Leaside now has its own marijuana dispensary as the Eden group of pot sellers moves into 1625 Bayview Ave. next door to Merchant of Tennis. That’s where Whatever Lola etc lived for so long. The Eden operation is open already and staff at the clean and lean-looking premises say that their business has not been without disruption during the City’s crackdown, but they are carrying on. And expanding obviously, although many people might guess that these small — currently outside the law — places will have no chance after the federal and provincial governments get finished legislating just how marijuana may be sold. Premier Wynne, MPP for the street where Eden has newly-landed — has made it clear she would put marijuana in the LCBO aisle between beer and wine from Australia. You get it. The Eden store is dressed in black and easy to miss. But clerks say it is not operating incognito. A sign is said to be on the way. Among Eden’s claims are that it is non-profit (yes, but it makes money) and that you have to be 19 with “medical documentation” to buy there. MyEden As footnote to this opening is the re-opening of the Green Room Society pot dispensary at 562 Mt. Pleasant Rd. (south of Penrose Rd.) after the police raids of earlier this year.
ELSEWHERE ON BAYVIEW
Elsewhere on Bayview Ave. at the beginning of July, a sign in the window at Elegant Garage Sale reminds people that the much-loved store will close at the end of September. The sign notes tartly that the management is emotionally unequipped to haggle. And at the Valumart store at Bayview and Davisville Ave. staff say they are still waiting for the naming of a new franchisee. The 1500 Bayview premises have been in the keeping of manager Mike Tufts since Chad and Alyssa McDowell made their way to Edmonton where Chad took an opportunity to run a larger store in the Alberta capital.
