Fine Fettle in West Tisbury – MV Times
Fine Fettle, a medical and recreational dispensary in West Tisbury, announced that they will be closing in September and have put their operation up for sale.
Benjamin Zachs, chief operating officer of the Connecticut-based company, says that for a variety of reasons, they couldn’t make the operation financially viable.
“It sucks,” Zachs told The Times. “We haven’t been able to crack the nut to not lose money.”
Fine Fettle first opened as a medical dispensary in 2021 after inking a landmark deal with Geoff Rose, owner of dispensary Island Time, earlier that year. Island Time in Vineyard Haven is the only other dispensary on the Vineyard.
Fine Fettle operates the only licensed growing operation, and Zachs says they will close that location as well, although he added that there has been interest in purchasing the operation.
Zachs says he believes the reasons for not getting the revenue they expected are twofold.
For one, the recreational marijuana market has been somewhat flooded with stores since voters supported the sale in 2016. A number of new locations off-Island have opened that are on the way to the ferry, including a location in Wareham and
