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Excalibur Lounge RB coming in February

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Looking for a special cigar, or just want a place to relax and socialize? Check out Excalibur Lounge RB in Ranch Bernardo.

While this new lounge, at 11828 Rancho Bernardo Road in the Mercado Shopping Center, is not yet open, cigar aficionados won’t have to wait long as Excalibur Lounge RB is aiming for a soft opening on Wednesday, Feb. 10, with its grand opening yet to be determined.

This will be the second Excalibur Lounge in San Diego County. Excalibur Cigar and Scotch Lounge is in Kearny Mesa and opened in 2005. It is California’s only “Montecristo Lounge,” one of the select 22 in the nation to carry some products from the Montecristo.

“Anyone can sell you a cigar, but where you choose to enjoy it says something,” said owner Tom Kalasho.

The Rancho Bernardo location is nearly 1400 sq. feet, not including an outdoor patio, which will be installed later. The lounge can hold between 30 to 40 people, and the outdoor patio will hold another 30 to 40, said Kalasho.

This is not just a place to smoke a cigar but a social lounge, he said, where you can enjoy a cigar and conversation, watch sports or even work.

“At a cigar lounge, you can get your cigar of choice, sit in a comfortable chair and smoke it while enjoying socializing with other people,” said Kalasho.

Some customers come to the lounge as the ending to a date, said Kalasho, or bring clients for business meetings. Others just come to enjoy a cigar, some conversation and watch television.

The lounge is custom designed and will feature solid mahogany wood wall paneling with subdued lighting and large flat panel televisions to provide full access to entertainment and sports.

The lounge will also soon be able to serve beer and wine, with other liquors following. It will also serve speciality coffee.

While the lounge doesn’t sell food, customers can enjoy meals from several of the eateries in the Mercado Shopping Center, said Kalasho. Instead of serving their own food, Kalasho works with neighboring restaurants to have staff order for customers and bring it in.

The highly-trained staff can assist customers in choosing the right cigar, and the lounge sells many speciality cigars., stored in the walk-in humidor, which is 200 sq. feet and made of 100 percent Spanish cedar, said Kalasho.

Kalasho said he was looking to expand into Rancho Bernardo because it was a good location where many of their clients in Kearny Mesa worked and lived.

“The new Excalibur Lounge RB is an exciting step forward for us, and a long-awaited partnership with our friends in the Rancho Bernardo community. We look forward to providing our unique lounge concept and to becoming a valuable member of the RB social and business community,” said Kalasho in a press release.

For more information on the upcoming Excalibur Lounge RB, visit www.excaliburlounge.com or check out the company’s Facebook page.

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