California Marijuana

This article is part of a series of historical perspectives about the legal cannabis industry. No longer small, dank outposts on the fringes of town, today’s dispensaries are bright, well-furnished, technology-forward operations staffed by meticulously trained professionals . From Sparc in mg ’s very first issue through Gotham in November 2023, these twenty-five shops set new standards in retail design. With few exceptions, they’re still operating. Edition X | Toronto | February 2021 Owned and built by a venture capitalist and founding director of the Cronos Group, Edition is intentionally hyper-minimalist from its industrial fiberglass gridwork—a first in retail interior design—to its tightly curated product selection. Ryan Roebuck envisioned the store as a space where well-heeled millennials like him could admire plant products and accessories as art. Barbary Coast | San Francisco | December 2015 Part Old West saloon, part Prohibition-era speakeasy, with dashes of private c...