Elgin Smoke and Tobacco Shop

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Smoke shop in Elgin, IL

4.6 · 161 reviewsOpens today at 9 AM

Vape, Smoke & Tobacco Shop and Cigar Shop

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AI ScoreChatGPT and Gemini didn't mention Elgin Smoke.Scored from 8 signals across search and AI.

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Updated Sep 16, 2026Last activity 1 month ago, a question from researching_kit.

Services

What Elgin Smoke offers, what it costs, and what people come for.

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Team

Who you'll see, and whether their licenses check out.
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Today9 AM to 11 PM

Busy times

Closed now. Busiest Wed and Thu, 10 AM to 9 PM.

Reputation

What reviews, press and directories say about Elgin Smoke.

4.6from 161 reviews on Google

While the shop has a great selection of products, customer service issues and high prices detract from the overall experience. Elgin Smoke and Tobacco Shop offers a mixed experience, with some customers praising the wide selection of products like Geek Bars and water pipes, while others report negative interactions with staff. The store is noted for its cleanliness and variety, but complaints about customer service and product quality are prevalent.

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  • 48%
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Would go back80%80% of reviews give the visit 4 or 5 stars.Positive 80%, 4 or 5 stars · Neutral 0%, 3 stars · Negative 20%, 1 or 2 stars
The good
  • Wide selection of Geek Bars
  • Knowledgeable staff like Angie and Hary
  • Quality water pipes and vapes
The bad
  • Rude and unprofessional staff
  • Overpriced products
  • Negative customer service experiences

Press and awards

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How AI sees Elgin Smoke

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

23out of 100

27 Elgin avg

What the score is made of

Signal and how much it countsElgin Smoke

  • 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.0
  • 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.41
  • 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.75
  • Backlink & citation authority 8%Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you.50
  • Google Business Profile 8%Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first.90
  • Speed & mobile 7%Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone.
  • Content freshness & schema 5%Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals.

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What AI reads

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

Elgin Smoke and Tobacco Shop, Elgin 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

Elgin Smoke and Tobacco Shop is a smoke shop. Its AI Score is 23 of 100, which is poor.

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

Key facts

FactValue
TypeSmoke shop
Address1350 E Chicago St Unit 25, Elgin, IL 60120, USA
HoursMon to Sun 9 AM to 11 PM
Phone(224) 856-5628
Rating4.6 across 161 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 infoAddress1350 E Chicago St Unit 25, Elgin, IL 60120, USAConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
Location infoDescriptionVape, Smoke & Tobacco Shop and Cigar ShopConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
Location infoHoursMon to Sun 9:00 AM to 11:00 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
Location infoNameElgin Smoke and Tobacco ShopConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
Location infoPhone(224) 856-5628ConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursMonday9:00 AM to 11:00 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursTuesday9:00 AM to 11:00 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursWednesday9:00 AM to 11:00 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursThursday9:00 AM to 11:00 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursFriday9:00 AM to 11:00 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursSaturday9:00 AM to 11:00 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursSunday9:00 AM to 11:00 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
ServicesServiceCigar salesAI guess
ServicesServiceSmoking accessories salesAI guess
ServicesServiceVape product salesAI guess
LinksWebsitehttp://www.elginsmokeshop.com/ConfirmedGoogle Business Profile

Services and prices

Known for

The team

Visiting Elgin Smoke

Address: 1350 E Chicago St Unit 25, Elgin, IL 60120, USA. Phone: (224) 856-5628. Hours: Mon to Sun 9 AM to 11 PM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)

Location info from Google Business Profile

From Google Business Profile: "Vape, Smoke & Tobacco Shop and Cigar Shop"

When to go

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

Parking and getting in

Nearby

PlaceTypeDistance
Taqueria Parrilla AztecaMexican restaurant1 min walk
Fortune HouseChinese restaurant1 min walk
Chicago Street Pour HouseRestaurant1 min walk
Mr. C's Hot Dogs and MoreFast food restaurant1 min walk
SubwaySandwich shop2 min walk
Chicago St & Shales PkwyBus stop2 min walk

Reputation

4.6 average across 161 reviews: Google 161. (Confirmed, read September 16, 2026.)

While the shop has a great selection of products, customer service issues and high prices detract from the overall experience. (AI guess, from 161 reviews.)

What people like

  • Wide selection of Geek Bars
  • Quality water pipes and vapes

What people do not like

  • Rude and unprofessional staff
  • Overpriced products
  • Negative customer service experiences

Press

Awards

Directories

Questions people ask

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The AI Score: 23 of 100

It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. Elgin smoke shops run 16 to 35. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Elgin Smoke scores 23, below the Elgin average of 27. The same method scores every business on the registry.

