A new store opening in Manhattan is looking to make your cannabis experience a more elevated one.
Gotham is a new cannabis store that boasts a comfortable, upscale environment for customers to peruse the finest cannabis products. Located near the corner of 3rd Street and Bowery in the East Village, the store is the brainchild of Founder Joanne Wilson and Chief Creative Officer Billy Richards, and will officially open to the public on May 11.
“We wanted to create a space that was a first of its kind, uniquely downtown and differentiated from the local head shop. Gotham is a true concept store where visitors can discover something new, browse high end brands and enjoy incredible art through a distinctive NYC lens. And, of course, we also sell cannabis,” said Richards, a hospitality veteran and former director of NYC’s famed Boom Boom Room and Rose Bar.
“What I really wanted to do, and everyone on the team is completely signed off on, is to change the narrative around cannabis. There’s been this false narrative that has been in this country since 1936 when they decided to make weed illegal when it had been legal all up until that point,” said Wilson. “No one is doing the research, no one understands. All of a sudden it exploded. You look at a store like this, there’s a reason why in every single state, the minute [a store] opens is doing $30-, $40-, $50 million of revenue because everyone’s getting stoned and not only just for enjoyment but for medical purposes. So why can’t we have stores in this country that not only speak to cannabis but speak to the lifestyle that you have with cannabis?”
Gotham aims to work with the best-in-class brands, offering an array of cannabis products, including flower, edibles, vaporizers, pre-rolls, and tinctures from brands such as Edie Parker, Flowerhouse, House of Puff, and Rose New York X David Zilber of Noma. Gotham will also debut its own line of CBD products and accessories, Gotham Goods.
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