Rug a buddy of mine has actually done all the leg work in setting up the Herf up this year. I'll email him and ask him about how he went about securing the restaurant and other stuff. The main event is a dinner at the Hard Rock he has reserved AJ's Steakhouse from 5:30 to 8:30 PM for a private dinner for up to 120 people, with a cigar roller/rollers on the patio. Most will be staying at Tuscany though as it is only about a 1/2 block walk to the ballet...LOL
He has also arranged for a private Texas Holdem tournament at the Tuscany. A golf tournament, Ballet Crawl and a few will pool up and rent limos to cruise from cigar shop to cigar shop for an afternoon. We also start each day down by the pool with coffee/cocktails and such after breakfast until 2:00PM or so.
We've had them in the past at the Sahara where they would reserve a banquet room and serve a decent buffet. I've always had a great time. This year Geoff decided to mix it up a bit and I think he's done a fantastic job of it.
You really don't have to reserve a hall or anything. We have the main event and then people just post the different places they are eating and good sized herfs pop up all over Vegas for the four days we are there.
It doesn’t hurt that a few of our members live there in Vegas and know all the cigar friendly places to eat.
I'm trying to remember some of them.
There's the top of the world club at the top of the Stratosphere but you may have to be a member for that one, pretty cool though sitting up there herfin' with a view of all of Las Vegas and it spins around so the view changes throughout the night. The roller coaster on top of the hotel is a hell of a ride at night as your like 20 stories up, I would give them a call.
The Haufbrau House is a German place with decent food and will accommodate a large party of cigar smokers with no problem at all, even while your eating/drinking in the beer garden. Call them and tell them your coming.
The Pepper Mill is also cigar friendly and has a decent lounge for an after dinner cigar or two. I’d make a reservation for a large group, we probably had 30-40 here for dinner and a mini herf.
We had a nice medium sized day Herf with about 40-50 people at a place I believe it was called the Havana House. It’s a cigar shop there in Vegas and they either set up or someone catered sandwiches and stuff for us plus they have a full bar on site.
I'll email you a link to the Herf page in a few minutes.
Later, JJ
