21+ only
This site lists licensed cannabis retailers. You need to be 21 or over, or 18 and over with a valid medical cannabis card where your state allows it.
9 licensed shops open in Cambridge right now, ranked on a star rating weighted by how many people actually left one. Herbwell Weed Dispensary Cambridge leads at 5.0.
A 4.9 from 300 people is a weaker claim than a 4.8 from 7,000, so every rating here is pulled toward the Massachusetts average in proportion to how few reviews sit behind it. Both figures are printed on each entry.
1686 Massachusetts Ave
Reviews here read like a roll call of the same small team, credited again and again for kind, professional service. Their recommendations make choosing quality product easy, and shoppers repeatedly describe the staff as knowledgeable, friendly and eager to help.
Open
200 Monsignor O'Brien Hwy
Customers name the same budtender again and again here, and the whole staff earns praise for patient, informative help choosing a pre-roll. Pre-roll deals get regular mentions, and the stickers are a small perk shoppers enjoy. Massachusetts-owned and near Lechmere Square in East Cambridge.
Open
701 Mt Auburn St
Regulars say their favorites are always in stock, and budtenders stay upbeat and thorough even when the store gets busy. Recommendations feel offered rather than pushed, and Friday nights have brought a DJ to the room. Black-owned and women-owned, on Mt Auburn Street with free Wi-Fi inside.
Open
759 Massachusetts Ave
The room is a nod to public transit and old-school bodegas, which gives this Mass Ave shop a look of its own. Staff are chill and knowledgeable, the selection is broad and prices are fair. Customers point out it is one of the few Black-owned dispensaries in Cambridge.
Open
966 Cambridge St
Hash and live rosin are the specialty here, and concentrate buyers like that the rosin is kept refrigerated and thumbprints are on offer. The house flower is small-batch craft with good strain variety, and THCv picks like Treeworks and HAVN round out the menu. Formerly Blue River Terps, and parking is usually easy to find.
Open
A star average hides how many people stood behind it. Every rating is shrunk toward the Massachusetts mean in proportion to its review count, so a shop needs a high score and real volume to reach the top. The weighted figure sits next to the raw one on every entry.
Every one Google lists as open and licensed under a cannabis category at the time of the last check. Shops that had closed permanently or temporarily are dropped, as is anything that turned up in the search but sits outside Massachusetts.
Because we have not read one. Plenty of shops sell only through a third-party ordering platform that publishes nothing on their own domain, and a brand list is not worth guessing at.
Quarterly. Ratings move and shops close, and a list nobody re-checks becomes a directory of places that used to be good.