Border Tobacco and Vape

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Smoke shop in Bensenville, IL

4.2 · 149 reviewsOpen until 10

Border Tobacco and Vape, located at 138 W Irving Park Rd in Bensenville, is a beloved smoke shop known for its wide selection of vapes and friendly service. With a solid rating of 4.2 from 149 reviews, customers appreciate the variety of products available, often noting the helpfulness of the staff. While some mention that prices can be higher than in nearby Chicago, many feel that the quality of service and the unique flavors offered make it worth the visit. Regular patrons often find themselves returning for the welcoming atmosphere and fresh stock.

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AI ScoreChatGPT and Gemini didn't mention Border Tobacco.Scored from 8 signals across search and AI.

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Services

What Border Tobacco offers, what it costs, and what people come for.

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Team

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Today8 AM to 10 PM

Busy times

Usually not too busy now. Busiest Tue and Fri, 4 to 7 PM.

Reputation

What reviews, press and directories say about Border Tobacco.

4.2from 149 reviews on Google

Border Tobacco and Vape offers a diverse product range but struggles with customer service and pricing consistency. Customers describe Border Tobacco and Vape as a welcoming shop with a wide selection of vapes and tobacco products. Many appreciate the helpfulness of staff members like Jay, who go out of their way to assist customers, even staying open late for them. However, some experiences are marred by complaints about rude service and pricing inconsistencies.

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Would go back92%92% of reviews give the visit 4 or 5 stars.Positive 92%, 4 or 5 stars · Neutral 0%, 3 stars · Negative 8%, 1 or 2 stars
The good
  • Wide selection of vapes
  • Helpful staff member Jay
  • Best prices compared to other shops
The bad
  • Overpriced compared to other smoke shops
  • Rude and unprofessional staff
  • Inconsistent pricing practices

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How AI sees Border Tobacco

The AI Score is out of 100, read from 8 signals across search and AI.

34out of 100

What the score is made of

Signal and how much it countsBorder Tobacco

  • Retrieval grounding 26%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.Does not apply
  • Off-property attestation 20%Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability.40
  • AI visibility 14%Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service.0
  • Reviews & response 12%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.77
  • Backlink & citation authority 8%Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you.Does not apply
  • Google Business Profile 8%Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first.78
  • Speed & mobile 7%Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone.Does not apply
  • Content freshness & schema 5%Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals.Does not apply

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Local AI Registry · Smoke shops in Bensenville, IL · Editorial

Border Tobacco and Vape, Bensenville IL: Reviews

Steve Lee

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

Published September 16, 2026 · Updated September 16, 2026 · Machine-readable version below

In short

Border Tobacco and Vape is a smoke shop in Bensenville, IL. Its AI Score is 34 of 100, which is poor.

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

Key facts

FactValue
TypeSmoke shop
Address138 W Irving Park Rd, Bensenville, IL 60106, USA
HoursMon to Sat 8 AM to 10 PM · Sun 9 AM to 8 PM
Phone(630) 766-5060
Rating4.2 across 149 reviews on Google
Quietest timeSunday
UpdatedSeptember 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.

GroupFactValueMarkEvidence
Location infoAddress138 W Irving Park Rd, Bensenville, IL 60106, USAConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
Location infoDescription138 W Irving Park Rd, Bensenville, IL 60106ConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
Location infoHoursMon to Sat 8:00 AM to 10:00 PM · Sun 9:00 AM to 8:00 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
Location infoNameBorder Tobacco and VapeConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
Location infoPhone(630) 766-5060ConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursMonday8:00 AM to 10:00 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursTuesday8:00 AM to 10:00 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursWednesday8:00 AM to 10:00 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursThursday8:00 AM to 10:00 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursFriday8:00 AM to 10:00 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursSaturday8:00 AM to 10:00 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursSunday9:00 AM to 8:00 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile

Services and prices

Known for

The team

Visiting Border Tobacco

Address: 138 W Irving Park Rd, Bensenville, IL 60106, USA. Phone: (630) 766-5060. Hours: Mon to Sat 8 AM to 10 PM · Sun 9 AM to 8 PM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)

When to go

Quietest day: Sunday. Busiest day: Friday. From the popular times on its Google listing.

Parking and getting in

Nearby

PlaceTypeDistance
WingstopChicken wings restaurant1 min walk
Rose's Chinese RestaurantChinese restaurant1 min walk
Burger KingFast food restaurant2 min walk
Jim & Tom's RestaurantGreek restaurant2 min walk
SubwaySandwich shop2 min walk
York/Irving ParkTransit station3 min walk

Reputation

4.2 average across 149 reviews: Google 149. (Confirmed, read September 16, 2026.)

Border Tobacco and Vape offers a diverse product range but struggles with customer service and pricing consistency. (AI guess, from 149 reviews.)

