[caption id="attachment_231259" align="alignright" width="460"]The store will offer company-owned and licensed-based brands of cigars similar to the company's Dallas store shown here. The store will offer company-owned and licensed-based brands of cigars similar to the company's Dallas store shown here.[/caption] Austin cigar aficionados will be able to breathe easier in May when the city’s first Casa de Montecristo Fine Cigars & Smoking Lounge opens at 3801 N. Capital of Texas Hwy., Ste. A-100, Austin, in Westlake’s Davenport Village. Montecristo CEO Rob Maneson confirmed to Community Impact Newspaper today the 3,800-square-foot store is slated to open during the first week in May and will house a smoking lounge, communal tables, private conversation areas, multiple high-definition televisions and an 800-square-foot walk-in humidor that will be used to maintain the product’s freshness. The facility will sell company-owned and license-based brands of cigars as well as offer events featuring various vendors. [caption id="attachment_231263" align="alignright" width="220"]Casa de Montecristo is slated to offer special events such as the Dallas store's cigar rolling session pictured here. Casa de Montecristo is slated to offer special events such as the Dallas store's cigar rolling session pictured here.[/caption] “Austin is a massively growing city, a vibrant city, and fits what we are trying to achieve,” Maneson said. “We thought the market was underserved. We know Texas folks like to smoke a good cigar every now and then.” He said the new site will be the 16th store nationwide and the second store in Texas after Montecristo opened a Dallas location in July at 3878 Oak Lawn Ave., Ste. 350, Dallas. Four cigar stores in Houston were purchased Nov. 1 and are in the process of being rebranded as Casa de Montecristo, he said.