UPPER EAST SIDE, NY — Law-abiding cannabis connoisseurs of the Upper East Side are finally getting a legal place to shop for pot starting next week.
The neighborhood’s first legal cannabis store, The Herbal Care, will start trading greenbacks for green flower and other products on Jan. 4.
Located at 1412 Lexington Ave., The Herbal Care is owned by justice-involved applicant, Markel Bababekov, a New York City native who resides in Queens.
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“Weed is my passion,” Bababekov told Patch.
His shop will offer pot experts and newcomers alike a welcoming and thoughtful experience through a highly-educated staff, a huge array of products and potentcies — all of which Bababekov says he has tested himself alongside his brother, who is a partner at the shop — and an art gallery featuring local and global artists.
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And all the product, Bababekov said, is exclusively from New York farmers, all of which he said he visited to handpick their wares.
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