![]() Unfortunately Claire was under the weather but as Marcus had invited the I'm with RJ show to check out CGP's first location, a beautiful farmhouse-style dispensary in Great Barrington, MA, called Rebelle Dispensary, we couldn't delay the recording - sorry Claire!īuttttttt.we're damn sure glad we didn't reschedule because this episode is a full hour of truth as Marcus breaks down the market in Massachusetts, the opportunities and challenges facing retailers and brands in New England and what its like to be a black cannabis executive with a passion for the plant and a previous career in technology. I got on my phone and found a Chick-fil-A on the way home.As season 4 heads into the final straightaway, RJ welcomes Marcus Williams, the Vice President of Community Growth Partners (CGP) based in Massachusetts, to the show. On the way out of town, I stopped at Valkyrie, which is still being built and will be the seventh dispensary, and as I sat in the car and stared at Theory Wellness, just across the street, where this all began, I knew there was only one way to end this story. It opened in March, has some kind of medieval theme, and I happily resisted an employee who invited me to sit on a throne, next to a suit of armor, and take a selfie.īy that point I had sobered up and was desperate to get home. (Don't worry if you miss the turn there's plenty of weed ahead in Great Barrington.) Erin Clark/Globe Staffīut they’re also the town that now has a big sign, across the street from Farnsworth, that reads “You just passed it,” with a big U-turn arrow that has the word “cannabis” written on it.Īs I was now proving, too much weed can make you anxious and depressed, and I was at my saddest as I walked back across town to the most ridiculous sight: an actual castle with an oversized “Dispensary” sign on the lawn.īuilt in 1851 as a doctor’s house, the castle was now the Great Barrington Dispensary, #6 if you’re keeping track. I returned a short time later, hydrated, passed the checkpoint without incident, and entered to my nightmare scenario - I was the only customer for three dudes who responded to everything I said with “right on.” One walked me through the menu and recommended an exclusive strain he claimed was so good that people drove three hours to try.Ī former gas station sign now implores customers to hang a right for Farnsworth dispensary. As I approached the woman, I was again struggling to remember what to do with my hands and decided that reaching for my wallet was too risky - she would know! - so instead I asked if she could point me to a store where I could get some water. Because Great Barrington is like super cute and they have a place called Flying Church Coffee that sells grilled cheeses and have you ever had like a really good grilled cheese? I mean like really good?Īnyhoo, #4 was a place called Calyx, which is on the main cutesy shopping stretch, conveniently next to a toy store, and kinda blends in with all the other shops except for the security guard out front checking IDs. I don’t really remember much from that, and soon my driver parked the car downtown as it was decided I should just walk to the next three alone. They sold joints that were actually called joints, so I got another one of those, did the quick stop thing again, then hit Rebelle, the third recreational dispensary to open. (Note the antique radios designed by Philo Farnsworth, the famed inventor who is a great-uncle of the owners.) Erin Clark/Globe Staff Is this what a dispensary would look like if designed by the director Wes Anderson? Fruity, refined fun at Farnsworth. Inside, a budtender walked me through a dizzying array of options - edibles, tinctures, topicals, vapes, concentrates - as I nodded along while trying really hard to remember what I normally did with my hands. The Pass, the second retail store to open, is technically just over the line in Sheffield, and from the outside has the barn-like aesthetic of a place that sells snowboards in actual Vermont. But looking around Great Barrington on the ride across town to the second dispensary, at the quaint little shops and the rolling hills in the peak of fall, I realized I quite like the Berkshires. This is a good time to apologize to the people of the Berkshires for that incident two years ago where they screamed at me for misusing the term “Berkshires” in the newspaper, and I screamed at them that no one cares. Soon enough I was back in the car, and my driver - who doesn’t want his name anywhere near this fiasco - took me to a secluded spot to hop out, take two quick puffs, and make him regret this entire plan. After we shared a nice quiet cringe, he suggested a “pre-roll” - the budtender’s word for “joint” - and prattled on for a few moments about the strand’s progeny like a stanky sommelier, as I wished for the old days of simply having to feign interest in the unopened Luke Skywalker figurine. ![]()
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