Meadow Guide: Best of 4/20 San Francisco Edition

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16 min readApr 13, 2016

Last year’s 4/20 festivities at Golden Gate Park

Here are the best spots in San Francisco to purchase medical marijuana on 4/20 and celebrate your freedom. There are tons of specials and events to choose from so we’ve listed our top picks below by neighborhood for: SOMA, Mission, Castro, Nob Hill, Financial District, NoPa and Ingleside.

While Hippie Hill and Haight street will be buzzing as always, we’ve listed some alternative activities for those looking for a different type of elevated experience.

And if you don’t have your CA medical card, you still have time to get one before the 420 festivities! Go here to schedule a video appointment.

SOMA: SPARC, Barbary Coast, SFFOGG, Releaf, Bloom Room, Igzactly 420
Mission: Green Cross, Medithrive, Cookie Co. 415
Castro: Apothecarium
Nob Hill: Grass Roots
Financial District: 2ONE2 California Street
NoPa: BASA
Ingleside: 1944 Ocean Cooperative, Waterfall Wellness
Inner Richmond: Harvest Shop

The 15 Collectives in The Meadow Guide! Plenty for a great day of dispensary hopping.

SOMA

SOMA is like the epicenter of weed in SF, with a higher concentration of dispensaries than any other neighborhood.

As you travel the streets of SOMA in search for the perfect medicine, we recommend scoping out Cavalier and Town Hall for a higher-end lunch or dinner.

For a quick bite of the non-medicated kind, check out Ted’s for their fantastic sandwiches, SoMa StrEat Food Park — home to abundant food trucks — and The Tempest, a dive bar serving up delicious food.

If you’re enjoying an energizing sativa as the night progresses, Monarch or Audio are great options for evening music and dancing.

SPARC

If you’re looking for a reliable, professional dispensary with a huge selection, SPARC is a great choice. The staff is professional and knowledgable, and won’t let you get overwhelmed by the big selection.

The vaping lounge offers volcanos, free organic tea, and other free member services like acupuncture and samplings.

We bought a CBD vape pen to lift our spirits and pain, and some Gorilla Glue.

4/20 event programming and specials: $25 Absolute Xtracts cartridges. $200 ounces (select strains). Buy one get one free 1/8ths (select strains). Standard pre-rolls @ $4.20. Whole flower pre-rolls @ $8. Edibles — buy 3 get one free (lesser or equal value). Concentrates — buy 2 get one free (lesser or equal value). ChooseLove demo from 12–3pm and Absolute Xtracts demo from 4–7 pm. Free filled volcano chambers and bags all day.
Hours: 8am - 10pm everyday in store, 10am-9pm delivery
Phone Number: (415) 252–7727
Website: www.sparcsf.org/
Address: 1256 Mission St, San Francisco, CA 94103
Years Open: 6
Payment: Cash, Debit, Delivery is cash only
Delivery: Yes — get it here
First time patient deal: 15% off for first time members plus a lighter.
Loyalty Program: $25 reward for every $250 spent.
Discounts available for: Veterans, Seniors, Industry
On-site Consumption: Yes, vaping only.

Barbary Coast

At Barbary Coast you’ll feel more like you’re in a high end saloon than a cannabis shop. Sumptuous leather couches and barstools are great places to peruse the artfully crafted extensive leather-bound menu. You almost forget that this space was once home to the kink.com, which we guess is why the leather makes so much sense.

The vibe is just right: hip hop music, beautiful rugs and rich mahogany compliment the wide selection of cannabis strains, concentrates, edibles, topicals, vaporizers, sublinguals and accessories.

We loved smelling the Kurupt Moonrocks and Caviar Gold, which we took home to try. Hint: don’t roll a joint with them unless you’re washing your hands after, they’re sticky!

4/20 event programming and specials: Barbary Coast will have gram, quarter and ounce flower specials. The first 100 patients will receive a special gift. The next 200, 220th and 420th patients will receive a gift. Demos with free samples are scheduled all day, including: Yerba Buena Farms, Glowing Buddha Chocolates, Caviar Gold, Alchemy by Dark Heart, Mother Humboldt’s Balm, Madame Munchie, MediCone, Qualitech “Drink your Dabs,” Kushy Punch, Big Pete’s Treats, Kiva Confections, Gold Drop Concentrates, Triple J minis, & more!
Hours: 8am-10pm everyday
Phone Number: 415-243-4400
Website: http://barbarycoastsf.org/
Address: 952 Mission St, San Francisco, CA 94103
Years Open: 3
Payment: Cash, Credit, ATM located inside
First time patient deal: Receive a free joint & edible.
Loyalty Program: Purchases over $60 receive an $8 joint. Purchases over $100 receive a $10 Cannacone joint or 175mg THC OM PB Cup. Purchases over $200 receive $20 toward additional medicine. Purchases over $500 receive $50 toward additional medicine. Purchases over $1000 receive $100 toward additional medicine.
Discounts available for: Veterans, Seniors

SFFOGG

SFFOGG is a small, intimate, mom and pop shop with a friendly local vibe. A local tattoo artist designed their logo, t-shirts and artwork displayed in the collective.

