Kansas City Reading Coves – Outlaw Cigar (south)
I bring you #5 of a hopefully long-lived series: Kansas City Reading Coves.
When I can, I like my coves like my vaginas: humid and labyrinthine.
Today’s cove: Outlaw Cigar (south) – 13700 Metcalf, Overland Park, KS 66223
I’ve avoided this place for two reasons: 1) it’s a 30 minute or so drive from my house, and 2) the cigars are crazy expensive. The only time I came in here prior to today’s visit was a few months ago. That visit allowed me to not only witness the aforementioned crazy expensive cigars first hand, but also to glimpse the cigar lounge. From my vantage near the cash register I saw only a few leather couches and a TV mounted to the wall. Nice enough, but not nice enough to pay more than twice the standard going rate for a cigar. I left, planning never to return.
Then today, I had a few hours to kill and was in the neighborhood, so I decided to take a deeper look. I am damn glad I did. The lounge, which might more rightfully be called an adjacent building, is just about all the things I could love in a reading cove. The first of two giant rooms contains about 15 leather chairs, 3 mounted televisions, and even a bar (which was closed on this Friday morning, but I assume opens up during special events). Preferring a quiet place to read, the TVs put me off, but I endured. I read for about an hour, then when searching for a restroom, I happened upon a super secret back lounge, this one with TVs turned off. It was perfect. I sat for another hour, just me, Matt Bell‘s How They Were Found, and the silence. The setup almost justifies the cigar prices.
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Rankings out of 10:
| Smoking accommodations | 10 | The lounges are bigger than the rest of the store. Enough said. |
| Furniture comfort | 10 | Very comfy animals died for these chairs. |
| Quiet level | 8 | As long as the TVs are off, this place is great. |
| Temperature comfort | 3 | I don’t think this place has heard of a heater. Maybe a heater would harm the humidors, I don’t know. But still, some space heaters or something would be nice. |
Maybe that’s why it’s called Outlaw: when you’re one the lam and off the grid, you pay a premium for supplies, Prohibition-style. Looks cool, man.