I tried this dispensary recently over on S Pennsylvania Ave. Someone obviously shilled the reviews over at weedmaps.com or legalmarijuandispensary.com. It's got 5 out of 5 stars in every category with like 10 reviewers. Don't be fooled, it's been shilled. Anyway, I decided to check it out.

Firstly, their approach to privacy and exterior facade was much different from any dispensary that I've been to. There was a giant storefront window and looking in from the street it looked like a coffeeshop. There is only one room, so business is basically done in front of a huge storefront window! It is done at a side counter so the product isn't really in plain view of the window, but it is most likely in line of sight with the window at some point during the course of business. This seems like he is just asking for trouble! How hard would it be to just hang a black sheet in the window to dissuade nosy onlookers and just follow the damn rules!! You aren't supposed to medicate in public view, so you probably shouldn't be purchasing meds in plain view either.

So, the entire dispensary is one large room. There's a small waiting area up front with a few chairs/couches and the main dispensary area basically looks like a coffeeshop counter. He had probably 7-8 strains. 3 strains were $50/eighths and the rest were $45/eighths. The $50 strains were Ice Cream, Alaskan Ice, and Heavy-Duty. I tried the Ice Cream and Alaskan Ice (was out of Heavy-Duty). The Ice Cream was pretty good and was definitely high-quality. The $45 strains I saw were Purple Trainwreck, Durban Poison, Jawa (?), and a couple others I don't recall.

He gave me a small sample of Maple (?) buds but I overhead him telling another customer that he's not selling it because 1 person complained of mold. But I would think that if you're not selling it because of mold worries then you probably wouldn't want to give it away either!?

Anyway, this place was OK. Not much variety, but they did have 2 strains that were fire. If this place was in the 'hood I would definitely go there, but it's a bit out of the way for me, so I probably won't be back. I think at some point they're going to have to do something about their storefront window as well. I kinda like to have a bit of privacy. I have a professional job and I don't want somebody walking by seeing me purchasing cannabis in a window.

Pricing is $20/g, $50/8th, and I didn't really see if there were discounts beyond that... maybe.