A Visit to ‘Leaves of Grass’ Cannabis Lounge in Bologna, Italy

Cannabis is coming out of the shadows in Italy. In Rome, Carlo Monaco and Luigi Mantuano recently opened a patient-operated cannabis café run in the citadel of San Lorenzo, a few blocks south of the city’s central rail station. And in Bologna, Luca Maria Cauterucci and his partners at Foglie d’Erba, or Leaves of Grass, have launched an unusual new shop of their own.

Foglie d’Erba opened this past spring in Via della Grada, in Pratello, an area of Bologna known for its exciting nightlife. The space is a lot of things at the same time: a restaurant, bar, beer garden, video bar, bookshop, and deli. A wide range of products and materials relating to cannabis and cannabis culture is on display, and there’s a great selection of vaporizers, foods, and handcrafted cannabis beers. There’s even cozy garden area in the back.

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