Berkshire Roots has opened for recreational marijuana sales in East Boston, becoming the citys second adult-use store and the first in the neighborhood.

Located at 253 Meridian St., Berkshire Roots is currently offering online orders and in-store pickup service. Customers are asked to look at the online menu and schedule a pickup time, the company wrote in a news release. The store is open 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Monday through Saturday and from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Sunday.

Opening during the coronavirus pandemic, Berkshire Roots said a face covering or mask is required to enter the shop. Social distancing guidelines are in place inside the location and on the sidewalk, and the store is adhering to cleaning protocols required by the state, the news release said.

Berkshire Roots is headquartered in Pittsfield with a retail store and cultivation facility. There, Berkshire Roots produces branded products including flower, edibles, topicals, tinctures, capsules, concentrates and vape cartridges. The company also works with Massachusetts wholesale partners.

Our goal is to bring the Berkshires to Boston by replicating the warmth of our dispensary, providing best-in-class training to our retail team and delivering our unique Berkshires inspired products, Berkshire Roots CEO James Winokur said. The store is ready, we have great neighbors and its really a special place in Boston given the mix of cultures, language and history. We have a heavy emphasis on hiring from East Boston and surrounding neighborhoods and bringing in products that will fit our East Boston patrons needs and palette.

In March, Bostons first retail marijuana store opened. Pure Oasis, an applicant in the states economic empowerment program aimed to benefit people and communities disproportionately harmed by the war on drugs, on Blue Hill Avenue in the Grove Hall part of Dorchester.

Berkshire Roots opened in Pittsfield in April 2019, the second store to open in Pittsfield following Temescal Wellness.

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