What people like

  • Wide selection of vapes
  • Best prices compared to other shops

What people do not like

  • Overpriced compared to other smoke shops
  • Rude and unprofessional staff
  • Inconsistent pricing practices

Press

Awards

Directories

Questions people ask

what else is on Irving Park around Border Tobacco?

trying to avoid the rush, which day is quiet

torn between Border Tobacco and Express tobacco&Vape?

anything I should sort out before a first visit here?

do regulars get anything here

prices round here, anyone got a number

is Bensenville expensive for this, or is it just here

where does the shop post updates

best smoke shop in Bensenville

worth it or not, what do the regulars say

does Border Tobacco ever have cancellations

reviews all look glowing, what are the real complaints?

what do shoppers usually buy there

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Whereabouts is the shop?

The AI Score: 34 of 100

It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. Bensenville smoke shops run 33 to 35. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Border Tobacco scores 34. The same method scores every business on the registry.

SignalWeightScoreWhat it measuresBorder Tobacco
Retrieval grounding26Does not applyWhether 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.
Off-property attestation2040Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability.Poor
AI visibility140Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service.Poor
Reviews & response1277The 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 authority8Does not applyDomain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you.
Google Business Profile878Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first.Good
Speed & mobile7Does not applyCore Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone.
Content freshness & schema5Does not applyCrawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals.

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.

EntityTypeID on this pageSame asRelationship to Border Tobacco
Border Tobacco and VapeLocalBusiness#businessSubject of this page
Bensenville, IllinoisCity#cityCity Border Tobacco is in
Local AI RegistryOrganization#publisherhttps://localairegistry.comPublisher of this page
Steve LeePerson#authorhttps://localairegistry.com/team/steve-leeAuthor of this page

Topical map

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

Lists

  • Best smoke shops in Bensenville: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il/bensenville/smoke-shop
  • Best businesses in Bensenville: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il/bensenville

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
  • /aurora: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il/aurora

Every list

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

References

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Sources cited

  • [1] Google Business Profile, https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJF-F5tfKzD4gRLFKEa5pJQOA (accessed Sep 16, 2026)

The code behind this page

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1. HTTP response headers

Sent before the page. They tell crawlers the canonical address and that a plain markdown copy exists.

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Title, description, canonical, robots and Open Graph tags. This is what shows in search results and link previews.

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One connected graph. Every person and service has its own @id and links to the business, and a licensed person links to the license and the board that issued it.

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# Border Tobacco and Vape, Bensenville IL: Reviews

Source: Local AI Registry, https://localairegistry.com/biz/il/bensenville/border-tobacco-and-vape-bensenville-il. Free to reuse with a link back.

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

Canonical: https://localairegistry.com/biz/il/bensenville/border-tobacco-and-vape-bensenville-il

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## In short

Border Tobacco and Vape is a smoke shop in Bensenville, IL. Its AI Score is 34 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 | 138 W Irving Park Rd, Bensenville, IL 60106, USA |
| Hours | Mon to Sat 8 AM to 10 PM · Sun 9 AM to 8 PM |
| Phone | (630) 766-5060 |
| Rating | 4.2 across 149 reviews on Google |
| Quietest time | Sunday |
| 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 | 138 W Irving Park Rd, Bensenville, IL 60106, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Description | 138 W Irving Park Rd, Bensenville, IL 60106 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Hours | Mon to Sat 8:00 AM to 10:00 PM · Sun 9:00 AM to 8:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Name | Border Tobacco and Vape | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Phone | (630) 766-5060 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Monday | 8:00 AM to 10:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Tuesday | 8:00 AM to 10:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Wednesday | 8:00 AM to 10:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Thursday | 8:00 AM to 10:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Friday | 8:00 AM to 10:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Saturday | 8:00 AM to 10:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Sunday | 9:00 AM to 8:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |


## Services and prices

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### Known for

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## The team

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## Visiting Border Tobacco

Address: 138 W Irving Park Rd, Bensenville, IL 60106, USA. Phone: (630) 766-5060. Hours: Mon to Sat 8 AM to 10 PM · Sun 9 AM to 8 PM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)


### When to go

Quietest day: Sunday. Busiest day: Friday. From the popular times on its Google listing.


### Parking and getting in

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### Nearby

| Place | Type | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Wingstop | Chicken wings restaurant | 1 min walk |
| Rose's Chinese Restaurant | Chinese restaurant | 1 min walk |
| Burger King | Fast food restaurant | 2 min walk |
| Jim & Tom's Restaurant | Greek restaurant | 2 min walk |
| Subway | Sandwich shop | 2 min walk |
| York/Irving Park | Transit station | 3 min walk |


## Reputation

4.2 average across 149 reviews: Google 149. (Confirmed, read September 16, 2026.)

Border Tobacco and Vape offers a diverse product range but struggles with customer service and pricing consistency. (AI guess, from 149 reviews.)


