Royale Cigar Lounge Celebrates Opening Long in the Making Ammar Karmi’s dream has long been to open a cigar lounge, at least since the early 1990s. He says he’s never been a club kind of guy, and he enjoys smoking a good cigar every once in a while. But he couldn’t find anywhere, sans bigger

https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2018/07/12/whats-the-secret-behind-royale-cigar-lounge.html By Dan Eaton  – Staff reporter, Columbus Business First Jul 12, 2018, 1:41pm The owner of the new Royale Cigar Lounge doesn’t expect it to be a one-off. Ammar Karmi spent 20 years dreaming about and four years planning his new venture at 297 Georgesville Road on the city’s west side. The lounge, which is across from the

https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2018/07/11/why-and-how-an-entrepreneur-brought-a-cigar-lounge.html?ana=RSS&s=article_search&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+bizj_national+%28Bizjournals+National+Feed%29 By Dan Eaton  – Staff reporter, Columbus Business First Jul 11, 2018, 12:32pm EDT Updated Jul 11, 2018, 2:13pm One of the more interesting things about Royale Cigar Lounge is that its owner isn’t really much of a cigar guy. “I’m really not a huge smoker,” Ammar Karmi told me. “I do it occasionally, but only when the environment is right.”

https://www.dispatch.com/news/20180905/central-ohio-lounges-provide-upscale-outlet-for-cigar-smoking 3/3 By Megan Henry Posted Sep 5, 2018 at 8:19 PM Updated Sep 6, 2018 at 5:19 AM The new Royale Cigar Lounge on the West Side offers cigars from $5 to $100 in a luxurious setting, but it’s another item that helps set the shop apart: liquor. The lounge is one of central