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# Ascend Cannabis Dispensary, Chicago IL: Reviews

Source: Local AI Registry, https://localairegistry.com/biz/il/chicago/ascend-cannabis-dispensary-midway-chicago-il. Free to reuse with a link back.

By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated 2026-09-15.

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## In short

Ascend Cannabis Dispensary is a cannabis dispensary in Chicago, IL. Its AI Score is 42 of 100, which is poor.

What each mark on this page means: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#marks


## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Type | Cannabis dispensary |
| Address | 5650 S Archer Ave, Chicago, IL 60638, USA |
| Hours | Mon to Wed 7 AM to 9 PM · Thu to Sat 7 AM to 10 PM · Sun 7 AM to 9 PM |
| Phone | (872) 267-7038 |
| Rating | 4.8 across 1,288 reviews on Google |
| Quietest time | Monday |
| Updated | September 15, 2026 |


## All the details

Every row is something the owner can add or correct. Each one is marked Confirmed, Visitor submitted or AI guess, with where it came from.

| Group | Fact | Value | Mark | Evidence |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Location info | Address | 5650 S Archer Ave, Chicago, IL 60638, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Description | Looking for a dispensary in Midway that’s easy to reach from anywhere in Chicagoland? Ascend Midway is your go-to cannabis dispensary serving both medical and recreational customers. We’re just three blocks north of Chicago Midway Airport and a quick ride from some of Chicago’s biggest attractions — from the lakefront Museum Campus and Navy Pier to downtown icons like Willis Tower and Millennium Park. Whether you’re a local or just passing through, we’re here to bring you a seamless cannabis experience. | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Hours | Mon to Wed 7:00 AM to 9:00 PM · Thu to Sat 7:00 AM to 10:00 PM · Sun 7:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Name | Ascend Cannabis Dispensary - Midway | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Phone | (872) 267-7038 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Monday | 7:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Tuesday | 7:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Wednesday | 7:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Thursday | 7:00 AM to 10:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Friday | 7:00 AM to 10:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Saturday | 7:00 AM to 10:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Sunday | 7:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Services | Service | Cannabis beverages | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Medical cannabis sales | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | New cannabis laws 2026 | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Nj delivery | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Pineapple express strain information | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Quiz cannabis films | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Recreational cannabis sales | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Spotlight blue dream strain | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Zoap strain | From their website | Business website |
| Links | Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/ascendwellnessofficial | Confirmed | Business website |
| Links | Website | https://letsascend.com/locations/illinois/chicago-midway/ | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |


## Services and prices

These are the 7 services Ascend offers, with the price where we have one and where it came from.

| Service | Price | Price mark | Price evidence | Service mark |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| New cannabis laws 2026 |  |  |  | From their website |
| Zoap strain |  |  |  | From their website |
| Nj delivery |  |  |  | From their website |
| Pineapple express strain information |  |  |  | From their website |
| Cannabis beverages |  |  |  | From their website |
| Quiz cannabis films |  |  |  | From their website |
| Spotlight blue dream strain |  |  |  | From their website |


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## The team

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## Visiting Ascend

Address: 5650 S Archer Ave, Chicago, IL 60638, USA. Phone: (872) 267-7038. Hours: Mon to Wed 7 AM to 9 PM · Thu to Sat 7 AM to 10 PM · Sun 7 AM to 9 PM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)


### Location info from Google Business Profile

From Google Business Profile: "Looking for a dispensary in Midway that’s easy to reach from anywhere in Chicagoland? Ascend Midway is your go-to cannabis dispensary serving both medical and recreational customers. We’re just three blocks north of Chicago Midway Airport and a quick ride from some of Chicago’s biggest attractions — from the lakefront Museum Campus and Navy Pier to downtown icons like Willis Tower and Millennium Park. Whether you’re a local or just passing through, we’re here to bring you a seamless cannabis experience."


### When to go

Quietest day: Monday. Busiest day: Saturday. From the popular times on its Google listing.


### Parking and getting in

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### Nearby

| Place | Type | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Archer & Laramie | Bus stop | 1 min walk |
| Archer & Laramie | Transit station | 1 min walk |
| Archer & Laramie | Bus stop | 1 min walk |
| Wendy's | Fast food restaurant | 2 min walk |
| Archer & Leclaire | Bus stop | 3 min walk |
| Archer & Leclaire | Transit station | 3 min walk |


## Reputation

4.8 average across 1,288 reviews: Google 1,288. (Confirmed, read September 15, 2026.)

