Puffs n Stuff

Was there last night until midnight. The bar tender Matt took good care of us.
Glad to see this place reopened plus the new owners sound like more open to events.
Good to have a place in the South hills to smoke cigars.

This place is back open!!! According to the website it looks like it was bought by Puff-​N-​Stuff

The story of Jernigan’s is a cautionary tale.
I first got into cigars in 2000 when a friend of mine (a regular at the time) invited me to the store. At the time, it was the premier cigar shop in the Pittsburgh area. The owner, Frank Jernigan (in his own day a legend among tobacconists, if you go back that far), greeted me at the door with a handshake, personally showed me the humidor and, seeing as I was just getting started, took time with recommendations to help me get started.
This place had that «place where everyone knows your name», which even included outings for barbecues and such, until about 2004 – 2005, when unfortunately Mr. Jernigan became ill and passed on.
The store changed hands, the selection and the «regular contingent» both declined. Within a few months the only thing that remained of the old Jernigan’s was the name on the door. The «everyone knows your name» crowd mostly filed out (a few died or moved to Florida, many of the rest started going to other shops in the area they were already familiar with) and it quickly took on a «dive bar» atmosphere. The straw that broke the camel’s back (for me) was when another patron physically attacked me because I have a Masters of Business Adminstration (MBA) degree and he thought «MBAs» in his company were hassling him at work, so obviously it was my fault, right? (Sound like dive-​bar behavior?) Not so much that it happened, but the staff’s attitude that his behavior was acceptable. I stopped going there, instead going to other shops, and I didn’t stop to explain why. Betrayal of loyalty goes both ways.
It was right after this the place transitioned from «cigar lounge» to this «cigar shop/​Irish pub with bar food» hybrid thing and every thing I heard about it told me I had even less reason to give it another chance than before. When I found out the place had been seized by a bankruptcy court, it felt like the Karma train scored a direct hit.
The cautionary tale is: when you buy an established «name» business with an already-​in-​place loyal clientele that spends a significant portion of their discretionary income at your shop, don’t ignore them in an effort to push through some «concept» vision they’re verbally telling you they don’t want, especially when they’re ALREADY patronizing your competition on the side. Improve the EXISTING concept, make it more profitable, and use the revenues to build your concept separately.
I saw this coming in 2005.

Closed down as of last Saturday… Sad to see it go. Even their Website & Facebook pages say they are closed.

I have been going here for years to buy cigars… even when they were upstairs in the mall. But I have always been a little skeptical about the bar (I am a drinker) and the premise under which they exist. They offered no food for sale today, and in fact a customer ordered Chinese food on his cell phone to be delivered to the pub so that he could eat dinner. The barmaid sat at the bar the whole time I was there… smoking and chatting up her buds. Avoid at all cost. Had to ask for a drink each time, and for the check. But cigar shop is very good

I didn’t realize this place even existed as a pub until a friend mentioned about their happy hour special — despite being right across Houlihans.
Like the previous review said — this place is basically a tobacco shop that has a pub attached to it. The shop has a good collection of cigars and pipes. Although not a smoker — I’ve been here couple times with a friend (cigar smoker) for few drinks/​cigar after work. The times I’ve been there — I’ve seen mostly older crowds.
If you can’t stand the smoke or the smell — then this is not the place for you.

I have to say that there a few misconceptions that are apparent after reading the other three reviews prior to mine. This place is technically not a restaurant or a pub, but a tobacco shop that has a pub attached to it that happens to offer a small selection of food.
I am reviewing this place purely based on my experiences at the tobacco shop not the pub that is attached although if I get a chance and or the desire I will try the pub but I mainly utilize this place for their expertise in pipes and their variety of pipe tobacco. I have a large old collection of pipes and had an older calabash pipe that was in need of repair. I had been searching for someone who had the connections to get the porcelain bowl repaired as these pipes are now hard to find so repair was my only option. Thankfully Rich was able to make it happen for me and I got my pipe returned to me in much better shape than when I gave it to them. He then gave me a few recommendations on which tobacco would be best smoked out of this particular pipe. He was right on and can’t say I ever really thought of my self as a smoker, much less a pipe smoker. But Everything in moderation right? I will go back here and bother him with some more questions that I’m sure it will be his pleasure to answer.

At the pub/​restaurant side I had a very bad experience, terrible food, even worse service. A complete waste of money, avoid at all costs.

This place is two separate businesses. One is a retail shop which is very nice and typical cigar store. Many varieties. The other part is a cigar bar which serves alcohol and snack food. Nice area but small. When its crowded, you feel it. Each has a separate entrance and a common door.

So this place is a smoker friendly pub, located next to Jernigan’s Tobacco Village in The Galleria.
Looking into the pub, it looks like an olde English gentleman’s study,
which is why I thought it’d be fun to go here. I had also read an article about this place that sang it’s praises.
Don’t bother eating here. I think this is one of those places that only sells food so they can allow indoor smoking.
Service (there was ONE bartender working the entire place) Is slow, food is overpriced and poorly made.
I ordered what was described as a vegetarian sandwich, what I got was a poorly made (and TINY) calzone.