Over the last couple of years that I’ve been making regular visits to Smoker’s Castle, one issue has come up repeatedly: The shop is just too damn small. If we get a full crowd in there, there’s no place to sit.

Vic’s been promising the whole time that he’d expand.

Well, the work has finally begun. First up today, building a new storage room and humidor in the back of the shop. Next, knocking out the wall that separates the front from the back.

During today’s work, I posed the “Question of the Day,” Is America Stingy?