SignalWeightScoreWhat it measuresElgin Smoke
Retrieval grounding260Whether 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 attestation2041Volume 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 & response1275The 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 authority850Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you.Fair
Google Business Profile890Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first.Good
Speed & mobile7Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone.
Content freshness & schema5Crawl 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 Elgin Smoke
Elgin Smoke and Tobacco ShopLocalBusiness#businesshttp://www.elginsmokeshop.com/Subject of this page
Elgin, IllinoisCity#cityCity Elgin Smoke 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 Elgin, linked to the lists and towns around it.

Lists

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

Nearby

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

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:ChIJg2Y3E3EHD4gR4GpPatoDJfo (accessed Sep 16, 2026)
  • [2] AI engine output: ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Sep 16, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Sep 20, 2026)

The code behind this page

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# Elgin Smoke and Tobacco Shop, Elgin IL: Reviews

Source: Local AI Registry, https://localairegistry.com/biz/il/elgin/elgin-smoke-and-tobacco-shop-elgin-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/elgin/elgin-smoke-and-tobacco-shop-elgin-il

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## In short

Elgin Smoke and Tobacco Shop is a smoke shop. Its AI Score is 23 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 | 1350 E Chicago St Unit 25, Elgin, IL 60120, USA |
| Hours | Mon to Sun 9 AM to 11 PM |
| Phone | (224) 856-5628 |
| Rating | 4.6 across 161 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 | 1350 E Chicago St Unit 25, Elgin, IL 60120, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Description | Vape, Smoke & Tobacco Shop and Cigar Shop | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Hours | Mon to Sun 9:00 AM to 11:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Name | Elgin Smoke and Tobacco Shop | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Phone | (224) 856-5628 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Monday | 9:00 AM to 11:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Tuesday | 9:00 AM to 11:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Wednesday | 9:00 AM to 11:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Thursday | 9:00 AM to 11:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Friday | 9:00 AM to 11:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Saturday | 9:00 AM to 11:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Sunday | 9:00 AM to 11:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Services | Service | Cigar sales | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Smoking accessories sales | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Vape product sales | AI guess |  |
| Links | Website | http://www.elginsmokeshop.com/ | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |


## Services and prices

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### Known for

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## The team

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## Visiting Elgin Smoke

Address: 1350 E Chicago St Unit 25, Elgin, IL 60120, USA. Phone: (224) 856-5628. Hours: Mon to Sun 9 AM to 11 PM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)


### Location info from Google Business Profile

From Google Business Profile: "Vape, Smoke & Tobacco Shop and Cigar Shop"


### When to go

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


### Parking and getting in

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### Nearby

| Place | Type | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Taqueria Parrilla Azteca | Mexican restaurant | 1 min walk |
| Fortune House | Chinese restaurant | 1 min walk |
| Chicago Street Pour House | Restaurant | 1 min walk |
| Mr. C's Hot Dogs and More | Fast food restaurant | 1 min walk |
| Subway | Sandwich shop | 2 min walk |
| Chicago St & Shales Pkwy | Bus stop | 2 min walk |


## Reputation

4.6 average across 161 reviews: Google 161. (Confirmed, read September 16, 2026.)

While the shop has a great selection of products, customer service issues and high prices detract from the overall experience. (AI guess, from 161 reviews.)


### What people like

- Wide selection of Geek Bars
- Quality water pipes and vapes


### What people do not like

- Rude and unprofessional staff
- Overpriced products
- Negative customer service experiences


### Press

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### Awards

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### Directories

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## Questions people ask


### what else is on Chicago around Elgin Smoke?


### anything people actually moan about here?


### quietest day to hit Elgin Smoke?


### best smoke shop in Elgin


### anyone been to both here and Luv 2?


### are prices in Elgin higher than everywhere else


### first visit at Elgin Smoke, what do I need to bring?


### Keeping up with Elgin Smoke, where do they post?


### Why do people rate Elgin Smoke?


### Any membership pricing at Elgin Smoke?


### address for the shop, anyone have it?


### opening hours at Elgin Smoke, what are they these days?


### what do people usually buy there


### budget options in Elgin, what is decent


### Elgin Smoke, any chance to get in this week?


## The AI Score: 23 of 100

It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. Elgin smoke shops run 16 to 35. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Elgin Smoke scores 23, below the Elgin average of 27. The same method scores every business on the registry.

| Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | Elgin 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 | 41 | 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 | 75 | 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 | 50 | 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 |  | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. |  |
| Content freshness & schema | 5 |  | 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 Elgin Smoke |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Elgin Smoke and Tobacco Shop | LocalBusiness | #business | http://www.elginsmokeshop.com/ | Subject of this page |
| Elgin, Illinois | City | #city |  | City Elgin 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 Elgin, linked to the lists and towns around it.


