Photos and reporting by Stacie Joy
Sofaclub Cannabis is set to open this fall at 229 Avenue B near 14th Street.
Ownership has secured a CAURD adult recreational use license from the state for the retail establishment. This marks the furthest east into the East Village for a licensed operation. (Downtown spots include Gotham at 3 E. Third St. near the Bowery and Housing Works on Broadway at Eighth Street.)
Co-owner Max Tsiring previously founded Artifact New York, an exclusive designer archive. (He also plays in the band Kitten.)
This new cannabis shop will be "design-oriented, classy, minimalist and stylish," Tsiring said. "I'm so excited to be part of a neighborhood I've hung out in and
loved my whole life."
Tsiring and his business partner are hoping for a Nov. 1 debut.
The storefront was previously Everytable.
Weed shop, burger joint and liquor store all on the same block? We’re all set!
ReplyDeleteGreat another Smoke shop just what we need well at least this one appears to be licensed so it shouldn't be raided and closed by the NYC Sheriffs and the NYPD.
ReplyDeleteAh….classy, club, a must-have….
ReplyDeleteIt is one thing to legalize pot - but another thing to make it into yet another cool capitalist consumer “thing” .
This is a licensed shop, so I'm for it and hope the quality of product and transparency around what they have will force several of the other smoke shops to go out of business because of saturation and competition. That's a trade-off that's worth it in my book, but I would be vehemently against this if it was unlicensed.
ReplyDeleteAs someone who uses (legal) thc to help with arthiritis, inflammation issues, and insomnia (all recommended by a doctor), having this in the immediate neighborhood is excellent news. This isn’t an unlicensed trashy smoke shop selling fake products with god knows what toxins in them. Baffled by the negative comments here. Jeez.
ReplyDeleteEvery time pot is mentioned here, there is always someone who rails against it. Come on, this is The East Fucking Village, the birthplace of America Punk Rock and people have been smoking weed here since The Five Points. Weed is here to stay, get over it.
ReplyDeleteJust because a shop is licensed doesn't mean all the products have been tested for purity or have a certificate of analysis available to check out. Which actually is no different than junk you buy in a big box supermarket which sell produce sprayed with atrazine or glyphosate or soy shits which can be processed with hexane. Not a daily or even weekly user but some of the THC edibles I've tried have definitely been stepped on, with what idk. I've never
ReplyDeletesmoked bud that kept me up at night or lasted 10 or 12 hours. Not complaining just won't do stuff on regular basis if I don't exactly what's in it or how it was made. Like most everything these days caveat emptor........
I sell pot in Tompkins Square Park that I grow myself for 1/5th the price of the pesticide laden moldy stuff they sell at legalized dispensaries. I can teach you to grow your own as well. Commercialization isn’t legalization.
ReplyDeleteCan you explain the legal part for those who aren't into the who cannabis scene?
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