Gato Negro Cigars LLC
Established in 2022 by Drew Nicastro its President and a family member he affectionately called “Uncle Pete” after they attended a cigar convention together. Drew began to learn about the history of Pete and his families troubling past, when he was a young child while living in Communist Cuba. Before the Castro régime his father owned a store called “El Gato Negro” (The Black Cat). The store sold a little bit of everything, including cigars. The communist party along with Fidel Castro came in and took their business, home and car and most importantly their freedom. They eventually fled their home in Cuba, legally to America with nothing other that the opportunity to achieve the American dream. They wanted to honor Pete’s father nicknamed “Perucho” and his legacy and this is how the idea of Gato Negro Cigars was born.
Perucho and El Gato Negro
This batch of limited special edition hand made cigars were created to honor my business partners father nicknamed, “Perucho” and the life and business our family left behind when we were exiled from Cuba. The image is of the plaza del mercado, in Guiness, Cuba were he owned and operated his first store called, El Gato Negro, which sold everything from hardware, to watches, toys, general merchandise and yes, even cigars and unlike popular myth, the black cat store was very lucky and successful family owned company. This was of course until it was taken away by the brutal communist government of dictator Fidel Castro, forcing our family to immigrate legally to the USA. Luckily we were welcomed with opened arms and fortunate to become American Citizens. This is a limited edition, Cuban inspired cigar, handmade from all nicaraguan tobaccos, a San Andreas wrapper and Nicaraguan binder and long leaf tobacco. We hope you enjoy them as much as we do!
