Best Place to Smoke

SFR's 2013 Bar Guide

Smokers are modern-day lepers. I know this because I smoke. Nary a political body convenes without passing some sort of smoking restriction (we can't even enjoy a toasty cigarette on patios anymore). Nonsmokers scowl at you if you light up outside. Passersby start faux-coughing within a 15-foot radius of your evil smoke cloud. Mothers shuffle away sobbing children.

But there's hope: you won't experience any of this opprobrium at Rio Chama Steakhouse's public smoking room, the Humidor (414 Old Santa Fe Trail, 955-0765). This smokers' retreat is all class, with leather seating, premium cigars and drinks poured stiff. Yet no need to drop too much on expensive cigars or spirits: feel free to bring your cigarettes of choice and purchase an inexpensive domestic beer. So, if you're 21 or over, come to the Humidor, light 'em up and relax! No antismoking zealots to pollute the mood while you pollute your lungs here.

by Alexa Schirtzinger

by Loren Bienvenu

by Mia Rose Carbone

by Joey Peters

by Justin Horwath

Best Summertime Drinks

by Enrique Limón

Eight Days a Week

by SFR

by Alexa Schirtzinger

by Alexa Schirtzinger

by SFR

Letters to the Editor

Mail letters to PO Box 4910 Santa Fe, NM 87502 or email them to editor[at]sfreporter.com. Letters (no more than 200 words) should refer to specific articles in the Reporter. Letters will be edited for space and clarity.

We also welcome you to follow SFR on social media (on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter) and comment there. You can also email specific staff members from our contact page.