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Franklin rolling at his table under string lights on a covered terrace, guests standing and talking behind him

Philadelphia & the Main Line

The cigar roller Philadelphia keeps just up the road.

A Center City ballroom, a Main Line club or a courtyard in the suburbs: the Opus X master roller lives just up the road and rolls every guest a cigar while they watch.

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A terrace in Philadelphia, October 2024

Trusted with the Fuente Opus X—At the Fuente table since 1995—Formula 1 Miami’s official roller—Featured in Cigar Journal—Chosen by Hublot, Tudor and Bell & Ross—

Your venue

A terrace, a courtyard, a stadium parking lot. Around Philadelphia, he has rolled in all three.

Hotels in Center City, clubs along the Main Line, barns out in Chester County: wherever yours is, picture his table by the door your guests use most.

The night

Philadelphia doesn’t throw quiet parties. Neither does his table.

The bride drawing on a fresh cigar beside the groom, guests behind them
A courtyard wedding in Blue Bell, PA, August 2026
Franklin with his arm around the groom, both of them smoking
A courtyard wedding in Blue Bell, PA, August 2026

Somebody always starts it — the groom, an uncle, sometimes the bride herself — and within minutes half the party is around his table, watching a tobacco leaf become a cigar. He rolls each one for the guest in front of him and hands it over finished.

Add custom bands when you book and every cigar goes home with your names and the date on it.

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Tell him your date and your venue in or around Philadelphia. You’ll hear back the same day.

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See it happen

Watch a leaf become the cigar your guest smokes tonight.

His table on a Philadelphia terrace

An evening in Philadelphia, October 2024. The room fills up behind him, and he keeps rolling.

Philadelphia nights

From the Linc to the suburbs, plus a few nights the rest of the country booked.

Each card says where it really happened. Open any of them for the photographs.

A courtyard wedding where the bride came for a cigarA courtyard wedding where the bride came for a cigarBlue Bell, PA · August 2026An evening on a terrace by the waterAn evening on a terrace by the waterPhiladelphia, PA · October 2024Two nights back to back, one of them in the cityTwo nights back to back, one of them in the cityLancaster and Philadelphia, PA · November 2023A birthday surprise at an Eagles gameA birthday surprise at an Eagles gamePhiladelphia, PA · December 2022A Tudor evening at a stone barnA Tudor evening at a stone barnLancaster County, PA · August 2026A Bell & Ross evening at a watch boutiqueA Bell & Ross evening at a watch boutiqueChicago, IL · October 2026A Kentucky Derby party at a private clubA Kentucky Derby party at a private clubLehigh Valley, PA · May 2026A Monday golf outing at a country clubA Monday golf outing at a country clubHarrisburg, PA · August 2026
200+ reviews

What people say once the smoke clears.

Reviews from the people who sat at his table, in their own words.

Franklin sat down with my wife and I and enjoyed a cigar with us. He treated us like family and gave us hugs on our way out. Papo is the real deal with a heart of gold and a sense of humor that can make anyone laugh.

Robert Kinnane

Your night

One message, and the night is in his hands.

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Send the date

Tell him the date, the venue and roughly how many guests. You hear back the same day, and a deposit holds the night.

He comes down from Bethlehem early

He arrives with the humidors, the tobacco and the rolling board, and sets up by the bar, the terrace door or the edge of the dance floor — wherever the party will find him.

He’s the last one packing up

Long after the cake is cut he’s still rolling, so the guests who stayed late leave with one in their pocket.

Before you book

What Philadelphia hosts ask.

Yes. He lives in Bethlehem, up the Northeast Extension, and has rolled in Philadelphia for private parties and company nights. Load-in and parking are worked out with your venue when you book.
Gladly. Montgomery, Delaware, Chester and Bucks counties are close to home for him, and he has rolled a courtyard wedding in Blue Bell.
He has rolled out of the back of a van in the lot at Lincoln Financial Field, in the middle of an Eagles game. If there’s room for a table, he can make it work.
Brands like Tudor and Bell & Ross have had him at their events. For a company night, send him the guest count and he’ll put together a proposal.
With custom bands, yes — you choose them when you book. Couples put their names and the date on them; companies put their logo.

Send him the date and the venue. He’ll tell you how he’d set up the night.

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