About Meds Cafe
A Michigan cannabis company focused on fresh flower, fair prices, and helpful guidance.
Meds Cafe brings deli-style flower, rotating weekly deals, and approachable service to 7 Michigan locations. We keep menus fresh, pricing clear, and the shopping experience comfortable for new and experienced customers alike.
What we stand for
Fresh product, honest pricing, and guidance that feels helpful—not pushy. We want people to leave with something they understand and actually feel good about buying.
What makes Meds Cafe different
Built around product knowledge and better service
Meds Cafe is led by CEO Joshua Covert, a Michigan cannabis attorney who served as the company's legal counsel before taking over as CEO in 2021. Joshua is also the founder of Michigan Cannabis Lawyers and a partner at the Nichols Law Firm. His legal career includes landmark Michigan cannabis cases, the MI Legalize ballot initiative that led to Proposal 1 in 2018, and over a decade of advocacy for patient and consumer rights.
Joshua has been featured on WZZM 13, MLive, The Smokin' Rope Podcast, and as a speaker at Ann Arbor Hash Bash. Al Witt — caregiver and cannabis community advocate — is also part of the Meds Cafe story.
Joshua Covert — the Meds Cafe story
Press & media
Meds Cafe and CEO Joshua Covert have been featured in Michigan news, cannabis industry podcasts, and advocacy events since 2013.
Michigan dispensary owner warns of impact from new 24% wholesale tax on cannabis
Interviewed as CEO of Meds Cafe
What Michigan's new marijuana wholesale tax means for businesses and consumers
Quoted as CEO and attorney
2024 Ann Arbor Hash Bash — Speaker
Featured speaker
From Cannabis Activist Attorney to Meds Cafe CEO
Guest
Meds Cafe CEO Josh Covert Returns!
Returning guest
Knowing Your Rights as a Grower and Consumer
Guest expert
The Fight is On to Put Legalization of Marijuana on the Michigan Ballot
Board member of MI Legalize and announced speaker
Hash Bash: More Than Marijuana — Science, Medicine and Policy Came Together
Quoted participant
From Rogers City to seven Michigan locations
The Meds Cafe story started in 2019 with a single store in Rogers City. Here is how it grew.
Rogers City — the first Meds Cafe
The original Meds Cafe opens on US-23, bringing deli-style flower and friendly cannabis shopping to Presque Isle County.
Visit Rogers City →Lowell — Kent County's first rec shop
Meds Cafe Lowell opens on March 13, 2020 as the first recreational cannabis shop in Kent County. Covered by MLive and WZZM 13.
Visit Lowell →Manistee and Cedar Springs open
Two new locations expand the brand along the US-31 corridor and into northern Kent County.
Gaylord legalizes cannabis
The Gaylord City Council votes to allow marijuana enterprises. Al Witt — a former cannabis caregiver defended by CEO Joshua Covert — casts a vote in favor.
Read the story →Alpena joins the family
Meds Cafe Alpena opens on W Campbell St, quickly building a loyal following with 220+ Google reviews.
Visit Alpena →Downtown Cheboygan
A recognizable N Main St storefront becomes Meds Cafe Cheboygan — now the most-reviewed location with 800+ Google reviews.
Visit Cheboygan →Gaylord — the newest location
Meds Cafe Gaylord opens in the market that Al Witt and Joshua Covert helped create, bringing the total to seven Michigan locations.
Visit Gaylord →Ready to shop Meds Cafe?
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