 (AI guess, from 1,288 reviews.)


### What people like

- Great deals on products


### What people do not like

- Long waits past the appointment time
- Unresponsive customer service regarding order issues
- Problems with medical order processing


### Press

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### Awards

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### Directories

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## Questions people ask


### discounts for coming back, is that a thing


### is there a socials account worth following


### anyone tell me what a first visit here involves


### What cannabis dispensary questions is Chicago asking AI most?


### where exactly is this place?


### opening hours at Ascend in Chicago, what are they these days?


### people keep recommending Ascend, what for?


### Calling Ascend, or is there a better way?


### best cannabis dispensary in Chicago


### On a budget in Chicago, is Ascend the one?


### are prices in Chicago higher than everywhere else


### picking between the two, is Cookies Chicago the safer bet?


### worth it or not, what do the regulars say


### when is this place actually dead?


### Coffee near Ascend on Archer?


### cancellation list here, is there one


### bad experiences here, anyone?


## The AI Score: 42 of 100

It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. Chicago cannabis dispensaries run 21 to 59. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Ascend scores 42, above the Chicago average of 30. The same method scores every business on the registry.

| Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | Ascend |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Retrieval grounding | 26 | 50 | Whether you appear in the ranked results AI retrieves and cites: AI-Overview citations, organic top-10 for your money queries, and the Bing index ChatGPT leans on. | Fair |
| Off-property attestation | 20 | 40 | Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability. | Poor |
| AI visibility | 14 | 0 | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. | Poor |
| Reviews & response | 12 | 84 | The star average is only one input. We also read volume, velocity, the specificity of review language, and response cadence. Specific reviews are what AI quotes verbatim. | Good |
| Backlink & citation authority | 8 | 63 | Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you. | Fair |
| Google Business Profile | 8 | 90 | Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first. | Good |
| Speed & mobile | 7 | 40 | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. | Poor |
| Content freshness & schema | 5 | 77 | Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals. | Good |

Full method: https://localairegistry.com/methodology

How AI decides what to say about a cannabis dispensary: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-ai-decides-local-business. What to check before you choose one: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-to-choose-local-business


## Entity map

Every person, place, organization and treatment named on this page, with a stable ID and a public reference. The JSON-LD below connects them to each other.

| Entity | Type | ID on this page | Same as | Relationship to Ascend |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ascend Cannabis Dispensary | LocalBusiness | #business | https://letsascend.com/locations/illinois/chicago-midway/ | Subject of this page |
| Chicago, Illinois | City | #city |  | City Ascend is in |
| Local AI Registry | Organization | #publisher | https://localairegistry.com | Publisher of this page |
| Steve Lee | Person | #author | https://localairegistry.com/team/steve-lee | Author of this page |


## Topical map

Where this page sits in the registry. It's one profile among the cannabis dispensaries in Chicago, linked to the lists and towns around it.


### Lists

- Best cannabis dispensaries in Chicago: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il/chicago/cannabis-dispensary
- Best businesses in Chicago: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il/chicago


### Nearby

- /schaumburg: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il/schaumburg
- /elgin: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il/elgin
- /carol-stream: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il/carol-stream
- /lombard: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il/lombard
- /aurora: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il/aurora
- /st-charles: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il/st-charles


### Every list

- Every leaderboard in Illinois: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il


## References


### Sources cited

- [1] Google Business Profile, https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJwVhp0loxDogRYQVUYjLVA1k (accessed Sep 15, 2026)
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- [6] letsascend.com, https://letsascend.com/high-note/chicago-new-cannabis-laws-2026/ (accessed Sep 21, 2026)
- [7] letsascend.com, https://letsascend.com/nj-delivery/ (accessed Sep 21, 2026)
- [8] letsascend.com, https://letsascend.com/high-note/pineapple-express-strain-information/ (accessed Sep 21, 2026)
- [9] letsascend.com, https://letsascend.com/high-note/quiz-cannabis-films/ (accessed Sep 21, 2026)
- [10] letsascend.com, https://letsascend.com/high-note/spotlight-blue-dream-strain/ (accessed Sep 21, 2026)
- [11] AI engine output: ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Sep 21, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Sep 21, 2026)
- [12] letsascend.com, https://letsascend.com/locations/illinois/chicago-midway/ (accessed Sep 21, 2026)