Cannabis for dinner? New Edmonton restaurant to serve pot-infused drinks and eats
CBC
Cannabis-infused meals and mocktails will soon be served at a restaurant in downtown Edmonton.
Customers at CBD CBN — Catering By Day, Catering By Night — will be offered a reservation-only fine-dining experience where cannabis is the key ingredient.
James Mulholland, a mixologist who launched the restaurant with co-owner and chef Stacey Mison, hopes Edmontonians will soon be buzzing about the new venture.
"We're hoping the demand will be quite high," Mulholland said. "I think what we're doing should attract not just cannabis users, but foodies as well."
The restaurant's unusual menu has been made possible through a partnership with Token Naturals Ltd., a licensed cannabis producer based in Edmonton.
Token Naturals holds medical sales, processing and research licences for cannabis, a Health Canada spokesperson said.
In August, the company's research licence was amended to allow CBD CBN to serve cannabis-infused products — all in the name of research.
"It's just a natural evolution of our business and then we found some really cool partners that can bring that unique chef experience," said Keenan Pascal, CEO of Token Naturals. "It's a perfect match."
The restaurant, at 10130 105th St., will serve the company's research needs while offering users a chance to "choose their own adventure" with a cannabis dining experience, he said.
Pascal said he was familiar with Mulholland and Mison's catering work before the pair approached his team with a pitch for a restaurant with a focus on cannabis.
The team at Token Naturals was keen to sign on.
"That's kind of how it came together — over a couple plates of dinner."
Research licences, administered under the federal Cannabis Act, allow companies to conduct on-site research and sensory evaluations of cannabis products, albeit under some strict constraints.
In a statement, Health Canada said it would be contacting Token Naturals to ensure its plans for a cannabis dining experience are in compliance with all federal regulations.
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