Cubans on the menu... In Maine.

[JGD]

Just had a nice dinner at a restaurant called Havana in Bar Harbor, Maine. It is a Cuban themed restaurant, so I wasn’t entirely suprised that they had a selection of cigars on the menu. What did surprise me was when the waitress pointed out that they have Cuban cigars for sale. I couldn’t help myself, and I asked to see one. Quick glance was all that was needed to spot it as a fake (tell tale sign of off center Taino head). Still, pretty ballsy to advertise on the menu though. 

[dangolf18]

Funny...I was in Beverly Hills a few weeks ago and a well-known shop had a stash of cubans for sale (real ones). I guess some shops and restaurants nowadays are more brazen with openly selling cubans. At least if they are selling fakes, they can claim that they are not selling a real Cuban product.

[DaBoot]

If you are willing to lie about a $30 cigar, what about when the food is about to turn bad?????

[Cairo]

omg--Is the whiskey fake as well?

[SCgarman]

25 minutes ago, Cairo said:

omg--Is the whiskey fake as well?

50% Methanol! ?

[Tstew75]

5 minutes ago, Buck14 said:

Is it a good idea to be “outing” a place like this? 

F them...they're selling fakes!

[Buck14]

5 minutes ago, Tstew75 said:

F them...they're selling fakes!

didnt read the OP carefully...post deleted...i agree

[Wailbait]

Whether the cigars are fake or not, it would be unlikely that they can even get a license to sell tobacco.  Doesn’t Maine ban smoking in public places like bars and restaurants?  I’m assuming that would extend to outdoor dining areas that are restaurant adjacent.  

[JGD]

5 minutes ago, Wailbait said:

Whether the cigars are fake or not, it would be unlikely that they can even get a license to sell tobacco.  Doesn’t Maine ban smoking in public places like bars and restaurants?  I’m assuming that would extend to outdoor dining areas that are restaurant adjacent.  

There wasn’t any place to smoke. They said they could cut it for me and I could walk around town while smoking it.

[Cairo]

Good bet they didn't have the required Maine tobacco license...https://www.maine.gov/dhhs/mecdc/environmental-health/el/site-files/forms/RetailTobaccoApplication.docx

[BeerPimp]

I am guessing they don't know they are fakes.  Either way it seems weird to put cigars on the menu but having no place to smoke them.

[PigFish]

I have never been in a cigar retailer in the US that did not claim to have CCs.

All you need do at a cigar shop is say, "no thanks, I only smoke Cuban cigars..." and boxes of fakes will be thrown at you! Try it sometime.

-the Pig

[MD Puffer]

13 hours ago, Psiman said:

they can be busted even if they are fakes,for intent to distribute. 

yepper... just like selling oregano being passed off a weed to an undercover cop

[TBird55]

12 minutes ago, MD Puffer said:

yepper... just like selling oregano being passed off a weed to an undercover cop

Firsthand knowledge??

[Colt45]

1 hour ago, BeerPimp said:

Either way it seems weird to put cigars on the menu but having no place to smoke them.

Even worse, I believe there are cigar shops around the world that you can't smoke in

[Frozen North]

They should be ashamed of themselves. The prices are ridiculous as well.

[El Hoze]

There are several higher end liquor stores down here in Miami that sell CCs openly depending on the neighborhood. Looking by the selection I have seen, some of them must be real I would imagine as they’re not cigars that are typically faked. Never actually bought one though so who knows! 

[earthson]

21 hours ago, SenorPerfecto said:

 I guess you can’t be busted for selling contraband when it isn’t real, but they’re still duping their customers.

You absolutely can.  Put some flour in a tiny Ziploc bag and sell it to a cop as cocaine or mdma.  See you in 2-5 years.

[MD Puffer]

6 hours ago, TBird55 said:

Firsthand knowledge??

I would never stoop so low as to pass off oregano as cannabis!

[Fuzz AI]

4 hours ago, MD Puffer said:

I would never stoop so low as to pass off oregano as cannabis!

What about cannabis as oregano?

 

[MD Puffer]

8 hours ago, Fuzz said:

What about cannabis as oregano?

 

Well now, the recipient would be coming out ahead- wouldn’t he?   Good karma for me for being generous and a nice surprise for the recipient = Net positivity.

[Fuzz AI]

1 hour ago, MD Puffer said:

Well now, the recipient would be coming out ahead- wouldn’t he?   Good karma for me for being generous and a nice surprise for the recipient = Net positivity.