CITY GUIDE
Find cigars in Oakland.
Oakland’s cigar scene feels like Oakland: spread out, neighborhood-driven, and a little rough around the edges in the best way. Fine Ashhh in Uptown is the clearest place to settle in around cigar culture, while The Piedmont Tobacconist is the place to go when you actually want to browse a humidor and talk cigars. Beyond those anchors, the city is a mix of neighborhood smoke shops and bars or lounges that occasionally build a night around cigars.
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811 Oakland
Bar · Old Oakland
811 belongs on the Oakland map for its event nights, not because it is a cigar lounge every day. A recent block party here built in an outdoor cigar lounge and told guests to bring their sticks — exactly the kind of Oakland cigar crossover worth knowing about before the next event lands.
Brickhouse
Bar · Jack London District
Brickhouse brings the cigar scene down toward Jack London. It is not a dedicated cigar lounge, but it has hosted cigar nights and fits the part of Oakland where drinks, events, and the waterfront start blending together.
Evergreen Smoke Shop
Smoke Shop · Fruitvale
Evergreen is the kind of East Oakland stop that earns its place by being useful: it opens early, stays open until 2 a.m., and covers a broad tobacco-and-smoke-shop range. Treat it as a neighborhood cigar pickup rather than a destination humidor.
Fine Ashhh Social Club
Cigar Lounge · Uptown Oakland
If you want the place in Oakland that actually feels built around cigar people, start here. Fine Ashhh gives Uptown a true social-club feel — the kind of stop where the cigar is part of the night, not an afterthought.
Gifts & Smoke Shop
Smoke Shop · Foothill Square
Way out on MacArthur near Foothill Square, Gifts & Smoke is a neighborhood-first stop rather than a cigar destination. It has been serving this part of East Oakland for years, and it belongs here for the practical reason that cigars are part of the tobacco mix when you need a local pickup.
King's Cigar Smoke Shop
Cigar Shop · Fruitvale
King’s is a straight-ahead Fruitvale cigar stop. It is less polished lounge and more neighborhood shop — useful when you are already moving through East Oakland and want a cigar without turning it into a whole production.
New City Plus Smoke Shop
Smoke Shop · Koreatown-Northgate
New City Plus sits right on Telegraph and works best as an easy neighborhood pickup. Cigars are part of a much broader smoke-shop mix, so think convenience first and deep humidor second.
News City Plus
Smoke Shop · Downtown Oakland
Right downtown, News City Plus is the kind of old-school tobacco stop that makes sense when you are already in central Oakland. It has real cigar history, though the current selection is harder to read from the outside than Piedmont’s.
Nick's Smoke Shop
Smoke Shop · West Oakland
Nick’s gives West Oakland a practical cigar stop with a broader smoke-shop feel. Come here for the convenience and neighborhood-shop experience rather than expecting a destination humidor.
The Piedmont Tobacconist
Cigar Shop · Piedmont Avenue
This is the classic Oakland cigar-shop stop. It sits just off Piedmont Avenue, has a real walk-in humidor, and is the place on this list where browsing the selection is part of the experience instead of a quick counter transaction.
Torch Oakland Rooftop Bar
Rooftop · Uptown Oakland
Torch is here for a different reason than the cigar shops: when Oakland turns cigars into an event, this Uptown rooftop has been part of the action. Check the night before heading over specifically to smoke.
Train Station Restaurant & Lounge
Restaurant · Oakland Embarcadero
Down by the Embarcadero, Train Station is more night-out than cigar shop. It earns a spot here because cigar events have actually happened here — just do not assume every regular night is a cigar night.
Upstairs Underground Smoke Shop
Smoke Shop · Fruitvale
Fruitvale locals know this as a broad, no-frills smoke shop. Cigars are in the mix, but the draw is really that it is an easy East Oakland stop with a little bit of everything.