Whether or not you think Denver’s weed scene has lost the shiny luster of novelty, you have to admit the options—from products to places—are almost overwhelming. With so many dispensaries ready to fulfill needs for flower, edibles, and cartridge refills, we’ve put together a list of favorites—those with crazy-good daily deals and the best strains this side of the Mississippi, among other factors. From Baker to Five Points and beyond, here are the best dispensary options no matter what neighborhood you’re in. May your days be filled with puff, puff, perfection.
Alternative Medicine Capitol Hill (AMCH)
Capitol Hill
AMCH is loved first and foremost for its friendly, helpful staff, but the quality product and varied selection don’t trail far behind. Choices run the gamut here, since AMCH offers medical and recreational bud on top of other alternative medicine products, like CBD, topicals, and tinctures. You’re also likely to find your favorite brands here, since AMCH carries dozens of local favorites and beyond. Reasonably priced flower, vapes, edibles, and concentrates are available always, and you can call a budtender before you even visit to make a purchase game plan.
KrystalLeaves
Commerce City
This family-owned operation is worth the drive if you’re south of Denver because it only sells its own flower (KrystalLeaves or Cuban Crew Colorado), and its own flower means serious business. Popular strains include Black Mamba, Rainbow Belts, Filthy Animal, and Cuban Crew’s own in-house concentrates (Habana Extracts), offers clean, uncut live resin from its best varieties. This is your go-to for quick ounce grabs, and the selection is a little easier on your wallet than some of the other options out there (but with the same level of quality). Sign up for KrystalLeaves text alerts on fresh deals.
Colorado Harvest Company
Multiple locations
On par with A Cut Above, Colorado Harvest Company (CHC) is one of the best places to visit if you’re looking for curated flower selections that blow other dispensaries out of the water. In addition to some of the best available sources, like Veritas, Cookies, and Bloom, you’ll find newer, not-yet-on-the-radar brands. You’ll find Olio, CHC’s own, and many more favorite names here, with wax and shatter starting at $12 per gram, pre-rolls around $10 (and often on sale), and eighths of premium flower starting as low as $9. Keep tabs on CHC’s rotating vendor of the month, join the rewards program for all the best deals, and indulge in delivery if you’re feeling bougie.
A Cut Above
Overland
One of the best places to find top-shelf flower, this simple and accessible dispensary knows what sets the good stuff apart from the mainstream and mediocre. After all, this veteran spot has been sourcing top quality product since 2009. Find more than 20 strains from trusted growers like Snaxland, Veritas, and Cherry readily available, plus premier resin and badder from Green Dot and Olio, all at prices that seem too good to be true.
Green Dragon
Multiple locations
Behold, one of the largest-growing dispensary franchises in Colorado, boasting a whopping 18 locations across the state. The shops are always clean and tidy, and the staff is always friendly and knowledgeable, gently guiding you through the process of making a decision among a wide array of flower, vapes, concentrates, edibles, and pre-rolls, plus a ton of other goodies. Green Dragon offers its own strains of flower, from top-sellers like She Hulk, Skunk Shocker, and Grape Drank alongside lots of familiar names in the vape, edible, and concentrates categories from Wana and Wyld to Sugar High and Keef Cola.
Simply Pure
LoHi
The first legally licensed, Black-owned dispensary in the US (and one of Colorado’s first-ever dispensaries), this top shop threw open its doors in 2009. The name of the game here is experience, from your shopping journey right up to your blissful toke. Simply Pure has put together an enviable selection of local grows and products from brands like Clutch Extracts to Dialed In Gummies, and products range from the dankest flower to tasty popcorn and brownie edibles. Definitely indulge in the shop’s many (often brand-specific) specials.
Lova
Multiple locations
In the mix since the very beginning (of Colorado’s legalization, anyway), Lova aims to make you feel good—from the moment you cross its threshold to when you resume your place on the couch at home. Now with a total of seven Colorado locations, it continues to bring joy to anyone looking for something to puff, eat, or roll. The neat thing about Lova—in addition to a variety of local and outsourced brands of everything flower to live resin—is its online, order-ahead menu’s organization by “feeling” or “activity” options. Looking to get a good night’s sleep, or planning to be active? Trying to achieve pure bliss or feel creative? Filter products down so specifically, you’ll feel like a VIP shopper every time.
Native Roots
Multiple locations
Making its mark on Denver since 2010, this brand has grown exponentially, with the fan base, accolades, and top-notch products to prove it. With the cleanest, coziest vibes in every shop and a dedication to making every customer—cannabis newbie or seasoned veteran—feel welcome, this is the place to ask all your questions and feel confident with the goodie bag you walk out with. Native Roots has all your standards, from flower, edibles, pre-rolls, wax, and shatter to topicals and CBD, beverages, and accessories for a perfectly well-rounded experience. Find favorite brand names, like Mr. Moxey’s, Tastebudz, and Coda, as well as the brand’s own strains, including Sour Deuce and Krunkleberry, across all products. Native Roots partners with nonprofit organizations to support the communities that house its outposts.
High Level Health
Cheeseman Park/LoDo/Cap Hill
This award-winning brand serves up exceptional flower, concentrates, and vapes. High Level Health (HLH) emphasizes overall wellness and satisfaction with all-natural growing methods and attention to detail. HLH also has its own breeding program, which means exclusive strains like the beloved Mandarin Cookies remain highly sought-after. Meanwhile, the HLH GG#4 (a non-proprietary strain) has gone through significant in-house work and is a popular choice for recreational and medical consumers alike. When it comes to shopping for out-of-house products, you’ll find Mountain Select, Ripple, and Smokiez regularly in stock. Daily deals run the gamut here.
Apothecary Farms
Broadway
This concentrate-driven favorite serves up exceptional varietals with high-cannabinoid extracts. Specializing in terpene preservation (for all you flavor snobs), Apothecary Farms uses refined extraction techniques, including cryo freezers and climate-controlled transport. Expect unique and exotic tasting notes in various flower, or for dab enthusiasts, there are $9 grams of shatter and wax every day and $25 daily deals on live resin. For the connoisseurs, there’s a hearty selection of house-produced solventless hash rosin starting around $30 per gram.
Denver Kush Club
Five Points
Located next to the famed Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom, this Five Points staple focuses on in-house bud that leads to concentrates. An extensive collection of classic and new Kush Concentrates products grace the rec case, including diamonds, sauce, live resin, shatter, wax, Caviar joints, distillate, and cartridges. For those who prefer traditional flower, Denver Kush Club stocks up to 25 strains at a time, from signature Kush buds to all the popular and newest strains. And, there’s an array of both edibles and topicals (and a full clothing line) to round out the inventory.
The Herbal Cure
Washington Park
Customers know this mom-and-pop shop for connoisseur flower, exceptional customer service, and art installations. An expansive bud inventory keeps shelves stocked and satisfies its ever-growing customer base with additional strains from Snaxland and Bloom County. Beyond the bud, this dispensary is a one-stop shop for concentrates from Harmony Extracts and Olio, and you can lock in the best prices in the city (and state) on live rosin, pods, pasta joints from names like Kaviar. (Look out for in-house flavors extracted from the house grow from several of these concentrate collabs.) Regular deals include 10% off every day, plus a points program. (Full Story)