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Delivery, Pickup, or In Store: How to Decide

Posted on by Claire Firestone

Cannabis delivery, dispensary pickup, and shopping in store all draw from the same Farmhouse menu, under the same California license, at the same menu prices. What changes is where you are, how soon you want it, and whether you want to see the flower before you buy. This page lays out how each one works at Farmhouse Artisan Market and which one fits which kind of day.

The three ways to shop, in one sentence each

Delivery means you check your address on the Farmhouse menu, place the order, and a Farmhouse driver brings it to your door anywhere in our delivery area across Sonoma County and Marin County. Pickup means you order online, choose in store pickup, and collect the order at the counter in Petaluma. In store means you walk into the store at 1333 N McDowell Blvd STE B, see what is on the shelf this week, and leave with it in hand.

Farmhouse at a glance

  • Store: 1333 N McDowell Blvd STE B, Petaluma, CA 94954, open 9:00 AM to 9:00 PM every day, with in store shopping and pickup
  • Delivery hours: Monday to Saturday 11:00 AM to 6:00 PM; Sunday 12:00 PM to 4:00 PM
  • Delivery area: 22 places across Sonoma County and Marin County, from Petaluma and Santa Rosa to Novato, San Rafael, Mill Valley, Sausalito, Tiburon and Belvedere
  • Same day delivery: usually within one to three hours
  • Delivery fees: none. Each town has a minimum order
  • Payment: cash and debit, with a small fee on debit
  • ID: a valid ID at the counter, and at the door
  • Menu: one menu for all three ways to shop, from about 250 brands, with a rotating share active on the menu at any time

How soon you want it

The clock is the first thing that decides it. The store is open 9:00 AM to 9:00 PM every day, so pickup and in store shopping run on those hours. Delivery runs on delivery hours, 11:00 AM to 6:00 PM Monday to Saturday and 12:00 PM to 4:00 PM on Sunday, and a same day order usually arrives within one to three hours, depending on where you are and what is ahead of you on the route.

Three plain rules follow from that. Before 11:00 AM or after 6:00 PM, the store is the way. If you are in Petaluma and in a hurry, pickup or a walk in beats waiting on a route. If you are across the county and settled in for the evening, delivery is the one that does the driving.

What it costs to get it to the door

Delivery at Farmhouse carries no delivery fees anywhere we deliver. Each town has a minimum order, set by how far the driver travels, and the figure for your town prints on what delivery costs. Pickup and in store have no minimum, because the minimum is a delivery rule: at the counter you buy what you want.

Payment is the same whichever way you shop. We take cash and debit, and a small fee applies to debit payments. No Fees, Just Fire is one of our mottos, and the town minimums and the debit fee are the whole story behind that line.

Seeing the flower and asking who grew it

In store, you can look at the jar, read the label, and ask the person behind the counter which farm it came from. Farmhouse buys from small, biodiverse farms in Northern California, the shelves carry sungrown, seasonal flower sold at peak freshness, and the menu rotates with the harvest. We know the farmers by name, and the counter is where that shows.

Delivery and pickup both run off the online menu, which is organized the way the shelves are: Flowers, Pre-Rolls, Vaporizer Cartridges, Concentrates, Edibles, Drinks, Tinctures, Topicals, Accessories, Seeds and High CBD, with filters to narrow it down. If you want a word before you order, call (707) 238-2194 and we will walk you through this week’s flower by phone.

Privacy and the errand itself

Delivery keeps the whole thing at your door: you meet the driver with your ID, take the bag, and that is the errand. Pickup is a short stop at the counter with the order already placed, so you are in and out. In store is a trip into a shop, and for plenty of people that is the point: a look at the shelf, a question answered face to face, a familiar face at the register.

What each one asks of you

Delivery asks you to be home. You have to be there with a valid ID to meet the driver, so an afternoon of errands is a pickup afternoon. An order placed late in delivery hours also has less of the day to land in, so order early when it matters.

Pickup asks you to know what you want. You are choosing from the online menu, so if you want to compare two jars side by side, shop in store.

In store asks for the drive. From Mill Valley or Tiburon that drive is the reason delivery exists, and it is why a Petaluma store serves Marin County by delivery.

Which one fits your day

Delivery fits an address anywhere in the 22 places we serve, a settled evening, a reorder of something you already know, and any day when the drive is the problem. Pickup fits a Petaluma errand run: you know what you want, you order on the way, you collect it at the counter. In store fits a first order, a flower shopper who wants to see the jar, a question that is easier in person, and any hour outside delivery hours.

There is no winner here. You can use all three, and nothing about the menu or the price changes when you switch.

Questions people ask before choosing

What is the difference between cannabis delivery and dispensary pickup?

Delivery brings the order to your door; pickup means you collect it at the store. At Farmhouse both are placed on the same online menu, both draw from the same shelf in Petaluma, and both run under the same California license. Delivery carries a town minimum and runs on delivery hours; pickup runs on store hours and has no minimum.

Is pickup faster than delivery?

Usually, if you are in Petaluma. Pickup runs on store hours, 9:00 AM to 9:00 PM every day, and the drive is the wait. A same day delivery usually arrives within one to three hours, inside delivery hours.

Does delivery cost more than shopping in store?

No. Menu prices are the same, there are no delivery fees, and the differences come down to the town minimum on delivery and the small fee on debit, which applies however you shop.

Can I order online and pick up at the Petaluma store?

Yes. Place the order on the Farmhouse menu, choose in store pickup, and collect it at 1333 N McDowell Blvd STE B during store hours, 9:00 AM to 9:00 PM every day.

Do I need to show ID for delivery?

Yes. ID is required at delivery, and you need to be there to meet the driver. The same ID is checked at the counter.

Where does Farmhouse deliver?

Farmhouse delivers to 22 places across Sonoma County and Marin County: Petaluma, Penngrove, Cotati, Rohnert Park, Sonoma, Santa Rosa, Sebastopol, Valley Ford and Vineburg in Sonoma County, and Novato, San Rafael, San Anselmo, Fairfax, Ross, Kentfield, Greenbrae, Larkspur, Corte Madera, Mill Valley, Sausalito, Tiburon and Belvedere in Marin County.

Check your address, or come by the store

See whether we deliver to your address and what is on the menu this week at the Farmhouse menu, order for pickup on the same menu, or visit the store at 1333 N McDowell Blvd STE B, Petaluma, 9:00 AM to 9:00 PM every day. Questions first? Call (707) 238-2194.

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Claire Firestone

Claire co-founded Farmhouse Artisan Market, a family-owned, women-led dispensary that has been serving the North Bay out of Petaluma since 2018.