Best Inhabitant Of A Retail Space That Was Empty For Too Long

Higher Level

440 Canyon Del Rey Blvd., Seaside, (831) 583-8300, higherlevelmmj.com

A pair of buildings sat empty for years. “What is going in there?” “When will they move in?” wondered people across the Monterey Peninsula of the two vacant storefronts that were built on Canyon Del Rey opposite the Embassy Suites. Then people stopped asking when, lo and behold, the green crosses indicating the soon-to-be cannabis dispensary went up. A few weeks later Higher Level, Seaside’s first of six adult-use dispensaries, opened their doors to a public eager to see the long-vacant buildings in use and eager for the now-legal recreational cannabis sold therein.