- True 802 Cannabis and Float On are both licensed Vermont adult-use dispensaries on the Church Street Marketplace in downtown Burlington — a few doors apart on the same pedestrian block.
- True 802 Cannabis is at 132 Church Street, 2nd floor, Burlington, VT 05401 — a second-floor shop you reach by stairs from the street.
- Float On is at 136½ Church Street, Burlington, VT 05401, at street level — open seven days a week, and late 'til midnight on Fridays and Saturdays, with an order-ahead live menu.
- The two addresses are about 0.02 miles apart — a few steps, not a drive. Both are licensed and regulated by the Vermont Cannabis Control Board.
- Everything here is 21+. Public consumption isn't permitted anywhere in Vermont, so whatever you buy is for private use only.
If you're comparing True 802 Cannabis and Float On, the useful thing to know up front is that this isn't a cross-town decision. Both are licensed Vermont adult-use dispensaries on the Church Street Marketplace — the brick-paved, car-free pedestrian stretch in the middle of downtown Burlington — and they sit only a few doors apart on the same block. Both are licensed and regulated by the Vermont Cannabis Control Board, and everything on either shelf moves through the state's lab-tested supply chain. This is a neighborhood guide, not a ranking.
Where is each shop?
The two are close enough that you can stand outside one and see the other:
- True 802 Cannabis — 132 Church Street, 2nd floor, Burlington, VT 05401. It's an upstairs location, so once you find the address you'll head up a set of stairs from the street-level entrance rather than walking in off the sidewalk. True 802 was established in 2023 by native Vermonters and is locally owned and operated.
- Float On — 136½ Church Street, Burlington, VT 05401, at street level, right on the Marketplace.
The two addresses are roughly 0.02 miles apart — the same short block. If you're already downtown and want to look at both, it's a walk of a few seconds between doors.
How do you get to either one?
Church Street runs through the center of downtown, a short walk from the waterfront and the University of Vermont hill. The same directions get you to both shops:
- On foot: From the Burlington waterfront, it's a gentle uphill walk of a few blocks east; from the UVM campus, it's a walk downhill toward the lake. The Marketplace itself is flat and fully pedestrian.
- Parking: There's metered street parking on the cross streets, plus the Marketplace and College Street parking garages a short stroll away. Bike parking is available around the Marketplace.
- Transit: Green Mountain Transit (GMT) buses serve downtown Burlington with stops near the Marketplace, so you can arrive without a car.
One practical difference at the door: True 802 is a second-floor space, so plan on stairs up from the street; Float On is at street level. For each shop's current daily hours and selection, their own website and listings are always the most up-to-date source.
What is True 802 Cannabis known for?
True 802 leans into Vermont's farm-to-customer culture. Its stated approach is to help shoppers get to know the small farms behind the products — a "true to the consumer, true to the farmer" framing — and it carries the standard licensed categories you'd expect: flower, edibles, tinctures, drinks, and concentrates. Like every adult-use shop in the state, its products move through Vermont's regulated, lab-tested supply chain. For current selection and exact daily hours, check True 802's own website and listings.
What does Float On offer?
Here's what's factually true about Float On, a few doors down:
- Address: 136½ Church Street, Burlington, VT 05401 — right on the Church Street Marketplace, at street level.
- Hours: Open seven days a week — Monday through Wednesday 8:30 AM–9 PM, Thursday 8:30 AM–10 PM, Friday 8:30 AM–midnight, Saturday 9:30 AM–midnight, and Sunday 9:30 AM–9 PM. The late Friday and Saturday close is handy if you're already out downtown in the evening.
- Order-ahead: You can build an order on the live menu and pick it up under your name, or just walk in and browse with a budtender.
- Vermont craft focus: The shelf leans on the state's small growers and makers, with everything moving through the same regulated, lab-tested supply chain.
What's the same at both licensed shops?
Whichever door you choose, the same Vermont rules apply at every licensed adult-use shop on the Marketplace:
- It's 21+. Bring a valid government-issued photo ID; you'll show it at the door. No medical card is needed for adult-use.
- No public consumption. Vermont doesn't permit using cannabis in public — not on Church Street, the waterfront, in a parked car, or anywhere public. It's for private use only.
- It stays in Vermont. Cannabis bought here can't legally cross state lines, even into a neighboring state where it's also legal.
- Tax is built into shelf pricing. Vermont applies a 14% cannabis excise tax plus the 6% sales tax; at a licensed shop that's already reflected in what you pay.
Shopping a licensed store — True 802, Float On, or any other on the Marketplace — means what's on the label went through Vermont's testing and tracking. If you're new to any of it, our plain-English guides walk through the basics, or you can browse Float On's live menu before you head downtown.