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Two locations in Vancouver, Wash. including 212 NE 164th Ave., Suite 11, 360-841-7500, theherberynw.com.
The Herbery is located in a green-and-white plaza, catty-corner from an O'Reilly Auto Parts, Mary Jane's House of Glass and—you can't make this shit up—Blazzin Pizza. It's everything you want in an '80s car-focused shopping district. The store was even christened by Sir Mix-A-Lot. Inside the Herbery, it's not Apple Store or even average medical-dispensary chic. But it is clean and brightly lit, with three large jewelry cases holding the goodies and various mechanisms for their consumption, with bongs located on shelves above the cases. The budtenders work in pairs behind each case, ready to find the right bud for you. There's a large strain selection—35 from eight growers when I visited—and it is indica-heavy, although the store has been shopping for more sativa. The strip-mall effect is grounding upon exit. You don't feel like you just left somewhere interesting; it all seems very normal, like when you used to run out to RadioShack for batteries for that fucking GameCube controller.
Ted Lanahan
Willamette Week