Cigar lounge chain to open in Paradise Valley

La Casa de la Habana is a lavish two-story cigar-centric venue opening in Harmonie Park/Paradise Valley. The 7,000-square-foot space will include retail, which is already open, as well as a cigar and martini lounge and a VIP cigar club, which will open in a few weeks.

The retail aspect of La Casa includes a Spanish cedar walk-in humidor stocked with cigars from around the world. Aficionados also will find cigar and pipe accessories, wine and a shoeshiner -- plus the skills of Luis Acosta, a Cuban master cigar roller, who is La Casa's in-house cigar maker.

In another wing of the building, Camancho Cigan & Martini Bar will serve cigars, premium coffees, martinis and mojitos with a side of live music.

The second floor of La Casa is closed to the public. The VIP cigar club has a labyrinth of smoking lounges, a meeting room, private lockers-slash-humidors, WI-FI, and a VIP only bar.

La Casa is owned by Ismail Houmain and has other locations in Toledo, OH, Ann Arbor and Plymouth. The Harmonie Park location will celebrate its grand opening on October 23 and 24. It is situated at 1502 Randolph.