Bellport Village welcomes new legal cannabis shop with curated experience
Top Grass opened on Sawgrass Drive with a curated retail pitch, adding Bellport's second legal cannabis shop and a new test for Main Street traffic.
Bellport Village got a new legal cannabis storefront on Friday when Top Grass Cannabis Dispensary opened at 28 Sawgrass Drive, bringing a 3,700-square-foot adult-use shop into a South Shore commercial strip that keeps adding new retail uses. Co-founders Pavan Singh and Usman Whyen are pitching the store as more than a quick stop, with a format built around presentation and product education as much as sales.
That matters in Bellport because the shop is already part of the village’s business mix, not a future proposal or a permit filing. Top Grass is one of only a small number of licensed adult-use dispensaries in Bellport, and it is the village’s one licensed cannabis retailer now open to the public. For a community where Main Street and nearby commercial corridors depend on steady foot traffic, the shop adds a destination business that could draw customers into the area while also testing how comfortably legal cannabis fits beside restaurants, coffee stops and other neighborhood retail.
Top Grass received its state license about a year before opening, and New York State’s cannabis framework still gives the store a tightly regulated role. The Office of Cannabis Management says CAURD licensees were the first retail dispensaries allowed to open for legal adult-use cannabis sales in the state, and licensed dispensaries must post the state’s Dispensary Verification Tool near their main entrance. That is part of the state’s effort to make the market easier to navigate for customers while distinguishing legal shops from unlicensed sellers.
The Bellport opening also lands in a market that is no longer small. The Office of Cannabis Management says New York now has 683 adult-use cannabis dispensaries statewide. On Long Island, the sector is already a meaningful revenue engine: John Kagia, the acting executive director of the cannabis office, said in a Long Island industry report that the island accounts for about 10% of total cannabis revenues and that average transactions there are 41% higher than in the rest of the state.
At the same time, the rollout remains politically sensitive across Suffolk County. In February 2026, Southampton, Riverhead and Brookhaven sued the state over advisory cannabis zoning opinions they say limit municipal home-rule authority. Against that backdrop, Bellport’s newest storefront is both a retail opening and a local test case, showing how far legal cannabis has moved from hearings and licenses into the everyday life of a village business district.
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