The first cannabis restaurant in the United States has opened in West Hollywood, offering diners an array of weed product

Named Lowell Farms: A Cannabis Cafe, the hyped 240-seat establishment is open to people above 21 years who can order from a cannabis menu just like they would a wine bottle.

Flower Hosts or ‘budtenders’ help patrons navigate the menu, giving advice to connoisseurs or novices on what strain of cannabis to order with their meal and the potency and flavor of each product.

On offer in the café are pre-rolled joints starting at $18 dollars per piece, highly potent concentrates, some edibles and accessories such as bongs, pipes and dabbing devices.

“It’s amazing to be a part of making history, I never thought I would have been. It’s important to have a safe space to consume in a very communal setting,” Andrea Drummer, the executive chef said as she surveyed diners at the opening of the eatery.

“The only other place that I know that to be the case is Amsterdam,” Drummer stressed, adding that customers were flying in from different parts of the country to take part in the grand opening on Tuesday.

The cafe’s launch comes as more and more states across the United States have in recent years legalized marijuana both for medicinal and recreational purposes. The drug however remains illegal at the federal level.

In California, which has the world’s largest legal marijuana market, recreational pot became legal in 2018, setting off a mad rush by entrepreneurs to cash in on the multi-billion-dollar industry.

Seven other eateries similar to Lowell Farms are expected to open in the near future in West Hollywood, one of the first cities in the country to embrace the concept.