The 12,000-square-foot business, on the site of a former Twin Peaks restaurant, is far larger than most dispensaries.
Ana Cruz, left, and Stephanie Fernandez unpack pastries inside West Town Bakery on Feb. 1, 2023, in Wheeling. West Town Bakery and Okay Cannabis have teamed up as the only establishment in Illinois to have a cafe, cocktails and a cannabis dispensary under one roof.
Through Mayfield, who is African American, the owners qualified as among the first social equity dispensary owners to open in the state, and in the suburbs specifically. The cafe with its bar is separate from the cannabis sales area. The owners hope someday to add a cannabis consumption area. Mayfield quoted one visitor as saying the cafe was so comfortable, “I could bring my grandmother here.”Guests must show proof that they are 21 to enter the dispensary, but children with parents or guardians are allowed in the cafe.
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