# 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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## 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)