nuEra Cannabis at 1308 W North Avenue in River West sits just off the I-90 expressway in one of Chicago’s most centrally located dispensary addresses, within easy reach of the North/Clybourn Red Line stop and the Damen Blue Line station, with free on-site parking for drivers coming in from the expressway. The store opened as NuMed, one of Illinois’ original Read more...
The KannaKraft Shop at 80 Bangor St holds a genuine piece of Augusta history — when it opened in 2018 as the capital city’s first cannabis-related storefront, city ordinance limited sales to CBD only. The owner, a licensed MMMP medical marijuana caregiver with over a decade of experience, went to the city board in 2019 and won unanimous approval to Read more...
Sunnyside Cannabis Dispensary at 1704 S Neil Street in Champaign opened on January 1, 2020 — the first day legal adult-use cannabis sales began in Illinois — as one of Cresco Labs’ original five Sunnyside locations in the state. The Champaign store was among the busiest openings in the region that day, drawing customers from across the Champaign-Urbana metro and Read more...
Ascend Cannabis Dispensary in Logan Square occupies a distinctive corner position where Fullerton Avenue meets Milwaukee Avenue in one of Chicago’s most vibrant neighborhood commercial strips, and it has been part of the neighborhood’s cannabis history since February 2016 — when it opened as Modern Cannabis and became Chicago’s second licensed dispensary, a week after Dispensary 33 in Andersonville. The Read more...
Caniba at 232 Broadway in Farmington has been Western Maine’s original cannabis operation since 2014 — over a decade ahead of most Franklin County competitors and the dispensary that established the market in this part of the state. Owner Sam Morris built the business from a caregiver model into a licensed medical retail storefront (license CGI002774), earning a reputation in Read more...
