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# Capone's Smoke Shop, Aurora IL: Reviews

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By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated 2026-09-16.

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## In short

Capone's Smoke Shop is a smoke shop in Aurora, IL. Its AI Score is 27 of 100, which is poor.

What each mark on this page means: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#marks


## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Type | Smoke shop |
| Address | 2948 Kirk Rd #104, Aurora, IL 60502, USA |
| Hours | Mon to Sun 9 AM to 10 PM |
| Phone | (630) 701-2565 |
| Rating | 4.9 across 114 reviews on Google |
| Quietest time | Saturday |
| Updated | September 16, 2026 |


## All the details

Every row is something the owner can add or correct. Each one is marked Confirmed, Visitor submitted or AI guess, with where it came from.

| Group | Fact | Value | Mark | Evidence |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Location info | Address | 2948 Kirk Rd #104, Aurora, IL 60502, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Description | Capone's Smoke Shop is a top tobacco destination in Aurora, IL, located in Kane County. Since 2023, our welcoming environment and expert staff have been serving tobacco aficionados. We feature a walk-in humidor with a wide array of premium cigars, loose leaf tobacco, and accessories like hookahs and rolling papers. Our vast selection also includes disposable vapes, batteries, salt nic products, torches, and stash containers. Whether you're experienced or just starting out, Capone's Smoke Shop is your go-to for all things tobacco. Stop by in Aurora for an exceptional experience! | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Hours | Mon to Sun 9:00 AM to 10:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Name | Capone's Smoke Shop | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Phone | (630) 701-2565 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Monday | 9:00 AM to 10:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Tuesday | 9:00 AM to 10:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Wednesday | 9:00 AM to 10:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Thursday | 9:00 AM to 10:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Friday | 9:00 AM to 10:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Saturday | 9:00 AM to 10:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Sunday | 9:00 AM to 10:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Services | Service | Batteries for vapes | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Disposable vapes | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Hookahs | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Loose leaf tobacco | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Premium cigars | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Rolling papers | AI guess |  |
| Links | Website | https://caponessmokeshop.com/ | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Details | Opening date | 2023 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |


## Services and prices

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## The team

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## Visiting Capone's Smoke

Address: 2948 Kirk Rd #104, Aurora, IL 60502, USA. Phone: (630) 701-2565. Hours: Mon to Sun 9 AM to 10 PM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)


### Location info from Google Business Profile

From Google Business Profile: "Capone's Smoke Shop is a top tobacco destination in Aurora, IL, located in Kane County. Since 2023, our welcoming environment and expert staff have been serving tobacco aficionados. We feature a walk-in humidor with a wide array of premium cigars, loose leaf tobacco, and accessories like hookahs and rolling papers. Our vast selection also includes disposable vapes, batteries, salt nic products, torches, and stash containers. Whether you're experienced or just starting out, Capone's Smoke Shop is your go-to for all things tobacco. Stop by in Aurora for an exceptional experience!"


### When to go

Quietest day: Saturday. Busiest day: Wednesday. From the popular times on its Google listing.


### Parking and getting in

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### Nearby

| Place | Type | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2948 Kirk Rd | Bus stop | 1 min walk |
| Walmart East | Bus stop | 1 min walk |
| Wendy's | Fast food restaurant | 1 min walk |
| Potbelly | Sandwich shop | 2 min walk |
| Nori Sushi & Grill | Japanese restaurant | 2 min walk |
| Papa Saverio's Pizzeria | Pizza restaurant | 2 min walk |


## Reputation

4.9 average across 114 reviews: Google 114. (Confirmed, read September 16, 2026.)

Capone's Smoke Shop stands out for its extensive product selection and community engagement, though some customers have reported issues with product quality. (AI guess, from 114 reviews.)


### What people like

- Incredible selection of vape, glass, and cigars
- Great prices and deals
- Community-focused events like car meets


### What people do not like

- Faulty products with no refunds
- Store not opening on time


### Press

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### Awards

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## Questions people ask


### Why do people rate Capone's Smoke?


### going rate for shops locally, any idea


### somewhere cheaper in Aurora that is not a risk?


### last update from here was when?


### discounts for coming back, is that a thing


### bad experiences at Capone's Smoke, anyone?


### Booking a first visit at Capone's Smoke, what happens?


### best smoke shop in Aurora


### picking between the two, is Wild Leaf the safer bet?


### when is the shop actually dead?


### what do shoppers often buy there


### what time does Capone's Smoke in Aurora actually open?


### where exactly is the shop?


### does the shop ever have cancellations


### Coffee near Capone's Smoke on Kirk?


## The AI Score: 27 of 100

It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. Aurora smoke shops run 21 to 50. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Capone's Smoke scores 27, below the Aurora average of 29. The same method scores every business on the registry.

| Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | Capone's Smoke |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Retrieval grounding | 26 | 0 | Whether you appear in the ranked results AI retrieves and cites: AI-Overview citations, organic top-10 for your money queries, and the Bing index ChatGPT leans on. | Poor |
| Off-property attestation | 20 | 39 | Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability. | Poor |
| AI visibility | 14 | 12 | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. | Poor |
| Reviews & response | 12 | 99 | The star average is only one input. We also read volume, velocity, the specificity of review language, and response cadence. Specific reviews are what AI quotes verbatim. | Good |
| Backlink & citation authority | 8 | 51 | Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you. | Fair |
| Google Business Profile | 8 | 90 | Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first. | Good |
| Speed & mobile | 7 | 68 | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. | Good |
| Content freshness & schema | 5 | 29 | Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals. | Poor |

Full method: https://localairegistry.com/methodology

How AI decides what to say about a smoke shop: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-ai-decides-local-business. What to check before you choose one: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-to-choose-local-business


## Entity map

Every person, place, organization and treatment named on this page, with a stable ID and a public reference. The JSON-LD below connects them to each other.

| Entity | Type | ID on this page | Same as | Relationship to Capone's Smoke |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Capone's Smoke Shop | LocalBusiness | #business | https://caponessmokeshop.com/ | Subject of this page |
| Aurora, Illinois | City | #city |  | City Capone's Smoke is in |
| Local AI Registry | Organization | #publisher | https://localairegistry.com | Publisher of this page |
| Steve Lee | Person | #author | https://localairegistry.com/team/steve-lee | Author of this page |


## Topical map

Where this page sits in the registry. It's one profile among the smoke shops in Aurora, linked to the lists and towns around it.


### Lists

- Best smoke shops in Aurora: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il/aurora/smoke-shop
- Best businesses in Aurora: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il/aurora


### Nearby

- /chicago: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il/chicago
- /schaumburg: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il/schaumburg
- /elgin: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il/elgin
- /carol-stream: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il/carol-stream
- /lombard: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il/lombard
- /st-charles: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il/st-charles


### Every list

- Every leaderboard in Illinois: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il


## References


### Sources cited

- [1] Google Business Profile, https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJF2faYxD7DogRZwW5o5HlKZo (accessed Sep 16, 2026)
- [2] AI engine output: ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Oct 23, 2026; Perplexity via DataForSEO on Oct 23, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Sep 20, 2026)