400 River Dispensary & Lounge Review: Troy's Grow-Your-Own Microbusiness

Most Capital Region dispensaries are pure retailers. 400 River, at 400 River Street in downtown Troy, is a microbusiness: under New York's small-business license type, its owners grow the cannabis on their own farms in Washington County, process and package it themselves, and then sell it at this single storefront. When it held its grand opening on August 9, 2024, CBS6 Albany reported it was the second microbusiness in the state to open a dispensary, and the first dispensary in downtown Troy.

The operation is sometimes listed as 400 River by Misty Blue, after the owners' farm brand.

What a microbusiness license allows

New York created the microbusiness license for small operators who want to handle the whole chain themselves. Under the state's Cannabis Law, a microbusiness may cultivate, process, distribute and sell its own adult-use products, but it is a small-scale license, and the trade-off for doing everything in-house is volume. Rather than buying from dozens of wholesalers like a standard retailer, a microbusiness storefront is built around what its own team can grow and make.

That is why 400 River's menu reads like a farm's harvest list rather than a catalog of brands, and why it is one of only a handful of shops in the region where you can buy flower directly from the people who cultivated it.

Farm-direct from Washington County

The microbusiness model shapes everything about the shop. CBS6 described a farm-direct approach in which the owners cultivate on their Washington County farms, north and east of Troy, and bring that harvest straight to River Street. Co-owner Rick Taylor told the station that the community had been in "pretty much every day" after the opening, and that neighboring businesses had been supportive from the start.

For shoppers, that means the menu is built mostly around the farm's own genetics rather than a wall of outside brands. It also means supply tracks the farm's harvest calendar, so specific strains come and go. Our Croptober explainer explains why fall menus at farm-linked shops often look different from spring ones.

House strains on the menu

At the time of writing (October 2026), the shop's website featured house products including:

• Flower and pre-rolls: Colorado Chem, Cherriez, Berry White, Grape Cream Cake, Lilac Diesel, Purple Sunset, Thin Mint and Sour Papaya
• Gummies: Blueberry and Dragonfruit
• Other categories: concentrates and vapes, tinctures and topicals

Flower is sold in 3.5-gram units, and pre-rolls come in several pack sizes. If the sizes are unfamiliar, our cheat sheet on grams, eighths and ounces clears it up. Menu names change with the harvest, so use the live menu before setting your heart on one strain.

A deal for every day of the week

400 River publishes a rotating weekly deal schedule on its website:

Deals can change without notice, so confirm at checkout. Our seasonal fall deals calendar shows when bigger statewide sales tend to land, and High Today's deals feed tracks current Capital Region offers.

Open until 10 p.m. on River Street

The shop's hours are a real differentiator. Its website lists 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. every day, and CBS6 noted at opening that the 10 p.m. close was the latest of any dispensary in the region at that time.

The location helps. River Street is downtown Troy's riverfront strip, and Taylor told CBS6 that being next door to Ryan's Wake and Brown's Brewing had been good for business. That puts 400 River in walking distance of downtown's bars and restaurants, a different setting from the plaza and highway shops elsewhere in the Capital Region.

About the lounge

The business name includes "Lounge," and at the 2024 opening the owners said a lounge was coming. As of October 2026, however, the shop's website does not describe an operating consumption lounge, and we have not found public confirmation that one has opened. Do not plan a visit around on-site consumption without calling first at 518-400-2278.

Practical details for River Street

• Address: 400 River Street, Troy, NY 12180
• Phone: 518-400-2278
• Hours: opens at 9 every morning and closes at 10 every night, per the shop's website
• Payment: cash and debit, with an ATM on site, according to directory listings
• Ordering: order ahead online for in-store pickup
• Delivery: the shop's site did not mention a delivery service when we checked in October 2026

Reputation so far

Albany.com's dispensary guide summarizes reviewers praising the shop's intimate setting and comfortable atmosphere, with particular appreciation for the fact that the flower is grown in-house. As with most single-location shops, the most common practical caveat is that the menu is narrower than a large multi-brand store.

400 River vs. other Troy shops

Troy has filled in since 2024. Two useful comparisons:

• The Greenhouse Cannabis on Congress Street, a few blocks away, stocks a broader range of licensed New York brands across flower, vapes, edibles and beverages. Choose it if you want variety.
• 420 Bliss, on Hoosick Street east of downtown, is a CAURD shop that opened in December 2023 with a multi-brand menu, an ordering app and delivery.

Choose 400 River if you specifically want flower grown by the people behind the counter, or if you need a late-evening stop downtown. Our Capital Region dispensary guide and the High Today store locator cover the rest of the area.

Best for night owls and farm-flower fans

400 River fits craft-curious shoppers who like knowing exactly where their flower was grown, downtown Troy residents and RPI-area adults 21+, and anyone out on River Street in the evening. It is less suited to shoppers who want a specific outside brand of vape cartridge or a deep concentrate menu. For more producers working at this scale, see our profile of small New York growers worth knowing.

One more reason to plan an evening visit: with a 10 p.m. close, 400 River is often still open after other Capital Region counters have shut for the night, which makes it a handy stop on the way home from dinner or a show downtown.