We loved that they do “Rolling Wednesday” every week, with free joints featuring Madrone flower.

4/20 event programming and specials: Every patient will walk away with a gift bag. VIP patients will get the same bag plus special items. SFFOGG will have a huge sale on flowers & concentrates. The Lumpia Co. will be at SFFOGG serving artisanal Filipino egg rolls from 11–4pm.
Hours: 11–6:30pm weekdays & 12–6pm weekends
Phone Number: 415-896-4271
Website: http://www.sffogg.com/
Address: 211 12th St, San Francisco, CA 94103
Years Open: 3
Payment: Cash, Credit.
First time patient deal: Free pre-roll or glass pipe.
Discounts available for: Veterans

Releaf Herbal Cooperative

Releaf’s tight-knit community immediately made us feel at home. The budtenders knew patients by name and the open flame lounge was buzzing with collective members. Blunts are allowed in the lounge, making this one the most unique collectives in San Francisco.

Releaf has a large selection of flower, cartridges, and makes their own edibles and vape pen cartridges. We tried the Red Dragon by Madrone at the recommendation of our budtender and were not disappointed.

4/20 event programming and specials: Free samples, low prices and giveaways. Demos from Irish Moss, THC Bomb Chips, Extractavis, Glowing Buddha and more.
Hours: 9am-10pm Monday to Saturday, 12pm-8pm Sunday
Phone Number: 415-487-0420
Address: 1284 Mission St, San Francisco, CA 94103
Years Open: 11
Payment: Cash, Debit
First time patient deal: Free gift with 1st purchase.
Discounts available for: Veterans, Seniors, Disabled
On-site Consumption: Yes, vape and open flame, Blunts and Dab rigs are welcome.

Bloom Room

Tucked away on a rare quiet block, the Bloom Room is the perfect respite from the nearby commotion of Union Square and SOMA.

Plants and chill surf-style music floated above us as we waited in the intake room and took in artwork created by a local artist. Once through, we were overjoyed to see glass jars of flower on the counter that we could pick up and smell. Our favorite was the Durban Poison, one of Bloom Room’s most popular strains.

The employees were all exceptionally nice. And if you want to get in some House of Cards or Love, there’s a TV with Netflix in the vape lounge for patients to enjoy.

4/20 event programming and specials: Bloom Room will have great deals all week long plus a huge event planned for 4/20. 4/20 is Patient Appreciation Day at Bloom Room and they will have a week of specials and discounts. Starting on 4/14 all daily deals will be available everyday of the week. On 4/20 there will be additional deals like $25 Eighths, $10 off select flowers and concentrates, and a free gift bag with purchase. The Bloom Room is going to be popping off all day long on 4/20. Several of their best edible and concentrate partners will be giving away edibles and patients will be able to sample dabs. Plus, they’ll have a setlist of DJ’s spinning live on the dispensary floor.
Hours: 11AM-9PM Mon-Sat, 12–7PM Sun
Phone Number: 415–543–7666
Website: http://www.bloomroomsf.com/
Address: 471 Jessie St, San Francisco, CA 94103
Years Open: 3
Payment: Cash, Debit
First time patient deal: Free gift bag for first time patients, plus, a referral program. Refer a friend and get a free gram of your choice.
Loyalty Program: 2nd visit coupon plus a stamp card. Fill up the card and get a free gram of your choice.
Discounts available for: Veterans, Low-Income, Seniors, and a Neighborhood discount for those who live or work within a block of the Collective.
On-site Consumption: Yes, vaping only, Dab Bar open during specified hours.

Igzactly 420

Igzactly 420 has one of the best selections of product we’ve seen — from flower to vape pens to concentrates. Their reasonable prices and friendly budtenders are reason enough to visit. Plus, we loved the free t-shirts you get with your donation.

Igzactly 420 also offers complimentary holistic healing services on a weekly basis, like Chair Massages, Reiki, and Sound Therapy, and have a rotating art gallery to showcase patient’s work.

