Pittsfield picked up two new dispensary storefronts in 2026, one on each side of downtown, and no other new storefront in the county shows up in the CCC's 2026 start-of-operations data. For adults 21+ driving in from New York, Connecticut or the Pike, the new names sit on two of the county's busiest roads: South Street, the Route 7 approach toward Bousquet Mountain and Lenox, and Elm Street on the city's east side.
Both are listed by the Cannabis Control Commission as active, licensed adult-use retailers as of 2026.
The ballot question
Massachusetts voters rejected Question 8 on November 3, 2026, by roughly three to one in preliminary results reported by WBUR. The measure would have ended adult-use retail sales by 2028. Both stores below are open, and adult-use sales continue.
Canna Provisions, South Street
1021 South Street, Pittsfield. Opened May 2026.
Canna Provisions, the Lee store that has sat at the Mass Pike exit since 2019 (Canna Provisions in Lee), opened its third Massachusetts location on South Street in Pittsfield in May 2026, according to the company. It joins Lee and the company's Holyoke store. The address isn't new to the trade: CCC records show a licensed retailer operating at 1021 South Street since 2020. The sign, the menu and the operator are what changed. The company told readers in a July column that the state's review of the new location took the better part of four months.
What's observable: long hours, listed as 8 AM to 10 PM, and an online menu for order-ahead pickup. The store is closed on Thanksgiving and Christmas Day. Delivery isn't offered from the Pittsfield store, per its ordering page. The company markets it as the stop nearest Bousquet, which in ski season is a fair description of the traffic it will see.
Great Northern Cannabis Dispensary, Elm Street
180 Elm Street, Pittsfield, at the Elm Street Shops. Opened August 2026.
Great Northern is the newest licensed store in the county. The CCC granted its final license on August 13, 2026 and records its start of operations on August 31. The license came through the state's Social Equity Program, which the commission lists as its review track.
The store bills itself as a Montana-style country store dropped into Pittsfield, which is an unusual brief for a shop in a Berkshires plaza and probably the point. It lists daily opening at 9 AM, closing at 7 PM Monday through Thursday, 8 PM Friday and Saturday and 6 PM on Sunday, and it runs a live menu with preorders. Entry is 21+ with ID.
Licensed, not yet open
The CCC also lists a handful of Berkshire County retail licenses at the provisional stage, meaning approved in principle but not cleared to sell. As of 2026 that includes three in Pittsfield (on Cheshire Road, Downing Industrial Parkway and Seymour Street) and two in North Adams (on Union Street and the Mohawk Trail). Provisional licenses can take a year or more to become storefronts, and some never do. None of them is open, per the commission, and none belongs on a weekend plan until the CCC shows a start-of-operations date.
The rest of the map
Every other licensed store in the county opened before 2026, and most have been selling since somewhere between 2019 and 2022. Pittsfield remains the densest cluster: the Pittsfield town guide covers the city's stores and what's around them, including Perpetual on Larch Street and Berkshire Roots on Dalton Avenue.
How to check a shop is licensed
Every licensed adult-use retailer in Massachusetts appears on the Cannabis Control Commission's Where to Buy map and in its licensing data at masscannabiscontrol.com. A new storefront should show up there before its first sale. Licensed stores check ID at the door and sell sealed, labeled product.
The rules apply to every purchase. The per-transaction limit is 2 ounces of flower, 10 grams of concentrate, or 1,000 mg of THC in edibles. Massachusetts state law prohibits cannabis consumption in public spaces, and the New York and Connecticut lines are state borders: nothing bought in Pittsfield crosses them legally.
For every licensed store we track in the county, see the dispensary directory. For what's on this season, see events.
FAQ
What new dispensaries opened in the Berkshires in 2026?
Two, both in Pittsfield: Canna Provisions at 1021 South Street (May 2026) and Great Northern Cannabis Dispensary at 180 Elm Street (August 2026).
Is there a new dispensary near Bousquet Mountain?
Yes. Canna Provisions opened on South Street in Pittsfield in May 2026, on the Route 7 approach toward Bousquet.
Does Canna Provisions have a Pittsfield location?
Yes. Canna Provisions now runs stores at 220 Housatonic Street in Lee and 1021 South Street in Pittsfield, plus one in Holyoke.
Are any new dispensaries coming to North Adams?
Two North Adams retail licenses sit at the provisional stage in CCC records as of 2026, on Union Street and the Mohawk Trail. Neither is open, per the commission.
Do you have to be 21 to shop at the new Pittsfield dispensaries?
Yes. Both are adult-use stores, and both require a valid government-issued photo ID showing the customer is 21 or older.
