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Happy New Year!

As we begin 2018, I wanted to take a moment and say thank you to all of our wonderful customers. With your support and patronage, the Briar Patch continues to thrive. We are saddened to hear of the multiple stores across California who have been forced to close their doors in 2017 due to increased taxes, rent, and legislation. FDA legislation are rules are still looming, but we are hopeful for the success of the current lawsuit to address the FDA intrusion into the premium tobacco business.

In 2017, the Briar Patch has survived the increased taxes, losing one of our locations, and impending legislation. We have increased our hours at the Downtown location to accommodate the growth, and will continue to evaluate our offerings to best serve you. Without your support, the success of the Briar Patch would not be possible. We look forward to a successful 2018 in the cigar and tobacco business!

Thank you, and I hope you have a wonderful 2018.

Happy Smoking!

Lauren Michelson
Owner, Briar Patch

The Briar Patch Team is dismayed to inform you that, after eight years, our landlord has elected to not renew our lease at our Loehmann’s store location on Fair Oaks Boulevard. Our Downtown location will continue to operate as usual, along with our web presence at briarpatch.biz. The Loehmann’s location is scheduled to close in Mid-June, after the Father’s Day Holiday.

For our customers who reside in the outlying areas of Sacramento who do not want to make the trek into downtown Sacramento, we will be offering a new free shipping service for you. If you reside within approximately 25 miles of Sacramento, we will ship orders over $20 and weighing up to a pound, for FREE!

We will continue to offer monthly events at our Downtown location, including our Pipe Club. The Downtown storefront is smaller than the Loehmann’s location, however the lounges are comparable in size. We will continue to make improvements to assure the Briar Patch serves all your tobacco related needs. We will also continue to validate parking for the garage at 10^th & L Street.

With the unknown pressures of the Prop 56 tax increase, we will not be opening a replacement store this year. Once the tobacco market in California stabilizes after this significant tax increase, we will re-assess our store locations and offerings.

We promise to make this transition as smooth as possible for you, our valued customers. We look forward to continuing to be the premier tobacconist of the greater Sacramento region for many years to come.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Sincerely,

The Michelson Family

Briar Patch Owners