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Cal NORML has compiled the following list of current onsite consumption lounges in California to share with our members and supporters. Email us if you operate or know of a consumption lounge that you’d like added to this list.
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INTRODUCTION
Under California state law, cannabis retailers can open on-site cannabis consumption spaces, with local approval. Some are moving forward (see list below) while others, like Los Angeles and Berkeley, have resisted consumption rooms altogether, as anti-tobacco forces have falsely conflate cannabis smoke with tobacco and show up at local meetings to fight off our rights. Help us make cannabis consumption allowed across California!
Also see:
Blowing Smoke About Cannabis Lounges
Onsite Consumption No Danger to Public Health: A Cal NORML White Paper
Cannabis Consumption Lounges: Mitigating Risks
Information about opening and operating a consumption lounge from Cal NORML board member and attorney Lauren Mendelsohn.
Finding community, changing society: the importance of consumption lounges
By Dr. Amanda Reiman
NEWS:
9/30/2024 – Asm. Matt Haney’s Cal NORML-sponsored bill seeking to expand on the activities that cannabis retailers may engage in as AB 1775 has been signed into law. It states that a local jurisdiction may allow activities including, but not limited to, selling non-cannabis-infused food, selling nonalcoholic beverages, and selling tickets for live musical or other performances.
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4/5/2024 – Weed Doesn’t Smoke the Same Without Others
Opening up new people to the weed lounge experience helps the cannabis freedom cause. The dream is that one day, smoking a joint at a club might be as typical of an experience as ordering a beer at a bar. It certainly would be a lot healthier.
8/15/2023 – Cotati approves first of its kind cannabis lounge
Cotati planner JP Harries said he used two cannabis events at the site as tests for what might be expected when the lounge is operational. “There was simply no odor coming from the event,” Harries said. “As I walked the perimeter, I could actually smell Burger King more than anything.” Mercy is also pairing with researchers at UC San Diego and with the California Highway Patrol to study the effects of cannabis consumption on drivers; all patrons will receive a “Driving High is a DUI” pamphlet.
8/14/2023 – CONSUMPTION COUNTRY: THE VAULT
Owner Rich Eaton says revenues double on bingo Wednesdays, and ticketed events see an even larger return. However, he says, the absence of an in-house kitchen, or even the ability to have a barista, is holding the business back from being truly realized. He says it’s important that regulators understand that cannabis consumers do not parallel alcohol consumers and that these businesses simply need more than what the state is allowing them. “The consumption amount is way less — and I mean, way less — than alcohol,” Eaton says. “With alcohol, you could sit there and drink four or five vodka tonics in the course of two and a half hours, but you’re not going to smoke four joints.”
June 2023 – Pot Pride: The legacy of cannabis consumption lounges in San Francisco
6/23/2023- Social cannabis consumption is the future as multiple states update lounge laws
2/9/2023 – Ukiah Planning Commission Unanimously Passes Ordinance Allowing Cannabis Consumption
2/8/2023 – Palm Springs’ weed lounge game is hot right now — especially compared to L.A.
8/2/2022 – California cannabis consumption lounges poised for takeoff
6/21/2022 – A Growing Number of California Cities Are Opening Weed Cafes
5/20/2022 – 8 insider tips for visiting L.A.’s only open weed bar
ONSITE CANNABIS CONSUMPTION LOUNGES IN CALIFORNIA
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NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
WEED
La Florista
242 Main Street, Weed, CA 96094
(530) 408-0420
Website
EUREKA
Papa & Barkley Social Dispensary
4325 Broadway, Eureka CA 95503
(707) 382-2944
Website
High Tide Cannabis Lounge
300 F. St, Eureka CA 95501
(707) 240-4220
Website
The Almost World Famous Crisp Lounge
2029 Broadway St., Eureka
(707) 798-1934
Website
UKIAH
Kure Wellness
800 Lake Mendocino Dr. Ukiah, CA 95482
(707) 621-5390
Website
Plantshop
2031 Wellmar Dr. Ukiah, CA 95482
(707) 367-1264
Website
COTATI
Cotati approves first of its kind cannabis lounge
The new cannabis lounge will take over the former Grav South Brewing company storefront – adjacent to Mercy Wellness’s current retail storefront on Redwood Drive.
