A San Francisco 4/20 Preview (For People Who Have No Interest In Going to Hippie Hill)
Plenty of SF dispensaries and venues are counterprogramming against the Hippie Hill high jinks with live music, comedy, and even “Wings, Weed & Waffles.”
The Castro's newest cannabis retail store, Flore Store (258 Noe), is now open while historic neighborhood restaurant Flore (formerly Cafe Flore) has remained shuttered for two years.
The city tweaked the rules for cannabis business permits, in hopes of helping smaller businesses get licensed more easily, but also added a loophole that could hasten Big Marijuana buying up smaller shops.
For Jen and Kristi Maxwell, 2020 was the year they began living the dream.
The couple, who married in 2008 (when Kristi took Jen s last name), had the same vision: to open a neighborhood-centric business that would add value to the community. The specific idea of opening a pet-related business was Jen Maxwell s, who learned about pet health and nutrition while working at Pet Food Express.
In late November, they opened the doors to Maxwell s Pet Bar at 1734 Church (between 28 and 29th St.) a storefront previously occupied by a dog groomer, VIP Scrub Club, which closed last year and had been owned by a lesbian couple, Sage Cotton and Lancy Woo. (The Maxwells said that they don t identify as lesbian or queer because they don t like labels. )