Ravine Member Username: Ravine
Post Number: 1582 Registered: 01-2006
| Posted on Monday, November 12, 2007 - 2:20 pm: | |
I live on the NW side, and am seldom in the Mack/7 Mile area. I have been wanting to visit Hill & Hill, the tobacconist on Mack, but when I call, the guy never picks up, and the voice-mail prompt reveals nothing, not even that I have, in fact, reached Hill & Hill. A little help? I have a pressing craving for Butternut and/or Haymarket pipe tobacco, both of which are/were House Blends. |
Kimistree Member Username: Kimistree
Post Number: 103 Registered: 01-2004
| Posted on Tuesday, November 13, 2007 - 8:52 am: | |
I pass by Hill and Hill just about everyday. As far as I can tell they are still open, I will check again today while I'm out and let your know. |
Krawlspace Member Username: Krawlspace
Post Number: 333 Registered: 04-2004
| Posted on Thursday, November 15, 2007 - 2:58 pm: | |
Yes... still open, and to my knowledge, the only shop for miles after the guy at 10 and Southfield closed a couple years ago. Just finishing my last of his Haymarket blend this week. |
Pgn421 Member Username: Pgn421
Post Number: 199 Registered: 02-2005
| Posted on Thursday, November 15, 2007 - 3:52 pm: | |
Yes, i saw Jim Simon the owner going in the front door of Hill and Hill on Mack yesterday at 6:30am. |
Ravine Member Username: Ravine
Post Number: 1592 Registered: 01-2006
| Posted on Thursday, November 15, 2007 - 9:44 pm: | |
I very much appreciate the assistance from all three of you. I will be heading over there very soon, to see Jim and score some of the very tobacco Krawlspace mentioned. Haymarket: So good it's gotta be sinful. |
Bobj Member Username: Bobj
Post Number: 2841 Registered: 11-2003
| Posted on Friday, November 16, 2007 - 11:40 pm: | |
Great store, ask for advice, they know a lot and are extremely helpful |
The_rock Member Username: The_rock
Post Number: 2011 Registered: 11-2003
| Posted on Sunday, November 18, 2007 - 7:22 am: | |
I am afraid that Jim's business (Hill and Hill) is listed in the 2008 Tax Foreclosure List appearing today in the Sunday Free Press. |
Pgn421 Member Username: Pgn421
Post Number: 206 Registered: 02-2005
| Posted on Sunday, November 18, 2007 - 11:01 am: | |
cheap cigars and tobacco! On Sale! You better hurry to get your Haystack! |
Ravine Member Username: Ravine
Post Number: 1611 Registered: 01-2006
| Posted on Monday, November 19, 2007 - 7:04 pm: | |
I made it over to Hill & Hill, today. I bought a new (old) pipe from Jim's collection and a half-pound bag of Haymarket. Rock, I asked Jim about that list. He said it was some tax business, and added that he has been there for forty-one years, this last remark spoken with a reassuring tone which implied that my anxiety was unnecessary. I already felt somewhat uncomfortable with bringing up the matter, and it would have been unforgivably rude to press the issue, so I took his response at face value, and I am choosing not to worry about it. I wish he still sold Butternut, but he said it wasn't selling enough, so he discontinued it. Oh well. Haymarket will (more than) suffice. Love it love it love it. |
Bobj Member Username: Bobj
Post Number: 2891 Registered: 11-2003
| Posted on Tuesday, November 20, 2007 - 9:35 am: | |
That would be terrible if they closed for back taxes! I am not sure about pipe tobacco, but cigar smoking is way down from the 90's craze |
The_rock Member Username: The_rock
Post Number: 2012 Registered: 11-2003
| Posted on Tuesday, November 20, 2007 - 6:06 pm: | |
Thanks for the update, Ravine. Although I am not a smoker, my Sr. law partner used to purchase his cigars there, and I would buy some of Jim's gourmet coffee. Jim is a good guy who has worked hard at making his business go, and I hope that he can ride out the storm. I assume that he owns the building and that is why he and his address are listed on the Foreclosure List. I thought he leased the property and was a tenant, but tenants also suffer when the landlord/property owner is in arrears on their taxes, and often have to vacate the premises even though they are current on the rent. |