Remember when you were growing up and cigars, poker, and Dean Martin were all considered "uncool"?
Pretty much the only folks smoking them were decrepit old guys like Buddy Young Jr. and maybe George Burns.
Funny, but old.
Then the 90s happened and suddenly everyone was a poker ace, loved cigars, and thought Dean Martin was the King of Cool.
Well, about 10 years too late the City Club decided to cash in on the trend and became a "cigar bar."
Lo and behold, now that cigars have receded to their pre-craze levels, the City Club has abandoned the concept:
Right -- they want the lunch buffet and also to be able to bill it to their law firms.The Miami City Club has ousted the private cigar club it brought in to run its 55th floor location in downtown Miami's Wachovia Financial Center in an attempt to revive its buttoned-down appeal.
The private club favored by executives for its lunchtime buffet brought in the Havana Club in 2006 to boost revenues with nighttime events and a more exclusive vibe: offering limousine rides to members attending nearby events and 24-hour concierge service. But even with a major renovation of the club, the changes weren't well received by members, according to a press release.
''We want to reach out and bring home members . . . who have not been as happy with the new club format and themes as we had hoped they would be,'' said board member Nabil Achkar.
Not a hard formula, I think.
Also, I hear in about six years the City Club will be rolling out "flat bread" and possibly "paninis."
10 comments:
Poplin???
So what? The cigar "craze" of the late 90's was exactly that. It was not about cigars but about how people, suddenly flush with the accoutrements of power and prestige, wanted to be perceived by their peers. In other words, all hat and no cattle. The real cigar smoker never needed to re-assure himself about his own masculinity by smoking over priced stogies in front of people he didn't know. He simply lit up in his own house or, if he was married, his patio, with a glass of wine or scotch without giving off an air of self importance and conceit.
In the 90's I used to light my overpriced cigars with 100 dollar bills. now; sadly, I light my overpriced cigars with my unanswered mortgage modification request letters
Everyone made money when Clinton was President.
Rump, it's a lightweight suit fabric, leaves you a little cooler.
8:34, I still enjoy a cigar now and then and I agree with you -- it was the conspicuous consumption aspect that was slightly annoying.
"the changes weren't well received by members"
They can never leave well enough alone.
They scammed everyone in Westchester and Saddle River they had to go to Miami to find fresh meat. They have not a clue on operating a restaurant/club. Anyone foolish enough to trust them lost there money.I also learned they are being investigated for theft.
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