Red Apple Cigarettes: Easter Eggs in the Films and How We Styled Them into the Bar
- Laura Kuhn
- May 28
- 2 min read
Updated: May 31


🚬 Red Apple Cigarettes: Easter Eggs in the Films and How We Styled Them into the Bar
If you’ve ever watched a Tarantino film and thought, “Wait, didn’t I see that cigarette pack before?”—you’re absolutely right. Red Apple Cigarettes is one of the most iconic, fictional brands in Quentin Tarantino’s cinematic universe, and at Red Apple Lounge, we’ve taken that inside joke and blown it into a full-blown aesthetic.
This article is your geek-chic backstage pass to how we transformed a prop into a brand—and a bar—worth smoking over.
🎬 The Tarantino Multiverse’s Favorite Smoke
Red Apple Cigarettes has appeared in nearly every Tarantino film:
Pulp Fiction (on Butch’s TV)
Kill Bill Vol. 1 (in Tokyo)
From Dusk Till Dawn (behind the counter)
The Hateful Eight (on the stagecoach)
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (in a Rick Dalton ad)
It’s the Marlboro Man of movie meta-references—stylish, mysterious, and unmistakably cool.
But it’s more than a gag. Tarantino uses Red Apple as a thread that subtly connects his characters and worlds. It’s a brand that feels real because it’s everywhere in his universe—and now it’s everywhere in ours.
🛋️ Turning a Fictional Cigarette into Real Atmosphere
At Red Apple Lounge, we leaned all the way in. Here’s how we styled this imaginary smoke into the bones of our venue:

🖼️ Custom Vintage Signage
Our glowing red neon sign on the façade? That’s a nod to the fictional Red Apple packaging—bold, stylized, and dripping with mid-century attitude. Inside, you’ll spot faux tobacco ads we designed in a ‘60s print style, hung like movie posters in a gritty grindhouse theater.
📜 Menus With a Matchbook Feel
Our cocktail menus are designed like oversized matchbooks, complete with faux tear-out flaps and vintage cigarette branding. Each section—“Strong Finish,” “Smooth Draw,” “Filtered for Fun”—matches the cheeky tone of old cigarette taglines.
🪑 The Smoker’s Lounge That Isn’t
There’s no smoking in the bar—but we created a plush corner styled like an old-school smoking lounge, complete with leather seating, gold ashtrays (for olives, not ashes), and stacks of fictional Red Apple Quarterly mags—yes, we made those too.
👁️ For the Fans Who Notice Everything
Red Apple Lounge was built for the movie lovers who notice the background props, quote deleted scenes, and debate whether Tarantino’s characters all live in the same twisted timeline. We see you. We are you. And we built this bar as your cinematic sanctuary.
So light up the vibe, not the smokes. Come sip something killer, pose with our Red Apple mural, and live inside the Easter egg.
Red Apple Lounge
Inspired by a cigarette brand that never existed—until now.
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