Only in Tampa: A cigar lounge in a place youâd never expect â a historic church
Historic Tampa church transformed into a cigar lounge
and last updated 2021-04-05 08:06:53-04
TAMPA, Fla. â A 115-year-old church is getting a new life under a haze of smoke.
Services haven t been held at the First Congressional Church for decades. The old building is now getting a new life from some ambitious entrepreneurs.
Tampa is known as the cigar capital of the world. That is what led cigar aficionado Angela Yue to move from California to Florida. California is just not the most conducive place to have a business, let alone a tobacco-centered business, and Tampa being the cigar capital of the world, this is the most appropriate place to be, Yue said.