For this dispensary, it’s not all about profits.Īrizona MMJ cardholders can stop by The Mint 7 days a week 8am-9pm (open until 10pm on Th, Fri, and Sat) for a scrumptious take-out meal that is vegetarian, healthful and medicated!Īnd if you forget to pick up cash on the way, The Mint has an ATM onsite that only costs one measly dollar ($1). Although the owners did not mention it during our interview, The Arizona Cannabis Monthly learned from some budtenders that the owners have been known to donate medicine to cancer patients and other patients in need. Something that stands out at The Mint is that they care more about patients than profits. I always tell people to start off really low, and see how your body feels.” Everyone in the dispensary is knowledgeable in recommending doses. Hurry before the holiday pies are all gone.Ĭarylann said, “We’re getting a lot of new patients, and they don’t know what they should be taking and how much to dose. Stop by for a 100mg snickerdoodle or a 250mg raspberry pop tart. Everything is made from scratch and orders are ready in 5-10 minutes. The Mint’s full-service kitchen serves medical marijuana-infused vegetarian dishes all day. Rooted in a mission to be a community resource, and dedicated to. Last week The Mint featured “Purple Haze” cupcakes using ube, a purple Filipino yam. The Mint Dispensary is a premier Arizona Licensed medical cannabis dispensary located just south of the Arizona Mills Mall in Tempe.

They tell me that ‘this goes with that’ and ‘if you’re going to cook with this, you have to do that.’” They are just so excited to share their food with you. I’ll ask them what do they do with this or that? How do they cook it? I’ll go talk to the little old Indian lady, or Chinese lady or Japanese grandmother about how they make their food. “My favorite thing to do is, talk to people about food. Curious to her core, Chef Carylann discovers new recipes in unlikely places. Principal continues, “I love food, so I just followed what I liked.” That path took her to Le Cordon Bleu, to London, and to Hawaii where she mastered new styles and spices.Īfter a 30-year cooking career, Carylann Principal has a lot of tricks up her sleeve. With her beaming smile and optimistic attitude, Ms. She remembers paying her dues as a young second chef in New York 30 years ago when the restaurant business was male-dominated. Looking around her world-class, commercial kitchen, Executive Chef Carylann Principal tells me about her long journey. She’s a food doctor.Įxecutive Chef, Carylann Principal, is “trying new ways to heal people with food.” Carylann is a cancer survivor herself and has been cooking with cannabis for a decade. CEO Eivan Shahar said they knew instantly, when they met Carylann, that she was the right one to design their menu and lead the kitchen staff.įor Carylann Principal, providing patients with healthful, delicious medicine is personal. The Mint’s COO, Raul (Ray) Molina, said they searched far and wide for just the right person to build out their kitchen. Owners credit their Tempe location’s culinary success to the personal touch of Executive Chef Carylann Principal. The “Mint Cafe” is the first cannabis kitchen of its kind anywhere. In October 2018, The Mint fired up its pizza oven and began serving veggie burgers and fresh baked goods to MMJ card holders in the Tempe area. 'It is a good middle for highness.Since opening its commercial kitchen two months ago, the Mint Dispensary has earned a quick reputation as a favorite takeout spot for young professionals and retirees alike. Whether you’re spending 20 or 200, they are so helpful and friendly Whatever your medicinal needs are, they have it all. These guys are the best They have killer selection and deals but their customer service is by far the best in the biz.

'But 100 milligrams is the popular dosage at the moment,' Palomino added. The Mint Dispensary on 330 E Southern Ave. If the patient has built up a tolerance, they can order food packed with 1,000 milligrams for $75 per menu item. Then the price structure increases by dosage: 50 milligrams for $13 100 milligrams for $18 and so on. Depending on the amount of infused cannabis, the price for hot foods starts at 25 milligrams for $10.50. The price structure is a flat rate across the smorgasbord. The dispensary's menu, which also consists of burgers, spaghetti, pizza, salads, wraps, pastries, and cakes, is cooked with cannabis oils or cannabis butter, and each dish is loaded with 25 to 1,000 milligrams, depending on each patient's appetite. Drawing from both, we tried to work out any major obstacles we could think of and prepare for it.' 'We have put together a great team with experience in both fields - cannabis and delivery. Courtesy of The Mint 'Our priority for providing food delivery in a fast and efficient manner is to receive the order hot and fresh for the best taste possible,' Palomino said.

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