Tetra expected a grand opening party on 4/20, but the RiNo marijuana lounge is closed for now.
Tetra Lounge, a marijuana smoking venue at 3039 Walnut Street, had planned for a grand opening on 4/20., the newly licensed marijuana-friendly smoking lounge in RiNo, probably won't be open in time for 4/20, according to its owner.to celebrate Tetra's new pot hospitality license, Dewayne Benjamin was confident that he'd pass the city's final inspections in time to mark the cannabis holiday on April 20.
Three weeks ago, Benjamin, Polis and Hancock, among others, noted that Tetra would be the first licensed marijuana lounge open to the public that also allowed indoor smoking in Colorado. Given all of the unlicensed marijuana events that traditionally take place in Denver on April 20, Benjamin viewed officially opening by that date as an important milestone for his business and Denver's small marijuana hospitality scene.
According to Benjamin, he was informed last week that the building department wanted his building's mechanical plans in order to approve his inspection, but he wasn't aware of the need for such documents. "I had to get mechanical plans drawn up, and submitted them over the weekend. The city told me they don't have the time to go over it," he explains."The building department has their own requirements, and Excise and Licenses has their own requirements, and a lot of that stuff can't start until you get your license [with the city]. But I've been closed since January 11, and I'm assuming they knew I needed this.
But until the building department approves his plan and upgrades and the fire department completes its inspection that follows the building department's okay, Tetra won't be open. Benjamin says he was told that the building department didn't have enough employees to inspect his plan in time for 4/20; he's at the city's Wellington E. Webb Municipal Office Building this morning, trying to schedule last-second inspections.
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