North Shore Dispensary to open March 6 in Duluth's Lincoln Park

North Shore Dispensary, co-owned by John Borden, announced a grand opening in Duluth’s Lincoln Park neighborhood set for Friday, March 6, at 3:00 p.m., the business posted on Instagram and local reporting noted on March 3, 2026. Borden said the owners are “really excited to be a part of a lot of new businesses coming into the community,” and added, “We think we’re gonna fit in just fine and really add something to the landscape here.”

The owners describe North Shore as a full-service recreational dispensary that will stock products sourced from local growers and manufacturers and will carry multiple product categories including flower, concentrates, edibles and topicals. The dispensary’s website invites customers to “browse our extensive inventory online and place an order for convenient pickup,” signaling a mix of online ordering and in-store fulfillment when the shop opens.

North Shore plans to use phone ordering and a smart payments setup that includes Automated Clearing House payments, allowing customers to pay directly from their bank accounts as a cashless option in an industry that has traditionally relied heavily on cash. The website also advertises a loyalty program called “Elevated Rewards” and a customer-facing navigation labeled “Shop Moods” with tags such as Creative, Focused, Inspired, Sleepy and Clear Mind; the online menu excerpt shows a category label “Cannabis (23).”

The dispensary’s online service area lists Lincoln Park along with nearby neighborhoods and cities: West Duluth, Hermantown, Bayview, Riverside, MN, and Superior, WI. Company copy on the site positions North Shore as offering “Premium Cannabis Selection and Expert Guidance” and promises a “knowledgeable team” to provide personalized recommendations and expert advice at opening.

Reporting and the North Shore website do not include a precise street address or state licensing details in the materials supplied; the grand opening time and date appear in the Instagram post reading “North Shore Dispensary officially opens March 6th at 3PM.” Those specific operational details remain to be confirmed directly with the operator for customers seeking hours, exact location and license information.

Separately, a different dispensary proposal by a company called Marigrow would convert the former Salt n’ Pepper diner at 2573-81 N. Lincoln Ave into Ümi, a 4,970-square-foot dispensary; that project has been through a zone change from B3-3 to C2-3 and still requires a special use permit and public comment. That proposal named Akele Parnell as CEO and referenced hiring security to monitor nearby Jonquil Park, and local zoning officials invoked former Ald. Michele Smith’s Oct. 2021 preference for social equity applicants in that process — details tied to a different set of municipal reviews and a different Lincoln Park jurisdiction than North Shore’s Duluth location.

North Shore’s opening on March 6 will be the immediate test of the dispensary’s pitch: a locally supplied menu, phone ordering with ACH payments and in-person guidance from a team led by co-owner John Borden as the business enters Lincoln Park’s commercial mix.