Minding Your Business - Seaside Cannabis Co.

Seaside Cannabis’ shop is unlike any other cannabis shop, and they planned it that way.  

“We wanted to normalize the experience,” said David Currier, one of the owners. “We purposely eliminated the dark entry room so you enter into a bright, warm and inviting space.” Here you show your ID in the same room as the spacious store. Both he and Spencer Knowles, another owner, wanted me to see how they worked so hard on making shopping here just like any other shopping experience. So we explored it together. 

“There are three pillars to our business,” said Knowles. “The ‘Flower Market,’ the cold beverages and good vibes!” The Flower Market is where customers can step up to a bar, see the cannabis up close and even smell it. There’s a menu, too, where each blend is broken down by percentage of TAC and Terps, a brief description is provided as well as where it was grown. Each has a name but also a number; the numbers are the three-digit phone exchanges of towns on the Cape (945, 255, 240, etc). There’s a knowledgeable "bartender" behind the bar who will happily answer your questions. Be sure to ask him or her what “Nauset Nugs” are. 

Before you get to a lounge area, you’ll pass displays of products (edibles, tinctures, topicals and more) sorted by categories like “sleep,” “happy,” “energy,” etc. to make shopping even easier. (Ask them what the names of certain locations mean on the "product walls.”) 

“Sleep, or the lack of being able to sleep, is the number one request,” said Knowles. The two said they understand the demographic of this area of the Cape means a healthy amount of retirees living here. So they go to the local council on agings and educate folks about their products. 

Over at the counter where you pay and pick up your products, you’ll find a large assortment of infused beverages and even infused Emack & Bolio’s ice cream. “We have the largest selection of beverages on the Cape, I believe,” said Knowles. “When dispensaries first started out, the infused beverage market was just beginning, so many shops went into business without the preparation for storing and selling cold beverages.” There’s even a “Specials Board.” 

“January has been busy,” Currier said. “Dry January, or as some say “California Sober,” is the reason.” Currier and Knowles both grew up in Orleans and have been friends for years. “We’re all from Cape Cod,” said Currier of the businesses’ partners: A.J. Luke, Adam Higgins and Tim McNamara. Luke is from Yarmouth and Higgins from Sandwich. McNamara grew up in Bass River.

With the grand opening and a full year in business under their belts, they’re ready and excited about next year’s events, like the second annual “CloneFest” with their neighbor Agway of Cape Cod, a 420 celebration, a second annual “After Halloween” party and something they call “Green Wednesday.” 

Stop in today. You’ll be pleasantly surprised at how normal it is!