A pot shop promising “Michelin standard” products in tony Southampton says it will finally open its doors this week after months of red tape and legal wrangling — daring local officials to try to shut it down.
Brown Budda — one of the first dispensaries to be licensed in the state and the first to be approved on Long Island in 2022 — vowed to open its doors Wednesday with or without final approval from Southampton after state regulators voided the town’s restrictive cannabis laws as illegal.
“We are very confident we have the weight of the law in our favor,” said Brown Budda lawyer Christian Killoran in a statement.
Company founder and CEO Marquis Hayes, hailing the shop’s products as akin to the finest haute cuisine offered at Michelin-starred restaurants, added, “On November 12, Br

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