GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — A cigar lounge has opened inside a former bank branch on Grand Rapids’ West Side, offering around 500 different cigars and a range of spirits.
Patel’s Cigar Lounge & Spirits held its soft opening last week at 700 Bridge St. NW near Gold Avenue NW.
It’s owned by brothers Tony and Harsh Patel, who also own West Side Smoke Shop. The two have been dreaming of a cigar lounge for more than a decade, they told News 8.
“We finally decided to go ahead and get in there,” Harsh Patel said.
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When the Fifth Third Bank branch closed and the Bridge Street building became available, the brothers were very familiar with the space: When they were young, their parents ran a bakery from the space right next door, which now houses one of West Side Smoke Shop’s locations…