4/20 event programming and specials: Igzactly 420 will be celebrating 4/20 with raffle giveaways every 15 minutes. Take advantage of 20% off select strains, hash, wax, and edibles. Select 1/8ths are buy-one-get-one free. Igzactly 420 will also have a 10 foot vape bag going around to patients in its lounges for the perfect spot to kick it.
Hours: 11am-10pm Mon-Sat, 11am-7pm Sun
Phone Number: 415–834–5225
Website: http://www.igzactly420.com/
Address: 527 Howard St, San Francisco, CA 94105
Years Open: 5 years
Payment: Cash
First time patient deal: Get a free T shirt and a choice of select gifts.
Loyalty Program: Yes, patients earn rewards points for ever dollar donated.
Discounts available for: Veterans, Seniors, Disabled
On-site Consumption: Yes, vaping only

Mission

If you’re looking for great food, shopping and bars on 4/20 then look no further than the Mission.

Here are a few local gems we recommend: Dolores Park, Four Barrel Coffee, Little Star Pizza for amazing deep dish, Bar Tartine or Foreign Cinema for a fancy meal, Monk’s Kettle for delicious food and beer, Trick Dog if you’re in the mood for a well crafted cocktail, Zeitgeist for delicious beer, and Mission Bowling or Urban Putt if you’re looking to get in a game of bowling or minigolf. And don’t forget about the abundant shopping on Valencia street.

The Green Cross

The Green Cross is a must visit collective. It not only felt like a mix of a hip club and a W Hotel, but they had the widest selection of in-house products we saw—including tinctures, capsules, balms, agave, lip balms, olive oil, edibles, teas, and concentrates.

If that’s not enough, the Dr. Seuss artwork that adorns the walls will help put you in a playful mood on 4/20.

A head’s up that if you don’t have a CA ID, this collective requires two documents serving as proof of residency.

4/20 event programming and specials: The Green Cross is offering a raffle contest for every $50 spent at store or delivery service on 4/20. Members will be entered for a chance to win up to three fantastic prizes: a SKY Bong, Cheech & Chong tickets and a PAX 2 Vaporizer. All patients who visit the storefront will get a chance to spin a prize wheel to win an assortment of Green Cross goodies (it’s a guaranteed win).
Hours: 9am to 9pm everyday
Phone Number: 415-648-4420
Website: http://www.thegreencross.org/
Address: 4218 Mission St, San Francisco, CA 94112
Years Open: 11+ years
Payment: Cash, ATM available in storefront location
Delivery: Yes
First time patient deal: All new members of The Green Cross receive a New Patient Packet, which includes a complimentary sticker, lapel pin, lighter, papers and doob tube, as well as a free IncrediMeds edible of their choosing.
Discounts available for: Veterans, Seniors, Disabled

Medithrive

This newly reopened dispensary offers a high-end shopping experience right off Mission street. Top shelf flower is displayed in jewelry-style glass dome cases, and each strain writeup lists treatments, making it easy to choose strains based on your symptoms.

Medithrive carries a wide range of products, including Gold Drop Medicated Cannabis Honey and the full line of Om Edibles epsom salt mineral soaks. We opted for the Strawberry Banana flower from Cooks Canna.

4/20 event programming and specials: Details coming soon!
Hours: 10am-9pm Mon-Sat, 11am-8pm Sun
Phone Number: (415) 562–6334
Website: http://medithrive.com/
Address: 1933 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA 94103
Delivery: Yes — get it here

The Cookie Co. 415

We weren’t able to visit The Cookie Co. 415 since they required a CA ID, but here’s some useful information:

4/20 event programming and specials: Gorilla Glue #9 will be $10/gram and $35 for 1/8th. There will be samplings and door gifts.
Hours: 10–10 everyday
Phone Number: 415–814–2890
Website: http://thecookieco415.com/
Address: 3139 Mission Street San Francisco, CA 94110
Years Open: 3
Payment: Cash
Delivery: Yes
First time patient deal: Free top shelf pre roll
Loyalty Program: Yes
Discounts available for: Veterans, Seniors, Industry

Castro

The vibrant Castro is a fantastic place to spend your 4/20. With options like Hot Cookie — which sells cookies and underwear — and 24 hour diner Orphan Andy’s, you may not want to leave the neighborhood. We love Brewcade for the video games and delicious beer, and Blackbird for its artisanal cocktails.

And don’t miss Marcello’s pizza, which happens to be located at 420 Castro street, and opens at 4:20 Monday through Friday.

