"The former Berner's on Haight dispensary was Haight Street's first legal dispensary, changed its name to Blaze on Haight, and then went out of business. Now it's open again under the brand Eaze, who themselves declared bankruptcy earlier this year. The legal cannabis industry has been packed with big-money flame-outs over the nearly eight years since recreational weed sales were legalized, but few of them rival the riches-to-rags story of the delivery service Eaze."
"The once high-flying Uber of Pot had scored $255 million in venture capital funding from people like Snoop Dogg, and a staggering $700 million valuation in the summer of 2021. But they burned through that stash quick, announcing they would shut down last year, and filing for bankruptcy in March 2025. The company did find a buyer though, and the Eaze delivery service still exists."
"That address might ring a bell for stoners. It was once the Berner's on Haight dispensary, which was Haight Street's first legal dispensary when it opened in 2019. But it was not allowed to use Berner's trademark name Cookies, because as the director of the SF Office of Cannabis Control told me at the time, I'm not interested in naming [cannabis] businesses after things that appeal to young people. (Local cannabis laws forbid marketing to children.)"
Eaze, a cannabis delivery service that raised $255 million in venture capital and reached a $700 million valuation in 2021, filed for bankruptcy in March 2025 after shutting down the prior year. The company found a buyer and has reopened a brick-and-mortar dispensary at 1685 Haight Street. The location had been Haight Street's first legal dispensary when it opened as Berner's on Haight in 2019, later renamed Blaze on Haight, and then closed. Berner and the Cookies brand cut ties with the original store in March 2024, and a judge later ruled that Berner owed the store $8.4 million in a licensing dispute.
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