About

Welcome! W. Curtis Draper Tobacconist (Drapers) was founded in 1887 by William Curtis Draper. It is the oldest full service tobacconist in the District of Columbia and the third oldest in the United States. Proprietors John Anderson and Matt Krimm offer a full array of cigars, pipes, pipe tobacco, snus and smoking accessories (lighters, ashtrays, cutters, punches etc.,) to a national clientele.

La Palina cigar assortment with the cigar Indian in the background.

For 125 years Drapers has served all manner of patrons from, messengers and civil servants, to executives, ambassadors and occupants of a certain White House. The shop has been profiled in numerous media outlets including: Bloomberg, Cigar Aficionado, Newark (NJ) Star-Ledger and The China Daily.

Visit the shop at 699 15th Street NW (at G Street), Washington, DC. Drapers is open 9:30 AM – 6:30 PM Monday to Friday and 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM Saturday (Closed Sunday). For information call (202) 638-2555 (outside Washington, DC (800) 572-2382). Phone orders welcome.

Map and Directions to Drapers.