Basciano, Starks open cigar lounge

(Connecticut Post) For fans of professional basketball and a good cigar, heaven is here in Stamford.
Gary Basciano of New Canaan recently opened Stamford Cigar Lounge with former New York Knicks star John Starks in a 1,000-square-foot space next to the K&B Auto Parts warehouse he owns on Research Drive.
"We started smoking cigars in this open space, so we decided why not share it with everybody," said Basciano, who makes his own E. Zarzuela cigar brand in a Dominican Republic factory he has owned for a few years with Starks and Stamford businessmen Howie Terrino and Santo Romano. Continued