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE
Tahoe Wellness Center
3445 Lake Tahoe Blvd, South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150
(530) 544-8000
Website
SACRAMENTO AREA
Deltaboyz
66 Main Street, Isleton, California 95641
(916) 236-6060
Website
SAN FRANCISCO
Barbary Coast
952 Mission Street, San Francisco
Website
Moe Greens
1276 Market St, San Francisco
Website
Mission Cannabis Club
2441 Mission St., San Francisco
Website
Union Station San Francisco
2075 Mission St., San Francisco
Website
Urbana Mission
33 29th St, San Francisco, CA 94110
Website
Urbana Soma
122 10th St, San Francisco, CA 94103
Website
Urbana Geary
4811 Geary Blvd., San Francisco
Website
Vapor Room
79 9th St., San Francisco
Website
EMERYVILLE
Ohana Cannabis
5770 Peladeau Street, Emeryville
(510) 925-1266
Website
Black-owned
OAKLAND
FLYT
Website
(415) 407-2593
Root’d in the 510
4444 Telegraph Ave, Oakland, CA
Website
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
CATHEDRAL CITY
The Vault Dispensary Lounge
35871 Date Palm Drive , Cathedral City, CA 92234
(760) 866-9660
website
COACHELLA
Coachella Canna Club
46156 Dillon Rd, Coachella, CA 92236
Website
COALINGA
LEMOORE
338 West D Street, Lemoore, CA 93245
1-855-642-4200
Website
LOMPOC
Oceans Dispensary & Lounge
1101 E Ocean Avenue, Lompoc, CA 93436
(805) 742 – 8787
Website
Seaweed
1101 E Ocean Ave Suite A, Lompoc, CA
(805) 742-8787
Website
NATIONAL CITY
San Diego’s First Cannabis Consumption Lounge Sessions By The Bay Approved For 2023 Opening
NEEDLES
Kush on 66
2205 Needles Hwy, Suite 100 Needles, CA 92363
760-338-2597
Website
OJAI
Ojai seems ready to support cannabis lounges
PALM SPRINGS
Coachella Valley Green Dragon
353 S. Palm Canyon Drive, Palm Springs, CA 92262
(760) 438-9333
Website
Emerald & Sage
2155 N Palm Canyon Dr. Palm Springs, CA 92262
Website
Fire and Flower Cannabis Co.
4810 E Camino Parocela, Palm Springs, CA 92264
Website
Four Twenty Bank
A consumption lounge plus two 800-square-foot VIP rooms that can be rented for special occasions plus a fully functioning, 555-person-capacity venue that hosts live music, DJ sets, puff-and-paint events and wellness-weekend drum circles and sound baths.
296 S. Palm Canyon Drive, Palm Springs, California 92262
(760) 318-6877
website
instagram
Hightend
3395 N Indian Canyon Dr. Suite A, Palm Springs, CA 92262
Website
Holland Pharms
Palm Springs’ first social equity dispensary, on the city’s main drag.
150 N. Palm Canyon Drive, Palm Springs, California 92262
(760) 656-0420
website
instagram
Off The Charts
757 S. Williams Rd, Palm Springs, CA 92264
Website
Reefer Madness Dispensary & Lounge
This LGBTQ-owned dispensary and lounge with an Alice in Wonderland theme is one mile from the Palm Springs International Airport.
4693 Ramon Road, Palm Springs, California 92264
(760) 424-8588
website
instagram
PORT HUENEME
Wheelhouse Lounge
521 W. Channel Islands Blvd. Suite 6, Pt. Hueneme
(805) 382-0420
Website
WEST HOLLYWOOD
OG Cannabis Café
1201 N. La Brea Ave.
Website
Pleasure Med
7717 Santa Monica Blvd.
Website
Private Reserve
8448 Santa Monica Boulevard
Website
Open Thursday to Saturday from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m.
Hours will be expanded in the coming months.
Reservations are required and are available on OpenTable.
The Studio Lounge at The Artists Tree
8625 Santa Monica Blvd 2nd Floor
(310) 362-1004
Website
The Woods
8271 Santa Monica Blvd
(844) 484-3966
Website
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