J.C. Newman Cigar Co. hiring 100 workers for new hotel, restaurant in Ybor City

J.C. Newman Cigar Co. is hosting a two-day job fair to hire 100 people for its new hotel, restaurant and cigar lounge – all set to open across the street from the cigar factory in about nine weeks.Ybor City Sanchez y Haya Building job fairAcross the street from America’s last working cigar factory is the historic Sanchez y Haya Building.Opened back in 1910, that building served cigar workers, neighbors and visitors of Ybor City. But after sitting neglected for decades, the Newman family stepped in to restore it.Their new project brings three new concepts to the restored building: a boutique hotel called The Inn at El Reloj, an American restaurant named Elaine’s, and Stanford’s Cigar Club, a cigar lounge."We're recruiting 100 people to help us tell the story of Tampa's history as Cigar City," Drew Newman, fourth-generation owner of J.C. Newman Cigar Co., said.With an opening date just nine weeks away, the company is moving fast to build its team. They’re hiring around 100 hospitality po