Iwan Ries & Co., America’s Oldest Pipe and Tobacco Store

[Mike N]

Pretty cool website. Smoking lounge memberships (great photos) only(!) $1000 annually. I’m buying a $50 Iwan Ries ashtray and some tobacco as a gesture to this classic brick & mortar in Chicago.

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Iwan Ries & Co. is the oldest family owned tobacco shop in the country. We specialize in smoking pipes, pipe tobacco, cigar, humidors and the most essential smoking supplies: cigar cutters, Colibri lighters, tobacco pouches and more. Home of Three Star Pipe Tobacco. Dunhill White Spot Pipe...

www.iwanries.com

 

[rodo]

Fantastic place with terrific staff.

 

[warren]

For over 100 years.

They were a sponsor here at one time if memory serves, which it often doesn't.

 

[mso489]

They have a phenomenal inventory of about 15,000 pipes, so if there is anything you are looking for they may have it. Also, their house pipes are well above their price point in quality. Currently they are sourced from Genod, which is the source of their first house pipes. Many years ago I got several of their Bentons by Edwards made of Algerian oil-cured briar, and they still look great and smoke great. It's good to have a pipe stamped Iwan Ries. Their Three Star Blue and other blends have appeal depending on your tastes. It is the oldest and by some measures the largest pipe store in the U.S.

The Nat Sherman store on 42nd Street in Manhattan was not nearly as old, but was a contender for size and prestige for some years, but alas, the pandemic closed it down.

 

[sablebrush52]

Iwan Ries is the classiest on line seller there is! And to think that they date back to 1857, pretty close to the birth of the briar pipe!

 

[huckleberry]

They have always taken good care of me!

I've never had any issues in any of my orders...

 

[yanoJL]

Visiting that store is on my bucket list. It's like my own personal Graceland.

 

[spike]

I spent the first 31 years of my life in Chicago. I used to take regular trips to IRC and bought many pipes and tobaccos there. In fact the last office I worked in there was three blocks away. Way too convenient and my wallet reflected that.