The Lodge Cannabis - Rino
7/22/2015
This is my first review for Leafly. I took a taxi ride out to High Street Cannabis Station for the Grand Opening special $15 1/8's. It's different...in that as soon as you walk in you're confronted by an armed guard who asks you if your medical or recreational. Medical. Then he wants you to fill out a form. I just came for the special... You want my email address, phone number and address? ...but it's all correct and up-to-date on the licences you're making copies of... There was an attitude of over aggressiveness I've never felt before. I looked at his arms...Steroids? His ink...the haircut and bleached dye job. Ex-military? Maybe. I am, so I recognize. MMA fighter? Nah, maybe. Whatever... I filled out the form reluctantly and with poor penmanship. He punished me with silence after I handed the form back appraising my penmanship and answers while I stood in front of his desk/window....waiting. He stared at his computer screen as if he were doing a full NSA background check. He knew he was making me wait...I knew he was making a point. I got it.
Finally he gave me permission to go inside and buzzed me in (sans the buzzer noise).
The girls inside were great! The weed quality is great! I thought about mentioning my first impression of their shop but didn't. He was just feet away and I didn't want to hurt his feelings if it was wholly unintentional.
It's now the next morning and I was confirming my email with Leafly and adding some dispensieries when I Googled High Street Cannabis Station and this is what I found:
http://denver.cbslocal.com/2015/04/28/violent-robbery-at-medical-marijuana-dispensary/
I am not typically a review writer but this encounter left a strong enough impression with me to warrant a review. I'm sorry that happened to you but you'll drive away more customers than you'll keep with that guy giving bad first impressions and making people uncomfortable. Let him be more unobtrusive.
If you're looking for good weed and an interesting not in a good way attitude then go here. There is a certain lesson and entertainment value in going here. I learned patience...and that was before I knew about the recent robbery.