Membership
A chair, a locker, a room.
Three tiers, sixteen years' worth of small refinements, and a closed roster since 2019. Apply through the host.
Membership
Three tiers, sixteen years' worth of small refinements, and a closed roster since 2019. Apply through the host.
Membership
The lounge is open to walk-ins seven nights a week. The members' room is not — it's reserved for the people who keep a locker here, and their guests.
Open Membership
$300 initiation · billed annually
Most Reserved
$600 initiation · 12-month minimum
By Invitation
Initiation by invitation only
What membership gets you
The locker
Reserved Locker and Founders members get a personal locker on the long wall of the members' room. 24, 48, and 96-count sizes. The locker is keyed to you — no one else accesses it, not even staff, without your written permission.
The drops
Boutique allocations (OpusX, Liga T52, Padrón Family Reserve) hit the floor on Fridays at 4pm for members. What's left goes to the general humidor on Saturday at noon. Most allocations don't make it to Saturday.
The events
Four ticketed tastings a month (members + 1 guest), two private member-only sittings a year, and one annual cigar auction from the cellar — aged Cuban-seed boutiques going back 15 years.
The room
Past 8pm the back room is members and their guests only. Reserved seating, dedicated host, quiet air. Founders members get the corner seating and the deepest cellar access.
Members' standing pours
Reserved Locker and Founders members can reserve a labeled bottle behind the bar. The list runs eighty-plus bottles deep — pour prices are 10% off for members at every tier.
Browse the list →House gifts
Brass cutters and lighters, cedar humidors, Tennessee leather travel cases. Members get free monogramming on the brasswork.
See the case →From the membership
A small sample from our member directory. The roster is closed but the lounge is open — most members joined after one Thursday tasting.
I joined for the lockers; I stayed for the back room on Thursdays. Briarwood is the only Nashville room where the bartender knows the cigar before he pours the glass.
Charles W.
The OpusX allocation is real, but that isn't the reason. The reason is the third chair from the back wall and the silence after eleven.
Daniel R.
Walked in on a Tuesday with a colleague after a long week. Got two Padróns, two Old Fashioneds, and four hours we didn't see go. Joined the following Monday.
Anya P.
Frequently asked
21+ Only
Briarwood Cigar Lounge is an age-restricted tobacco retail establishment under Tennessee law. Government-issued photo ID required for entry, every visit. We do not sell tobacco products to anyone under 21 years of age, in person or by mail.
Reserve a chair
Send a note and Marcus will schedule the intro visit — usually within the week. We'll walk the rooms, talk through the tiers, and there's no commitment to apply until you've seen the place.
