Ubhenketho bombhobho buya kwi-Mile High City-leyo, masithi nje, siqhathaniso esinomdla. (Enyanisweni, i-Denver ibizwa ngokuba yi-Mile High City kuba ukuphakama kwayo kukuyii-5,280 iinyawo, okanye "i-mile ephezulu.")
Nangona amazwe amaninzi asemthethweni, i-Denver iyahlala yindawo ebalulekileyo kulabo abajonge kwi-imbibe. Xa kuthelekiswa neColorado, inambuzane isebenzisa imithetho eWashington, apho ibhobho yokuzonwabisa ekwasemthethweni, iyakunzima kakhulu kwaye uza kulukhuniza ukufumana amahotele kunye nokukhangisa kwe-Airbnb ngokwabo njenge-4/20-nobungane njengalezi zilapha.
Kwaye, mhlawumbi uye wakuva ukuba iDenver inezibhengezo ezininzi zamanzi kweso sixeko kunokuba iindawo ze-Starbucks. Yinyani. Ngokweengxelo ezivela kwi-Rocky Mountain iPBS I-News, isixeko sinama-150 ama-dispensaries, ephindwe kathathu inani le-Starbucks.
Ngoko, ukuba uhambo lwakho lokuhamba luquka ukutshaya i-Doobie eDenver, mhlawumbi uyazibuza ukuba yeyiphi i-dispensary yokuhlaselwa? Siphakamise ezinye zezibonelelo ezifanelekileyo kakhulu kwiindwendwe kunye nabantu baseColorado abasesigxina kwimisimbo.
01 ngo 05
IziNtu
Iinjongo zoMntu unguvulindlela kwindawo yokuzonwabisa kunye nonyango lwe-cannabis. Umrhumo ngumatshini oyile kakuhle kunye nabasebenzi abanobubele abasazi izinto zabo, kunye nendlela yokuphatha ukugcina imigca emfutshane nangona iindawo zokuthandwa kwabasemagunyeni. Kwakhona, i-dispensary igxininiswe kuluntu, ithatha inxaxheba kwiiprojekthi ezininzi zeenkonzo zoluntu kunye nokutya kokuqhuba. Ngaphezulu kwako konke, bathengisa i-rad gear, kuquka i-hoodie ye-vape kunye ne-hoodlace engabonakaliyo efihla inkqubo ye-vape ukuze utshise i-fa-ju-juice yakho, ioli, i-wax okanye isityalo esomileyo.
Ngona umqali uMoyaja Boy ungumdlali weMveli. Ngexesha lokutyelela kwiDenver kunyaka odlulileyo, wayenomqhubi wakhe ukuhamba naye kunye nesigxina sakhe kwiNdawo yeMveli yaseDentown yedolophu yaseDenver. Unomdla ukuba uthenge ntoni? Abafaki bemali babambelela ngeempawu ezithile ze-indica ngesicelo sakhe.
02 we 05
Leaf Sweet
I-Sweet Leaf inezibonelelo ezili-10 kwindawo ye-Denver-metro (kunye nomnye e-Oregon) I-dispensary ifumene ezininzi i-lovin 'xa kuziwa kwii-rankings. Yanikezwa "iMpawu Eyona Nenani Elixabisekileyo" kunye ne "I-Centre Yokuthengisa Eyona Ntle" kwii-2016 zama-Cannabist Awards. Ngaphezu koko, zibeka zonke iintlobo zeemeko zentlalo epholileyo, njenge "Sensi Nights," eyona nto isisemgangathweni esenza ukuba iinkokheli zengcinga ze-isnab ndawonye kunye nomculo ophilayo.
Malunga neDenver, uya kuziva ezinye izinto ezipholileyo "zokukhawuleza" zamabhishini abhekeza ishishini lensangu. I-Sweet Leaf ineengcambu ezithobekileyo: I-disensary yakhiwa kwi-$ 9,000 yemali kunye namakhadi amabini ase-American Express kwaye yaqala ngeembane ezikhanyisiweyo zange-40 kunye nendawo yokuqashisa eDenver.
Enye into oyithandayo malunga nesimo sebhotile saseDenver ngokuqhubekayo ihamba neemveliso ezintsha. Ngokomzekelo, uthengisa i-Leaf yase-Sweetwater, i-THC echithwayo engakwazi ukujika malunga nantoni na ekudleni. Unokudibanisa i-edibles kunye ne-junk food (oko kukuthi i-pot brownies!) Nangona unokubhaka nge-Ripple, ungasebenzisa iipakethi ze-THC ukunika nayiphi na i-liquid ne-THC. Ewe, unokwenza isobho se-THC okanye udibanise i-cannabis encinci kwi-herbal chimichurri sauce.
