Vapor Smoke Shop – Matthews is a smoke shop, vape shop, and THCA/CBD dispensary at 1627 Sardis Rd N, Suite 4B in Charlotte, North Carolina, operating at the intersection of Sardis Rd N and Monroe Rd in the Matthews-area commercial corridor. Founded in April 2014, it was built on a deliberate break from the traditional smoke shop format — the Read more...

Blue Flowers is Charlotte’s first pharmacist-owned CBD boutique, operating at 4717 Sharon Rd, Suite 2B in the SouthPark area of Charlotte — a deliberate positioning in one of the city’s most affluent and health-conscious retail corridors. Owner Joslyn B. (Jos) built the shop around a pharmacist’s framework: every product is selected through a clinical lens, staff function as wellness experts Read more...

SUNMED – Your CBD Store Charlotte is a CBD wellness franchise at 4749 South Blvd, Suite B in Charlotte, North Carolina, operating as part of the Your CBD Store | SUNMED chain — the largest hemp retailer in the United States under the Sunflora Inc. umbrella and the cbdrx4u.com platform. The South Boulevard location serves the South End, Woodlawn, and Read more...

Crowntown Cannabis – Central Ave is a CBD and hemp dispensary at 2419 Central Ave in Charlotte, North Carolina — the original flagship location of what became Charlotte’s first cannabis dispensary, founded by three Charlotte natives (Mike, Dan, and Lindsay) who built the brand around a mission to educate their community and reduce stigma around cannabis use. What started as Read more...

Farmer J’s Hemp is a Charlotte, North Carolina-based CBD hemp brand founded and operated by Riley, a Charlotte native who goes by Farmer J online, selling premium hemp flower, CBD oil, and pre-rolls through farmerjhemp.com. The brand occupies a distinct niche in the Charlotte hemp market — a small, personality-driven operation built around education, affordability, and direct-from-grower quality rather than Read more...

Community CBD is a CBD and hemp shop at 136 Brevard Ct in uptown Charlotte, North Carolina, tucked inside the historic Latta Arcade — a glass-roofed Victorian-era retail arcade in the heart of downtown that has housed boutique tenants since 1914. The location is a deliberate choice: Brevard Ct sits within walking distance of the Spectrum Center, Bank of America Read more...

The Wellington CBD is a curated CBD and hemp wellness shop at 201 S College St, Suite 150 in uptown Charlotte, North Carolina, founded by Linsey Beford with a clear editorial point of view: that the CBD market had become too cluttered and confusing to navigate without a trusted guide. Rather than stocking every product on the market, The Wellington Read more...

CannaBuddy is a Charlotte-based cannabis dispensary and online retailer operating out of 1218 E 36th St, Suite C in Charlotte’s NoDa neighborhood — the original location where founder Christian, a long-time cannabis advocate and state-level lobbying veteran, launched the brand in September 2019. CannaBuddy has grown into one of the more comprehensive hemp cannabinoid retailers in the Carolinas, offering one Read more...

CBD Essentials for All is a family-owned CBD and hemp shop at 8424 Old Statesville Rd, Suite 400 in Charlotte, North Carolina, serving the north Charlotte community in the University City and Prosperity Church Rd corridor. Small and independently operated, the shop has built a loyal following through hands-on customer service and a knowledgeable, owner-present approach — reviews describe an Read more...

Carolina Hemp Cabinet is a veteran-owned CBD, THCa, and kratom shop at 3625 Mt Holly-Huntersville Rd, Suite 407 in Charlotte, North Carolina, operating in the Callabridge Commons shopping center in the Mountain Island area of northwest Charlotte. The shop has built a loyal local following over several years — a June 2025 Leafly review notes customers have been coming back Read more...