Pueblo, Colorado, is a great destination for cannabis tourism. They get a lot of customers from Colorado Springs (which prohibits recreational dispensaries) as well as tourists from Oklahoma and Texas.
Just forty miles south of Colorado Springs, dispensaries in Pueblo offer a better selection and lower prices than those in Manitou Springs, which is actually closer to Colorado Springs.
In Pueblo, dispensaries always display out-the-door pricing which includes the 23% tax. This helps out-of-town customers know what they’re getting into before they buy. Pueblo county also requires that cultivation ingredients be displayed on flower jars.
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I visited a few of Pueblo’s 35 recreational dispensaries, and here’s what I found.
The Spot 420 Pueblo Central
(Courtesy of The Spot)
Locations in Pueblo:
Go for: Grow tour, large selection of accessories and edibles
Most of the flower at The Spot 420 is grown at their western Pueblo facility, in the same building as their Pueblo West store. They hold hourly tours every day of their 20,000 sq. ft. grow facility. The Spot 420’s central Pueblo location is right off I-25.
Both locations feature $35 concentrates made from trim by Happy Camper, a large selection of edibles, an excellent variety of accessories, and cartridges made by Eureka Vapor. Specials include a whopping 25% medical discount and a 20% industry discount. Most of the Spot 420’s flower is rich in terpenes with a great nose appeal. The Tahoe Alien I bought tasted as good as it smelled!
Three Rivers Dispensary
(Courtesy of Three Rivers Dispensary)
Locations in Pueblo:
Go for: Good prices on edibles and quality flower
According to my budtender, Cari, most of the flower at Three Rivers Cannabis is grown at their facility in western Pueblo. This includes a huge selection of high-quality ounces for $89 to $99. The Blueberry Headband I tried was excellent. They also have a great selection of low-cost edibles.
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Cannasseur
(Courtesy of Cannasseur Pueblo West)
Locations in Pueblo:
Go for: Reasonable prices served up quickly in a classy atmosphere
The lobby of Cannasseur’s Pueblo West location looks like an upscale hotel. The high-end atmosphere continues into the sales room, which features a window that looks in on their organic-soil-based grow room.
In addition to growing their flower in-house, Cannasseur also creates their own CO2 extracts. They’re worth visiting for the rock-bottom prices and classy atmosphere. Specials include $45 ounces and $5 joints.
Nature’s Gift Shop
(Courtesy of Nature’s Gift Shop)
Locations in Pueblo:
Go for: High-quality flower
General Manager Elijah of Nature’s Gift Shop really cares about high-quality flower. “I don’t sell anything here that I wouldn’t give to my mother,” he says.
The dispensary’s grow is pesticide- and chemical-free and they put a lot of thought into the other wholesale flower that they carry. The dispensary is also committed to customer education: “Consumers need to know what they’re putting in their bodies,” says Elijah.
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Rocky Mountain Blaze
(Courtesy of Rocky Mountain Blaze)
Locations in Pueblo:
Go for: Huge selection of concentrates and pens, locally grown flower, extensive Leafly menu
Rocky Mountain Blaze features unique strains of cannabis flower from small, local growers. To enhance your shopping experience, they offer coffee grounds to cleanse your nose between smelling strains, and a large, well-lit magnifier to closely look at buds.
Rocky Mountain Blaze also has a huge selection of concentrates and pens, including more than 15 brands of concentrates, with lots of live rosin choices. Specials include Vape Pen Monday, bargain buds, raffles, and bargain edibles.
The Green Solution Pueblo
(Courtesy of The Green Solution)
Locations in Pueblo:
Go for: Huge selection, informative budtenders
On January 12, The Green Solution celebrated the grand opening of its 17th location in Pueblo. The best thing about The Green Solution is its consistency from store to store.
The Green Solution outlets offer a large selection of every kind of cannabis product, including edibles, accessories, concentrates, and, of course, quality flower. The company’s commitment to consumer education ensures that you’ll always have a budtender who knows what they’re talking about.
