Tokyo Smoke Prepares For Recreational Market With Branded Medical Marijauna Strains
The way Alan Gertner’s shop is set up is de rigueur in Toronto right now. Handmade salvaged wood shelves fill the walls. They’re sparsely decked with a select mixture of local and novelty items: soaps, candles, lapel pins, retro tins, stationery. Along the middle of the space runs a slim bar where people can gather to sip coffee, socialize or do work.
Tokyo Smoke is also a cafe, and what sets it apart is that it’s all cannabis-themed. Alongside the kitschy tchotchkes you’ll find neon grinders, a selection of vapes, and coffee and baked treats.
The pastries are not cannabis-infused, though - yet. Gertner recently signed a licensing deal with Aphria, a Health Canada certified medical marijuana producer. This is the first deal of its kind in Canada. What it means is Tokyo Smoke will have its own brand of cannabis, and Aphria will be...
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