NEWARK — Joshua Yilmaz had a small brown bag in hand with the goods: several pre-rolls, a grinder, and something to clean his vape pen.

Yilmez, 25, was among the customers on hand for the ribbon-cutting at City Leaf, a new cannabis dispensary that opened on Broadway in the North Ward on Monday. The Belleville resident purchased several ready-to-smoke cannabis joints.

“I was able to get a pre-roll for $10, which is really good compared to a lot of other places,” Yilmez said. “They usually range anywhere from $15 to $20.”

City Leaf is the third cannabis shop to open in Newark since recreational cannabis was legalized in 2021. Its owners, Bilal Naji and Julio Marte, opened last week.

“We have edibles. We have gummies, flower, anything related to cannabis,” Naji said. The shop also has armed security at the front door, along with a series of automated kiosks and a checkout counter staffed by budtenders.

Marte is a resident of the North Ward, and Naji is an existing Newark business owner with a smoke shop on Bloomfield Avenue. Both are Hispanic. Their 1,200-square-foot establishment on Broadway and Chester Avenue used to be the location of Club Chester, a bar that sat vacant for over a year.