Episode #18 – Club Humidor, Huebner Oaks Plaza - San Antonio, TX 78230

Let’s try to shake up the formula a little.

This is the Huebner Oaks edition of the Club Humidor family of stores. If you are familiar with their location in The Quarry, you can see the family resemblance. It is nothing like the Mother Ship down in SA off San Pedro (The Humidor – please, no photos.)

My visit was on a Saturday back in November of ’09. There was quite a crowd gathered around the giant TV watching the Longhorns issue yet another beat down to a hapless conference foe. The Big 12 ain’t what it used to be… There were quite a few men and women enjoying the football game and a cigar, as well as the soft drinks and caffeinated beverages available in the store. This is exactly how a local cigar shop should work.

I chose not to take photos while the shop was jammed with customers. I estimated the mix at about 60/35/5 (male/ female/ indeterminate). My thinking was that if I whipped out the camera and started snapping candids, some of those frenzied football patrons might take exception, rough me up, and toss me out of the store, ala Ron White. … Some of the dudes looked pretty tough, too… and no one wants to get tossed out of a cigar shop by a bunch of girls… or an indeterminate bipedal hominid.

I was surprised at the traffic volume during my brief visit. There was a steady flow of customers in the walk-in humidor and at the accessory cases. Some of the volume may be attributable to holiday gift shopping, but I bet this store is turning in solid numbers year-round.

The photo below is the only one I have to offer. You can tell from the façade that the store is in a fairly new shopping plaza. Most of the other tenants are boutique and specialty shops. The Humidor fits in perfectly with this retail market segment. I left this image full size so you can zoom in a little and pick out a few details. If I had a 10x10000 lens like some people, you could see the UT logo on the shirt of the guy just inside the door.





What you can readily see is that the plaza is clean and well-maintained, the signage is easily visible, and the disabled are encouraged to park right up front. What you can’t easily spot is the fine Wooden Indian just inside the entry on the right and the fat little Punch statue on the left, facing out.

Also inside is a large accessory case on the back wall, the main service counter, and a well-stocked humidor that takes up most of the bay to the left of the main room. There is an excellent selection of all the national brands and premium cigars you expect. The conditions are perfect and the stock appears to be in excellent shape. I picked up a couple figurados for the trip home.

This location is quite a drive from downtown San Antonio, but if you have a reason to travel up to Huebner, you should definitely stop here. If you live nearby and enjoy watching sports with other cigar smokers, put Club Humidor in Huebner Oaks on your list.

Disclaimer and Full Disclosure:
Do not smoke too much; it is bad for you. I have the utmost respect for our Native American brothers. They never wear metallic armor. Ice cream is good. Sometimes I use Stay-Puft marshmallows in hot cocoa. I have no financial interest or ownership interest in any cigar shop, store, retailer, wholesaler, distributor, manufacturer, packager, shipper, stevedore, roller, farmer, harvester, or tobacco farm land lease holder, nor do I receive any other benefit, explicit or implied, from the inclusion of or review of any establishment herein named, referred to, or otherwise described. One guy did give me a free cigar. I watch the Big Bang Theory on CBS. We should promote more old-school pirates. Arrrrgh. The most common commodity in this country is unrealized potential. I think Wooden Indians are cool. I wish more Cigar Store Indians were made from actual wood. Please, no flash photography.