytime I went to Boston a visit was in order. I really like that store.
I believe my last visit was 10 years ago....
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Post by Silver on Oct 18, 2023 18:56:43 GMT -5
Many years ago, I had a friend who went to grad school at Boston University. He was the guy who got me interested in pipe smoking. I visited several times. Never made it to Peretti, but I did go to Ehrlich's. Bought a pipe there.
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Post by Zach on Oct 18, 2023 22:09:13 GMT -5
I love the old tobacconists when they maintain the old look and feel, there are only a handful of them holding on that have been in the US since the 1800s. Riegel's here is very similar. I think I'll go down there for a visit sometime in the next few days.
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Post by rastewart on Oct 20, 2023 18:11:34 GMT -5
My traveling days are probably over for good, but if I were ever in Boston again, I would certainly seek out this place.
We still have Iwan Ries in Chicago, the last of the very old-school tobacconists that I remember around here. Talk about unprepossessing exteriors, Iwan Ries doesn't even have a storefront--just a door in a building that has seen better days, from which you have to go up a floor. Ah, but the smell that greets you as you mount those slightly seedy stairs. (There is also an ancient elevator that might--might--accommodate two adults if neither is too hefty.) Being aged and a little shabby myself, I appreciate stores that are the same.
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