In 1953, the J.C. Newman Cigar Company bought the Regensburg Cigar Factory and moved its operation from Cleveland, Ohio to Tampa. Today it is not only the last remaining cigar manufacturing ...

The V. Guerrieri Cigar Factory in Palmetto Beach, which employed hundreds of workers in Tampa's cigar industry at its peak in the 1920s, is one of the reasons the neighborhood exists at all.

Tampa's oldest cigar factory is leading the historic preservation efforts for the Sanchez y Haya building in Ybor City. Since the $18 million project launched in 2023, work continues to revitalize ...

TAMPA, Fla. — It’s been a long road, but construction is finally underway at an abandoned cigar factory in west Tampa to have it converted into a hotel. The multi-million-dollar project is ...

He is the president of the 125-year-old J.C. Newman Cigar Company. RELATED: Tampa's last cigar factory fights FDA regulations to stay in business There used to be 150 cigar factories in Tampa ...

but they moved to Tampa in 1954 and bought a cigar factory with a towering time machine. When the Newman's arrived in Tampa in 1954, the Cigar City was a gritty place. Managers expected at least ...

TAMPA, Florida -- "When they walk in, it's like stepping back in time." That's Bobby Newman, the third-generation owner of the J.C. Newman Cigar Factory, speaking to the charms of exploring Ybor ...

TAMPA, Fla. — A historic Tampa cigar factory has been destroyed in a fire. Authorities say the roof and floors of the Palmetto Beach Cigar Factor collapsed in the fire which broke out shortly ...