### Lists

- Best smoke shops in Elgin: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il/elgin/smoke-shop
- Best businesses in Elgin: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il/elgin


### Nearby

- /chicago: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il/chicago
- /schaumburg: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il/schaumburg
- /carol-stream: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il/carol-stream
- /lombard: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il/lombard
- /aurora: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il/aurora
- /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:ChIJg2Y3E3EHD4gR4GpPatoDJfo (accessed Sep 16, 2026)
- [2] AI engine output: ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Sep 16, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Sep 20, 2026)

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  1. what else is on Chicago around Elgin Smoke? Question by researching_kit, Sep 15, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/il/elgin/elgin-smoke-and-tobacco-shop-elgin-il/q/what-else-is-on-chicago-around-elgin-smoke-and-tobacco
  2. anything people actually moan about here? Question by no_rush_on_chicago_60120, Sep 11, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/il/elgin/elgin-smoke-and-tobacco-shop-elgin-il/q/downsides-nobody-puts-in-a-five-star-review
  3. quietest day to hit Elgin Smoke? Question by may_birdie, Sep 11, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/il/elgin/elgin-smoke-and-tobacco-shop-elgin-il/q/quietest-day-to-hit-elgin-smoke-and-tobacco
  4. best smoke shop in Elgin Question by local_reed, Sep 10, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/il/elgin/elgin-smoke-and-tobacco-shop-elgin-il/q/best-smoke-shop-in-elgin
  5. anyone been to both here and Luv 2? Question by june_walker_north, Sep 9, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/il/elgin/elgin-smoke-and-tobacco-shop-elgin-il/q/torn-between-elgin-smoke-and-tobacco-and-luv-2
  6. are prices in Elgin higher than everywhere else Question by reading_reviews_terpenes, Sep 4, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/il/elgin/elgin-smoke-and-tobacco-shop-elgin-il/q/smoke-shop-in-elgin-what-are-people-actually-paying
  7. first visit at Elgin Smoke, what do I need to bring? Question by edibles_zadie, Sep 4, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/il/elgin/elgin-smoke-and-tobacco-shop-elgin-il/q/first-visit-here-what-do-i-need-to-bring
  8. Keeping up with Elgin Smoke, where do they post? Question by sativa_wren, Sep 4, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/il/elgin/elgin-smoke-and-tobacco-shop-elgin-il/q/keeping-up-with-elgin-smoke-and-tobacco-where-do-they-post
  9. Why do people rate Elgin Smoke? Question by saving_up_tess, Aug 28, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/il/elgin/elgin-smoke-and-tobacco-shop-elgin-il/q/the-good-stuff-about-the-shop-what-is-it
  10. Any membership pricing at Elgin Smoke? Question by winter_roan, Aug 24, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/il/elgin/elgin-smoke-and-tobacco-shop-elgin-il/q/any-membership-pricing-at-elgin-smoke-and-tobacco
  11. address for the shop, anyone have it? Question by weekend_only_van, Aug 19, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/il/elgin/elgin-smoke-and-tobacco-shop-elgin-il/q/address-for-the-shop-anyone-have-it
  12. opening hours at Elgin Smoke, what are they these days? Question by flower_nell, Aug 15, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/il/elgin/elgin-smoke-and-tobacco-shop-elgin-il/q/opening-hours-at-elgin-smoke-and-tobacco-in-elgin-what-are-they-these
  13. what do people usually buy there Question by lurker_iris, Aug 12, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/il/elgin/elgin-smoke-and-tobacco-shop-elgin-il/q/what-do-people-usually-buy-there
  14. budget options in Elgin, what is decent Question by elgin_lou, Aug 7, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/il/elgin/elgin-smoke-and-tobacco-shop-elgin-il/q/cheaper-than-elgin-smoke-and-tobacco-in-elgin-without-it-being-sketchy
  15. Elgin Smoke, any chance to get in this week? Question by autumn_sitter_downtown, Jul 30, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/il/elgin/elgin-smoke-and-tobacco-shop-elgin-il/q/elgin-smoke-and-tobacco-any-chance-to-get-in-this-week

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  1. [1]VisitName, address, phone, hours and 2 other detailsGoogle Business Profile.Primary source · Accessed Sep 16, 2026 · https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJg2Y3E3EHD4gR4GpPatoDJfo
  2. [2]ServicesCigar sales, Smoking accessories sales and Vape product salesAI engine output: ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Sep 16, 2026.AI engine output · Accessed Sep 20, 2026 · https://localairegistry.com/methodology
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