NAT SHERMAN 'THE TOBACCONIST TO THE WORLD' OPEN'S NEW FLAGSHIP STORE ON NEW YORK CITY'S EAST 42ND STREET

The Nat Sherman Family

The Nat Sherman Store on 42nd street

New York’s own favorite smoke shop, Nat Sherman The Tobacconist to the World since 1930 and a longtime favorite purveyor of great cigars and cigarettes to Hollywood royalty, captains of industry, politicians and wise guys has a brand new home at 12 East 42nd Street. The warm clubby library feel of the new emporium will make celeb customers like Bill Cosby, Chris Noth, Nicholas Cage, Star Jones, Ivana Trump, Tom Selleck, Bette Midler, Lou Gossett Jr., Will Smith and Keanu Reeves feel right at home. Soft amber hues, lots of polished antique wood and even a private club room for regulars to puff away on their Nat Sherman Classics are the drawing cards here – besides being one of a handful of public places to catch a smoke without breaking the law. In fact, at Nat Sherman they are all too happy to light you up.Natalie Cole loves her Nat Sherman natural lights; Telly Savalas aka Kojak stocked up on Cigarettellos here; the late Caroline Bessette Kennedy bought gifts for JFK Jr; Princess Grace of Monaco regularly ordered shipments of the colorful Fantasia cigarettes to the palace in Monte Carlo and Samuel L. Jackson picks up his cigars here whenever he’s in New York as does Sammy Gravano. Rudy Giuliani, Harry Connick Jr., Joe Torre, Mark Consuelos and Gov. Bill Richardson are among the lucky smokers who stash their stogies in private lockers under lock & key in Sherman’s room sized humidor. All the while, Joel Sherman, scion of the tobacco king, and his sons Larry and Bill and daughter Michelle are on hand to light you up in classic New York style.

Nat Sherman is old world charm

Photos By: James Edstrom