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Library Bar: A Book and Toast
A hidden book-lined room off the Fairmont Royal York lobby, once the hotel's reading room and now one of North America's 50 Best Bars. The menu is organized by literary chapter rather than base spirit.
A Closer Look at Koko's Cookies
Earthy gas, Chem lineage and a session tied directly to place made Koko's Cookies one of those cultivars inseparable from the memory of where we smoked it.
The Porch at Casa del Humidor
A barely-spotted sign and a last-minute U-turn led us to Casa del Humidor, one of the finest cigar sessions of the trip, smoked under a covered porch while the rain pounded everything around us.
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