If you love watching movies about nature while medicating, check out the SF Green Film Festival happening on 4/20 at the Castro Theater.

The Apothecarium

A budtender services a patient at Apothecarium

The Apothecarium oozes class: from the chandelier and beautiful wallpaper to the comfortable intake and easy to read menus. You’ll feel like you’re in a high-end boutique, and the vast product selection and knowledgable budtenders won’t disappoint.

Its central location at the intersection of Duboce Triangle, The Castro and The Mission makes this the perfect option for your jumping off point on 4/20.

4/20 event programming and specials: Free “toke” bag filled with samples and swag for the first 100 patients to make a purchase. Free edible or preroll with every purchase. Entry into a raffle with every purchase. With every $150 purchase entry into a raffle for the grand prize & patients will receive a free limited edition t-shirt. Buy 4 concentrates receive 20% off all four. Valhalla demo from 10–12, Kiva demo from 12:30–2:30, and Rx Oil demo from 3:00–5:00.
Hours: 10am-9pm everyday, but on 4/20 they will open at 9am
Phone Number: 415–500–2620
Website: http://apothecariumsf.com/
Address: 2095 Market St, San Francisco, CA 94114
Years Open: 5
Payment: Cash, Credit, Debit
Delivery: Yes — get it here
First time patient deal: Free preroll or edible with first donation.
Loyalty Program: $55 credit for every 800 points earned.
Discounts available for: Veterans, Seniors, Industry.

Nob Hill

Though a less traditional choice for 4/20, Nob Hill is home to plenty of fantastic restaurants to appease your munchies. Check out: Rusty’s Southern; Tommy’s Joynt — an SF classic; Victor’s Pizza; Olivos; Jane on Larkin for coffee; and of course Mr Holmes Bakehouse, home of the Cruffin.

We also recommend Cinch, Polk street’s last remaining gay bar and a piece of SF history.

Grass Roots

Step into Grass Roots and you’ll feel like you’re in a saloon from the 1850s — bar stools, filament lanterns, beautiful chairs. We loved the ornate velvet embossed wallpaper and stand-out leather menus.

Be sure to try Grass Roots’ in-house brand of edibles and extracts, and house-grown flower.

4/20 event programming and specials: Huge discounts on oils, flowers, extracts, edibles and more. Tons of samples and edible goodies from The Baykery. All Absolute Extracts cartridges are marked down from $35 to $25 for the 20 days leading up to 4/20. Tons of gift bags, free swag, in-store raffles and surprises at every turn.
Hours: 8am-10pm everyday
Phone Number: (415) 346–4338
Website: http://www.grassrootssf.com/
Address: 1077 Post St, San Francisco, CA 94109
Years Open: 10+
Payment: Cash
First time patient deal: Free pre rolls.

Financial District

If you have the day off on 4/20, we recommend you enjoy the many sites of the Embarcadero. Strap on your best pair of elastic waistband pants and eat your way through the Ferry Building, gorge on oysters at Hog Island Oyster Co or stop by Market Bar.

And if that wasn’t enough, you can enjoy the Exploratorium — a hands on science and art museum, or just walk along the Embarcadero and chase/hug seagulls.

2ONE2 California Street Dispensary

This newly-opened dispensary in the Financial District felt like a high end jewelry store, where budtenders dispensed carefully curated products from behind a U shaped white counter.

2ONE2 offers patients a healthy alternative, with no petroleum solvents, no butane, and no alcohol used in any concentrates they sell. Try their high end medicated cremes and exclusive vape cartridges.

4/20 event programming and specials: Purchase a vaporizer and get a free premium vapor cartridge.
Hours: 11–8 Mon through Sat
Phone Number: 415–373–0555
Website: http://2one2californiastreet.com/
Address: 212 California Street, San Francisco, CA 94111
Years Open: 3 months
Payment: Cash

NOPA

NOPA is home to some of the best food in the city and is in close proximity to lower Haight if you decide to enjoy a more traditional 4/20.

Grab a seat on the lawn at Alamo Square park in the afternoon, then head to one of the many culinary bastions of Divisadero. We love Club Waziema for its dive bar vibe and great Ethiopian food, Nopa for everything on their menu (grab a reservation soon or a spot at the bar), and The Page bar.

If you’re close to Golden Gate Park but want to avoid the crowds of Hippie Hill, walk through the park to the de Young Museum. Not only is there an incredible Oscar de la Renta exhibit, but you can go into to the Hamon Observation tower and take in a unique view of the city for free.

