# Dispensary33, Chicago IL: Reviews

Source: Local AI Registry, https://localairegistry.com/biz/il/chicago/dispensary33-chicago-il. Free to reuse with a link back.

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

Canonical: https://localairegistry.com/biz/il/chicago/dispensary33-chicago-il

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## In short

Dispensary33 is a cannabis dispensary in Chicago, IL. Its AI Score is 47 of 100, which is fair.

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


## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Type | Cannabis dispensary |
| Address | 5001 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60640, USA |
| Hours | Mon to Sun 9 AM to 9 PM |
| Phone | (312) 620-3333 |
| Rating | 3.9 across 1,393 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 | 5001 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60640, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Description | Chicago’s first medical cannabis dispensary, proudly serving since 2015. Now offering both medical and recreational cannabis, Dispensary 33 is known for top-quality products, knowledgeable staff, and a community-first approach. Now 100% employee-owned. | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Hours | Mon to Sun 9:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Name | Dispensary33 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Phone | (312) 620-3333 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Monday | 9:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Tuesday | 9:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Wednesday | 9:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Thursday | 9:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Friday | 9:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Saturday | 9:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Sunday | 9:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Services | Service | Medical cannabis sales | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Recreational cannabis sales | AI guess |  |
| Links | Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/cannabinerd | Confirmed | Business website |
| Links | Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/d33.chi | Confirmed | Business website |
| Links | Website | https://dispensary33.com/ | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Details | Opening date | 2015 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |


## Services and prices

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### Known for

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## The team

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## Visiting Dispensary33

Address: 5001 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60640, USA. Phone: (312) 620-3333. Hours: Mon to Sun 9 AM to 9 PM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)


### Location info from Google Business Profile

From Google Business Profile: "Chicago’s first medical cannabis dispensary, proudly serving since 2015. Now offering both medical and recreational cannabis, Dispensary 33 is known for top-quality products, knowledgeable staff, and a community-first approach. Now 100% employee-owned."


### When to go

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


### Parking and getting in

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### Nearby

| Place | Type | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AirGarage | Parking lot | 1 min walk |
| Clark & Winnemac | Bus stop | 1 min walk |
| Tala House | Restaurant | 1 min walk |
| Clark & Winnemac | Transit station | 2 min walk |
| Clark & Winnemac | Bus stop | 2 min walk |
| Clark & Ainslie | Bus stop | 2 min walk |


## Reputation

3.9 average across 1,393 reviews: Google 1,393. (Confirmed, read September 15, 2026.)

Dispensary33 struggles with recent operational changes and pricing issues, leading many loyal customers to seek alternatives. (AI guess, from 1,393 reviews.)


### What people like

- Quick service for both medicinal and recreational users
- Knowledgeable staff about medical card benefits


### What people do not like

- High prices compared to competitors
- Complicated sign-in and ordering process
- Frustrating new website and payment system


### Press

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### Awards

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### Directories

Listed on 7 of the 19 directories we checked.

| Directory | Listed |
| --- | --- |
| Alignable | Not listed |
| Angi | Not listed |
| Apple Maps | Not listed |
| BBB | Listed |
| Birdeye | Not listed |
| Brownbook | Not listed |
| Chamber of Commerce | Listed |
| Cylex | Not listed |
| DexKnows | Not listed |
| Facebook | Listed |
| Hotfrog | Not listed |
| MapQuest | Listed |
| MerchantCircle | Listed |
| Nextdoor | Listed |
| Superpages | Not listed |
| Trustpilot | Not listed |
| Yellowbook | Not listed |
| Yellow Pages | Not listed |
| Yelp | Listed |


## Questions people ask


### Downsides nobody puts in a five star review?


### What are the most popular cannabis strains available in Chicago dispensaries?


### walking in for a first visit, what happens


### killing time on Clark, any ideas


### Whereabouts is this place?


### Why do people rate Dispensary33?


### are prices in Chicago higher than everywhere else


### people keep recommending Dispensary33, what for?


### walk ins, or is it booked solid


### opening hours at Dispensary33 in Chicago, what are they these days?


### how do I reach Dispensary33 to sort something out?


### quietest day to hit Dispensary33?


### anything new here lately?


### Best thing to get at a dispensary in Chicago?


### do regulars get anything here


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


### best cannabis dispensary in Chicago


### budget options in Chicago, what is decent


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


## The AI Score: 47 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. Dispensary33 scores 47, above the Chicago average of 30. The same method scores every business on the registry.

| Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | Dispensary33 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Retrieval grounding | 26 | 75 | 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. | Good |
| Off-property attestation | 20 | 39 | 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 | 75 | 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 | 58 | 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 | 60 | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. | Fair |
| Content freshness & schema | 5 | 83 | 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 Dispensary33 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Dispensary33 | LocalBusiness | #business | https://dispensary33.com/ | Subject of this page |
| Chicago, Illinois | City | #city |  | City Dispensary33 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:ChIJIc4SgSjSD4gReLAK6g1h1S4 (accessed Sep 15, 2026)
- [2] AI engine output: ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Sep 21, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Sep 15, 2026)
- [3] dispensary33.com, https://dispensary33.com/ (accessed Sep 15, 2026)