This week in the city of Denver, Colorado’s first cannabis bar is opening along with non-alcoholic THC beer.
JAD’s Mile High Smoke is expected to be the first recreational sales and hospitality business in the state, a formal title meaning a lounge where consumers can come to buy weed and smoke, eat or drink it onsite.
JAD’s Mile High Smoke is a 4,000-square-foot building outfitted with a TVs, arcade and video games, and a menu of cannabis products available for purchase and consumption onsite. It’s located at 7667 Washington St. in Denver.
Owner Josh Davis said he’s an appropriate person to open this first-of-its-kind business. He is the founder and CEO of Legacy 64 and has spent five years helping other marijuana businesses in Colorado and beyond ensure they’re in compliance with state and local laws.
When Adams County decided to do a lottery for licenses, Davis didn’t land one of the coveted five that local regulators had allotted. He did receive one of 10 “backup” spots should the original five licensees fail to meet the county’s timeline or criteria for opening, he said.
“I got the call literally a year ago,” Davis said. “I started doing a happy dance.”
JAD’s plans to serve flower, concentrates and edibles in various forms and offer all the necessary utensils for consumption. There are limits, however.
According to Colorado state law, consumers can purchase up to two grams of flower, a half-gram of concentrate or 20 milligrams of edibles (served up to 10 milligrams at a time) during one visit.
Those looking for a joint can order a gram pre-roll or a gram of flower with rolling papers for a DIY experience. JAD’s will also serve flower with a silicone pipe that customers get to keep. Bongs, sanitized between use, will also be available to smokers, Davis said.
Davis’ goal is not only to provide a safe and friendly place for recreational cannabis users to get high, but also to shatter the stigma associated with social consumption.
“I’m done with people hiding in the closet about smoking weed,” he said. “I’m trying to change the game, I’m trying to show the world what the future of cannabis is like… While I’m doing the first one, once I show people this can be done and it can be effective, there will be thousands of these.”