03 we 05
Khemist Good
I-Kemistry efanelekileyo ineendawo ezimbini eColorado, kwaye ziyintandokazi phakathi kwabemi beendawo ngenxa yokufikelela kunye nendlela elula. I-Kemistry efanelekileyo inikezela ngamaxabiso athile kwiimveliso: i-$ 130 ngeeyunithi okanye i-$ 30 nge-1/8 yeeyunithi. Iziphawulezi zithengisa iimveliso ezingaphezulu kwe-60, kubandakanywa iintyatyambo kwaye zigxininisa ezikhulayo kwiiNzululwazi eziLungileyo, kunye ne-edibles kunye nezihloko. I-labels ibhalise imveliso yayo ngeendidi "ezichaphazelayo" ezahlukeneyo. Iimveliso kunye ne-"relax" icon zivama ukuthoba kunye nokunciphisa uxinzelelo. "Ukukhulula" uphawu lwezithonjana lunganceda ukukhulula intlungu. Kwaye, uphawu "lokulala" lunokukunceda ukuba ubambe ezinye zeZZZ.
Kananjalo, njani iColorado le nto? I-Cannab-ifake i-bison jerky kwimenyu ekhethiweyo kwi-Good Chemistry. Itholakala kwi-teriyaki okanye iyatshisa kwaye i-spicy.
04 we 05
I-pig N 'Whistle
I-pig N 'Whistle ikhonkwane xa ifika ekukhetheni. Bakhetha ukhetho olukhulu lokugxila, oluqhubeka lukhula ekuthandeni. Kodwa oko kuyenzeka ukuba bafumane indawo kuloluhlu uluhlu lwazo lweentlobo ze-yummy edibles, ezibandakanya iindawo eziqhelekileyo ezivela kwiBinkse, inkampani yaseColorado eyenza amafutha omnqumo ophezulu, ujusi, izikhumba zeziqhamo kunye ne-chocolates. Ukuphakamisa ukuphakama kwakho okulandelayo ngokugubha ezinye zeentaba ze-Yampa kwi-ashi yebhosi okanye uyisebenzise ukuze uphuze i-mascarpone. Iiproleta zabo zineziqu. Thatha i-Binske Origin Chocolate, eyenziwa nge-Peruvian Nacional, yathi kwiphokolelethi ye-rarest ehlabathini. I-Peruvian Nacional cacao ibhontshisi iyingqayizivele: ngamanye amaxesha amhlophe, utshintsho olwenzekayo xa imithi ingaphazamiseki, ngokubhekiselele kuBinkse. Iimbotyi ezimhlophe zivame ukuba neenkcukacha ze-chocolate, kwaye zincinci.
Isakhiwo esakha indlu yePig N 'Whistle ine-backstory epholile. Kwimpilo yayo yangaphambili, yayiyi-motel eyayi-Eddie Bohn, umxhasi wee-1920 owayesithwesa isithsaba seRawnweight Champion. Wavula ivenkile kunye nebar eyazibiza ngePig N 'Whistle. Kwakuqhelekileyo ngama-celebs afana nebhokisi uJack Dempsey, owaziwayo njenge-baseball catcher uJogi Berra, kunye nabaculi be-Jimmy noTommy Dorsey. Kwakhona kwahlala i-speakeasy kwisiseko.
05 we 05
Smoking Gun Apothecary
Ababhenkethi bangase bahluthe ukufumana ukuba xa befika kwisixeko, izibonelelo sele zivaliwe ubusuku. Eyona nto ibheji? INtloko kwi-Smoking Gun i-Apothecary, i-dispensary yokulala ebusuku, ihlala ivulekile kude kube phakathi kobusuku yonke imini. Oko akuthethi ukuba le-apothecary ilele, nangona kunjalo. Ivula ngo-8 imihla ngemihla. Le nkundla ingakwazi ukuhlala ngokusemthethweni kamva kuba i-Glendale, esezantsi kwesitalato ukusuka e-Denver, apho izigwebo zifuna izitolo zepotyi zivalwe ngo-7.
Kupholile? Le mibutho yesiganeko se-speakeasy ephindwe kabini njengemyuziyam yolwaphulo-mthetho. "Yenzelwe ukuba ibe nesihlalo se-1870, kungekudala ngaphambi kokuba imithetho yomthetho wesizwe iqhutywe. Umpu wokubhema unobungcali kunye neengxelo zembali kulo lonke i-dispensary. Oku kuquka i-replica ye-Mississippi cell cell, echaza ukuba i-dispensary say the fact that the purchase of marijuana kummandla wasezantsi ngo-1941 unokukubeka ubomi entolongweni.
Ingcinga eninzi yaya kwi-design ye-dispensary kunye neyamyuziyamu. I-counter counter i-stand out, nangona kunjalo. Iindonga ezixhasayo zavuswa zivela kumaThambo eBhanki yaseHibernia ukususela nge-1870 kwaye ixutywe esuka eNew Orleans.
Ukuba ungumasipala kwaye unayo ilayisenisi yaseColorado, uya kufumana "isaphulelo sendawo" ekunciphiseni iipesenti ezingama-30 kwi-bill yakho.