Smokedale Tobacco

Legit Prices! All around nice store! Always good customer service! They have whatever you need!

I love going there, cheaper than the 2 places by my house and nicer people. I don’t mind the 10 – 30 minute drive depending on traffic.

Sold me a junk tank. Called the store 20 minutes after I bought it. Get this, they said «we have a no exchange no refund policy» Buyer Beware

The situation has been worked out, They have a huge selection and are pretty kind.

When I had just turned 18, I remember thinking, «I get to go to Smokedale now, so that’s cool.» If I only had known what was waiting for me, I severely doubt I would have ever stepped through those doors.
I received my first pipe from Smokedale, a pretty, unique, and fun little thing that I fondly named Juniper. Juniper is, to this day, my favorite part of my collection, and I call her my rescue pipe. Because I rescued her from tobacco hell.
I purchased an herb grinder from Smokedale. The brand was advertised as SharpStone, and me, being a sucker for a good deal, swooped it up at 30 dollars, a pretty good deal for the XXL Hard Top 4-​piece herb grinder. A friend of mine who works for a much smaller shop warned me that my purchase, that was already dulling, may have been counterfeit, knowing that Smokedale does business with shady distribution companies.
I contacted SharpStone via email and attached a picture with the, «patent number.» On the reverse. Sure enough, it was a fake. The man at SharpStone was very apologetic and kind.
It upsets me that a business would advertise themselves as, «The Finest Smoke Shop in Minnesota.» Meanwhile, they’re profitting off of selling their, «valued customers,» cheap knockoffs of the brands we trust.
I’ll happily take my business to The Hideaway, where they know the meaning of, «Minnesota Nice.»
Post statement.
If you feel like being sexually harassed, Smokedale Tobacco is the place for you.

I asked my bf to go get an employee so I could compare two spoons and see their weight. When I said ‘…and I wanted to compare it to this one”, pointing the 2^nd piece out to the employee, he sighed heavily and made a ‘ughhh’ noise, clearly not wanting to help me or giving a shit. When I said ‘what, you don’t want to do your job?’ Because I was taken aback, he said something about how ‘this wasn’t his job’ and how he was the manager… Sorry for wanting to spend my $ at your store. Never again will I make that mistake. You just lost a long time customer, you pretentious prick.

A Couple years ago I probably would have given this place a negative 3, if it would have been possible. It was a bad situation of language barrier and the poor guys inability to take two damn seconds to think about what I was asking before he basically told me to fuck off and get out. I really just wanted to redeem a coupon for a pack of cigarettes and he rang it up wrong multiple times. His co-​worker looked mortified at the things he said to me. He’s since long gone now and I have never had another bad experience.
When you walk into Smokedale, you’re generally greeted by early twenty-​somethings working the counter. They are a little less than helpful, but don’t let them scare you off. Take a look around.
To your right, there are bright gleaming cases filled with fancy lighters and humidors. I usually take a peek at these but I’m cheap by nurture and can’t bring myself to pay $ 20 for a lighter. Not even the one that looks like boobs. The humidors, while nice, are too pricey for me as well.
Next to that is a walk-​in humidor. Walk in.
They carry cigars in a very wide selection of styles, flavors, brands and wraps. Some you’ve probably heard of if you’re a fan, such as; Romeo and Julieta, Macanudo, Cohiba. For the less fancy smoker types they have Acid, Al Capones, Swishers, etc. They usually have gift pack around the holidays which helps take some of the guess work out of which ones to buy. I come here, despite there being other smoke shops near me, when I am doing my Christmas shopping.
If you head toward the back of the store, you enter a separate room full of glass pipes, you know, for tobacco. Or for decoration since some of them look like fish and dragons. Go ahead, pick out a nice gift for Grandma’s birthday. She likes dragons, right?
After MN increased their cigarette tax, Smokedale chose to adapt and are making an effort to carry a large selection of e-​cigarettes. They sell loose tobacco and the cool little machine that makes cigarettes for you. They sell regular cigarettes, too, if you can afford them.
Needless to say, its worth a trip out here to visit Smokedale. Especially if you’re tired of the dried out, stale, improperly stored cigars at other places.