✦ Chapter 01 · The name
"Every neighborhood starts with someone saying, 'Hi, neighbor.'"
We built the dispensary we always wanted to shop in. Not a sterile showroom, not a numbered ticket line — a corner of the block where the person behind the counter knows your name, your strain, and asks about your mom. The name isn't branding. It's the whole business plan.
Puerto Rican, Bronx-born
✦ Chapter 02 · Meet the owners
Juan & Alexis Garcia
Their grandmother ran a botanica in the Bronx that was less a shop and more a front porch for the whole block. People came for products; they stayed for conversation, guidance, and connection. Juan and Alexis grew up behind that counter watching what a business can be when it belongs to its neighborhood.
That's the shop they set out to build on Magnolia Blvd — and the standard every hire, every product, and every price gets held to.
✦ Chapter 07 · How we got here
The receipt so far
The idea
A botanica in the Bronx
Grandma's counter teaches two kids what a neighborhood business is for.
The build
10842 Magnolia Blvd
Juan and Alexis pick the NoHo Arts District and build the shop they always wanted to walk into.
The mural
Love Thy Neighbor goes up
Painted with Jon Moody and the team — the first thing finished, before a single shelf was stocked.
Doors open
First "Hi, neighbor"
7am Early Bird, out-the-door pricing, and a counter that learns your name by visit two.
March 2026
The brand launch party
DJs, vendors, neighbors, and the lot full — the block shows up and the block stays.
Today
Open daily, 7am–10pm
Comedy nights, collabs, and the same everyday prices. The story's still being written — come be in it.
Shop today's menu →✦ Chapter 08 · What we believe
House rules
Four of them. Flip each one to see what it costs us — gladly.
✦ Chapter 09 · The corkboard
Life on Magnolia
launch party, march '26
the shelves, stocked with intent
open mic in the lot
golden hour on the block
Staff Picks
✦ Chapter 10 · Ask the counter
What the team is actually smoking
Real picks from real paychecks — this is what we buy with our own employee discount.
Marcus
Budtender · 4 years on Magnolia
“If you liked classic OGs, let me put the Delighted ounce in your hands. Hundred out the door — nobody believes me until they see the receipt.”
Marcus's pick
Delighted Ounce — $100 OTD
Daniela
Budtender · hablamos español
“Abuelas shop here. I walk them through the tinctures in Spanish, start them at 2.5mg, and they come back asking for me by name. That's the job.”
Daniela's pick
1:1 tinctures & 2.5mg starters
Kira
Budtender · говорим по-русски
“Four premium carts for $100 is the deal I text my own friends about. Come at happy hour and stack the vibe with the savings.”
Kira's pick
4 premium 1g carts — $100 OTD
✦ Chapter 11 · Made on this block
The stuff with our name on it
A house line we're proud to hand across the counter, bundles we build like we're shopping for ourselves, and exclusive brands you won't find elsewhere in the Valley. If it wears the Hi Neighbor name, one of us signed off on it personally.
✦ Chapter 12 · Word on the street
Don't take our word for it
★★★★★
“Walked in a stranger, walked out feeling like a regular. They remembered my name the second time. The second time!”
Tanya R. · Google
★★★★★
“$100 ounce out the door is real. No asterisk, no bait and switch. This is my spot now, sorry to my old spot.”
Devon M. · Google
★★★★★
“Took my 72-year-old mom for sleep gummies. They were patient, explained everything in Spanish, zero pressure. Rare.”
Lucía G. · Yelp
✦ Chapter 13 · Come say hi
On Magnolia,
under the mural
That's us. Your turn — come introduce yourself.
First visit gets 25% off, and somebody at the counter already wants to know what you're into.