OKAY Cannabis and West Town Bakery in Wheeling is the first and only consumption lounge where you can have your cake balls and smoke cannabis too, all with a focus on craft. Curiously, you can’t consume cannabis edibles from the dispensary in the lounge. That includes the outstanding chocolate bars by Mindy Segal, the James Beard Award-winning chef and owner of Mindy’s Bakery in Wicker Park. And you can’t drink alcohol from the bar in the lounge, either. That includes the creative cocktails by beverage director Julieta Campos. But you can have more than a dozen flavors of colossal cake balls, which do not have cannabis, by chef and partner Christopher Teixeira. So how does the consumption lounge work? Tap on our bio link to read more. —— Photo 1: Akemi Almeida, center, and Brendan Striego smoke marijuana joints during baked bingo night at OKAY Cannabis Dispensary and West Town Bakery (@westtownbakery) in Wheeling on April 9, 2024. Photo 2: A dozen assorted cake balls at West Town Bakery in Wheeling. Photo 3: Scott Weiner, co-owner of OKAY Cannabis Dispensary and West Town Bakery. ? Louisa Kung Liu Chu / Chicago Tribune ? Vincent Alban / Chicago Tribune

OKAY Cannabis and West Town Bakery in Wheeling is the first and only consumption lounge where you can have your cake balls and smoke cannabis too, all with a focus on craft.

Curiously, you can’t consume cannabis edibles from the dispensary in the lounge. That includes the outstanding chocolate bars by Mindy Segal, the James Beard Award-winning chef and owner of Mindy’s Bakery in Wicker Park.

And you can’t drink alcohol from the bar in the lounge, either. That includes the creative cocktails by beverage director Julieta Campos.

But you can have more than a dozen flavors of colossal cake balls, which do not have cannabis, by chef and partner Christopher Teixeira.

So how does the consumption lounge work?

Tap on our bio link to read more.

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Photo 1: Akemi Almeida, center, and Brendan Striego smoke marijuana joints during baked bingo night at OKAY Cannabis Dispensary and West Town Bakery (@westtownbakery) in Wheeling on April 9, 2024.

Photo 2: A dozen assorted cake balls at West Town Bakery in Wheeling.

Photo 3: Scott Weiner, co-owner of OKAY Cannabis Dispensary and West Town Bakery.

? Louisa Kung Liu Chu / Chicago Tribune
? Vincent Alban / Chicago Tribune