The Cigar Shoppe is conveniently located on highway 400 north of Highway 369. In addition to offering cigars and other tobacco related products, the shop houses a cigar lounge called the Diamond Crown. The space features a pool and gaming area, as well as a well-known wine cellar. The Cigar Shoppe hosts cigar, wine and beer tasting parties. Its friendly, knowledgeable staff is educated on all products sold, and eager to assist customers in making selections.
Art students, their teachers and a panoply of similar folk long ago transformed Sam Flax Art & Design Store into an Atlanta retail landmark. The company bills itself as the place "where creative people shop." After decades on Spring Street in downtown Atlanta, the store relocated to its current address in 1986.
Its extensive selection in many categories--from writing and drawing utensils to furniture--makes the place feel like a department store, albeit of a sharply focused sort. Sam Flax is a multi-generation family business and also an authorized Herman Miller (of Aeron chair fame) repair center.
This place will bring out the artist in you. It's a gallery where you can paint your own masterpiece on a plate, a cup or choose from hundreds of pieces of pottery and glass. Prices start at only $5. Parties are welcome, but book in advance. Owners Jim and Bobbie have discovered a great way to entertain us in downtown Alpharetta.
Trainz.com retails model trains, parts and accessories. The family-owned business began out of a garage and has since expanded into multiple warehouses. Trainz performs inspections and repairs on all items it sells before shipment.