Also enjoy the gardens and sculptures between the de Young and the Academy of Arts and Sciences. And if you’re a flower child check out the Conservatory of Flowers to connect with nature in the oldest wood-and-glass public conservatory in North America.

BASA

BASA is a dispensary for the people: it’s been operating for 13 years and offers great prices for quality medical cannabis. Its location off of Divisadero makes it a great option if you’re in NoPa or Haight, and their parking lot is a huge added perk if you’re driving in.

4/20 event programming and specials: $50 Dollar Eighths for $35.
Hours: 8:30am–10pm Mon-Fri, 9am–10pm Sat, 10am–9pm Sun
Phone Number: (415) 409–1002
Website: http://www.trybasa.com/
Address: 1326 Grove St, San Francisco, CA 94117
Years Open: 13
Payment: Cash, Credit on Delivery
Delivery: Yes — get it here
First time patient deal: Yes, only for Delivery orders.

Ingleside

We’ll admit it: we had never been to Ingleside. Though out of the way for us northern SF folk, we loved checking out the eclectic vibe of Ocean Avenue.

The neighborhood features a lovely mix of students — the City College of San Francisco is located on Ocean Ave — and families. So if you want to escape the 4/20 crowds, this hood is a great bet.

Ingleside is one of the more diverse neighborhoods of SF, which means there are tons of dining options to pair with your cannabis selection, including Beep’s Burgers, 5 Sweets and Pho Ha Tien.

Once you’ve had your fill of food, lounge around Balboa Park or be at the gigantic sundial sculpture when the clock hits 4:20 (a warning that it doesn’t quite work during daylight savings time so make sure to have your cellphone or watch handy).

1944 Ocean Cooperative

One of the friendly budtenders at 1944 Ocean shows off their concentrates

Boy, did we have fun visiting 1944 Ocean. Once we got through patient intake and into the interior room, we were greeted by a tight-knit crew of knowledgable budtenders. They let us smell the flower selection and were happy to take out any products we wanted to see.

While 1944 had a great selection of flower, tinctures and edibles, the concentrates selection was one of the best we saw.

4/20 event programming and specials: 3pm-5pm taco food truck. Free samples of edibles and volcano vaporizer flowers.
Hours: 10am-8pm Mon-Thu, 10am-9pm Fri-Sat, 11am-6pm Sun
Phone Number: 415–239–5766
Address: 1944 Ocean Ave, San Francisco, CA 94127
Years Open: 10
Payment: Cash, Credit, Debit
First time patient deal: Free joint with $35 minimum purchase
Loyalty Program: Yes
Discounts available for: Industry, Seniors, Students
On-site Consumption: Yes, vaping only

Waterfall Wellness

We couldn’t get in to Waterfall Wellness because they only take CA licenses or ID cards, but here’s some useful information about the Collective.

4/20 event programming and specials: Party at 1710 Mission Street at Brick and Mortar in SF on 4/20. Starts at 10PM. Tickets: $15 presale or $20 at the door.
Hours: 9am-9pm everyday
Phone Number: 415–859–5761
Website: http://waterfallwellness.org/
Address: 1545 Ocean Ave, San Francisco, CA 94112
Years Open: 5
Payment: Cash
Delivery: Yes
First time patient deal: Free joint and grinder + 10% off
Discounts available for: Veterans, Seniors, Students

Inner Richmond

Harvest Shop

A short walk from Hippie Hill, Harvest is a great option if you want to enjoy a more traditional Bay Area 420.

4/20 event programming and specials: Absolute Xtract THC cartridges $25. Agent Orange $35 1/8, $70 1/4, $140 1/2, $280 1 oz. Auntie Dolores Edibles — buy one get one 1/2 off. $5 Top Shelf Pre-rolls. Buy 1 get 1 free: Jane’s Brew. Samples from: Auntie Dolores, Dixie Elixers, Brite Labs, Golden Goddess, Humminbird Medicinals, Jetty Extracts, Kiva Confections, Outset Edibles. Jetty Extracts: buy 2 cartridges, get one Pure free, buy one product, get 1 battery. $5 hand-rolls. Complimentary mini hand rolls by Hummingbird Medicinals. Lounge access for customers. Live DJ from 3pm to 10pm. Ice Cream Truck- 3–5 by Jetty Extracts. $5 Dab Bar w/ VapExhale. Munchies and cannabinoid mocktails. VIP line for current members.
Hours: 11am-9pm everyday
Phone Number: (415) 702–6767
Website: http://www.harvestshop.com/
Address: 4811 Geary Blvd, San Francisco CA 94118

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