### What people like

- Wide selection of vapes
- Best prices compared to other shops


### What people do not like

- Overpriced compared to other smoke shops
- Rude and unprofessional staff
- Inconsistent pricing practices


### Press

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### Awards

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### Directories

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## Questions people ask


### what else is on Irving Park around Border Tobacco?


### trying to avoid the rush, which day is quiet


### torn between Border Tobacco and Express tobacco&Vape?


### anything I should sort out before a first visit here?


### do regulars get anything here


### prices round here, anyone got a number


### is Bensenville expensive for this, or is it just here


### where does the shop post updates


### best smoke shop in Bensenville


### worth it or not, what do the regulars say


### does Border Tobacco ever have cancellations


### reviews all look glowing, what are the real complaints?


### what do shoppers usually buy there


### opening hours at Border Tobacco in Bensenville, what are they these days?


### Whereabouts is the shop?


## The AI Score: 34 of 100

It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. Bensenville smoke shops run 33 to 35. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Border Tobacco scores 34. The same method scores every business on the registry.

| Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | Border Tobacco |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Retrieval grounding | 26 | Does not apply | 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. |  |
| Off-property attestation | 20 | 40 | 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 | 0 | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. | Poor |
| Reviews & response | 12 | 77 | 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 | Does not apply | Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you. |  |
| Google Business Profile | 8 | 78 | Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first. | Good |
| Speed & mobile | 7 | Does not apply | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. |  |
| Content freshness & schema | 5 | Does not apply | Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals. |  |

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 Border Tobacco |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Border Tobacco and Vape | LocalBusiness | #business |  | Subject of this page |
| Bensenville, Illinois | City | #city |  | City Border Tobacco 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 Bensenville, linked to the lists and towns around it.


### Lists

- Best smoke shops in Bensenville: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il/bensenville/smoke-shop
- Best businesses in Bensenville: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il/bensenville


### 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
- /aurora: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il/aurora


### 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:ChIJF-F5tfKzD4gRLFKEa5pJQOA (accessed Sep 16, 2026)

The files every page on the registry shares, and how to copy this code for your own site, are here: https://localairegistry.com/developers

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  1. what else is on Irving Park around Border Tobacco? Question by saving_up_tess, Sep 15, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/il/bensenville/border-tobacco-and-vape-bensenville-il/q/what-else-is-on-irving-park-around-border-tobacco-and-vape
  2. trying to avoid the rush, which day is quiet Question by terpenes_may, Sep 10, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/il/bensenville/border-tobacco-and-vape-bensenville-il/q/quietest-day-to-hit-border-tobacco-and-vape
  3. torn between Border Tobacco and Express tobacco&Vape? Question by reunion_local_uptown, Sep 9, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/il/bensenville/border-tobacco-and-vape-bensenville-il/q/torn-between-border-tobacco-and-vape-and-express-tobacco-and-vape-2
  4. anything I should sort out before a first visit here? Question by circling_sativa, Sep 8, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/il/bensenville/border-tobacco-and-vape-bensenville-il/q/first-visit-here-what-do-i-need-to-bring
  5. do regulars get anything here Question by june_commuter_downtown, Sep 8, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/il/bensenville/border-tobacco-and-vape-bensenville-il/q/points-or-member-pricing-at-border-tobacco-and-vape-worth-signing-up
  6. prices round here, anyone got a number Question by hopeful_ray, Sep 4, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/il/bensenville/border-tobacco-and-vape-bensenville-il/q/how-much-does-a-smoke-shop-run-in-bensenville
  7. is Bensenville expensive for this, or is it just here Question by park_and_irving, Sep 4, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/il/bensenville/border-tobacco-and-vape-bensenville-il/q/anywhere-cheaper-than-border-tobacco-and-vape-in-bensenville-that-is
  8. where does the shop post updates Question by spontaneous_in_bensenvill, Aug 28, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/il/bensenville/border-tobacco-and-vape-bensenville-il/q/keeping-up-with-border-tobacco-and-vape-where-do-they-post
  9. best smoke shop in Bensenville Question by budtender_hazel, Aug 24, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/il/bensenville/border-tobacco-and-vape-bensenville-il/q/best-smoke-shop-in-bensenville
  10. worth it or not, what do the regulars say Question by bensenville_noor, Aug 18, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/il/bensenville/border-tobacco-and-vape-bensenville-il/q/why-do-people-keep-going-back-here
  11. does Border Tobacco ever have cancellations Question by strains_van_60106, Aug 11, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/il/bensenville/border-tobacco-and-vape-bensenville-il/q/does-border-tobacco-and-vape-ever-have-cancellations
  12. reviews all look glowing, what are the real complaints? Question by new_here_edibles, Aug 6, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/il/bensenville/border-tobacco-and-vape-bensenville-il/q/reviews-all-look-glowing-what-are-the-real-complaints
  13. what do shoppers usually buy there Question by preroll_otis, Jul 24, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/il/bensenville/border-tobacco-and-vape-bensenville-il/q/what-do-shoppers-usually-buy-there
  14. opening hours at Border Tobacco in Bensenville, what are they these days? Question by lurker_kit, Jul 16, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/il/bensenville/border-tobacco-and-vape-bensenville-il/q/opening-hours-at-border-tobacco-and-vape-in-bensenville-what-are-they
  15. Whereabouts is the shop? Question by sitter_fern, Jul 10, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/il/bensenville/border-tobacco-and-vape-bensenville-il/q/whereabouts-is-the-shop

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