The Midwest Cigar Summit
Hall of Fame
2007 Inductees
Honoring the best of the best for places to smoke cigars
Midwest Cigar Summit:
Hall Of Fame

Jimmy's Bar--West Peoria, IL

Town of Havana, IL

Metropolitan Society--Fairfield, NJ
2008 Inductees
Honoring the People that make Cigar Smoking Fun
Kinky Friedman--Humorist, Author, Musician, Politician, and owner of
Kinky Friedman Cigars

Gene Arganese--President/Founder of Arganese Cigars

Rolando Reyes--President of Reyes Family Cigars
2009 Inductees
The People, Places, and Things that You Love About Cigars
Tommy Zarzecki--Man's Man, Cigar Enthusiast Supreme, and owner of
planetzman.com

Greg Woith--Founder of the Midwest Cigar Summit

Gentleman's Cigar Society--On a mission to further the cigar enthusiast
network in Central Illinois.
Jimmy's Bar         
Terry Ewing enjoys a cigar
in Havana, IL
The entrance to the
Metropolitan Society
Kinky Friedman
Lucas Woith and Gene
Arganese pose after
Gene's induction
ceremony into the
Midwest Cigar Summit Hall
of Fame
Rolando Reyes poses
with some of his prize
positions.
Tommy Zarzecki
in the XM Studios
following one of
his appearances
on the
Ron & Fez Show
From left to right, 2008 inductee
Gene Arganese, 2010 inductee
Jeff McSweeney, and 2009
inductee Greg Woith enjoy their
cigars at Jimmy's Bar, a 2007
inductee
The GCS has been
furthering the crusade for
cigar enjoyment since
their founding in 2000
2010 Inductees
The People, Places, and Things That We Love About Cigars
Pete Johnson--Founder of Tatuaje Cigars, named the hottest cigar brand in the country by
Smoke Magazine

Jeff McSweeney--Official Graphic Designer of the Midwest Cigar Summit, founding member
of the GCS, and indispensable in creating the Midwest Cigar Summit

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Pete Johnson poses in the
latest Tatuaje Cigars ad,
shot by the legendary
Manny Iriarte
Jeff McSweeney
celebrates our final
night in Santiago