Fort Myers doesn’t yet have THC dining rooms or consumption lounges, because adult-use cannabis failed to clear Florida’s 60% vote threshold in November 2024 and public consumption remains illegal. What the city does have is a fast-growing scene built around CBD/hemp experiences, private at-home dinners, and smart DIY pairings for qualified medical patients. That mix lets diners explore flavor and wellness legally and comfortably.

Start with the downtown cornerstone: Seed & Bean Market—widely billed as Florida’s first cannabis café. Guests pop in for CBD-infused coffees, mocktails, and bakery items alongside a full café menu, with consistent praise in consumer reviews for the relaxed vibe and approachable staff. It’s an easy, no-stress way to try hemp infusions (which don’t produce intoxication) in a café setting right on Broadway.

For a more bespoke evening, Southwest Florida diners are booking private chefs who craft CBD- or hemp-infused menus at home—think citrus-herb vinaigrettes with hemp hearts, or low-dose dessert courses featuring broad-spectrum CBD. Services like Mindful Medicinal’s Personal Chef menus showcase how an infusion can be tailored for taste and comfort in a private setting. (If THC is requested, it must be limited to qualified medical patients and consumed privately.)

Medical patients who prefer a DIY route are pairing dispensary edibles with chef-y home cooking. Cookies’ Fort Myers location, for example, stocks state-regulated edibles; patients often enjoy a small, measured dose before a multi-course home meal to keep effects predictable and clear-headed. Florida’s edible rules require shelf-stable products, child-resistant packaging, and tight potency limits—good news for consistency and safety.

Curious cooks can up their technique with classes. While hands-on workshops come and go locally, Fort Myers clinics have hosted “cooking with cannabis” sessions, and reputable online certifications (like the Trichome Institute’s Cooking with Cannabis course, created with the American Culinary Federation) teach dosing math, decarboxylation, and infusion fundamentals—skills that translate directly to better flavor and safer servings at home.

A quick legal snapshot helps plan responsibly. Recreational use isn’t legal in Florida; possession and consumption are for qualified medical patients only, and use belongs at home or on private property. Restaurants can serve hemp/CBD foods and beverages, but on-site THC consumption isn’t permitted. If you’re cooking with THC, source products from licensed Medical Marijuana Treatment Centers and follow labeled doses.

Pro tips for a standout evening: keep doses low and consistent (especially with new guests), layer bright Florida flavors—citrus, basil, seafood—with nutty hemp hearts for texture, and build in alcohol-free pairings like CBD spritzers so every guest feels included. With a little planning, Fort Myers diners are discovering that cannabis and cuisine can be both refined and perfectly legal—whether that’s a sunny café CBD latte or a thoughtfully dosed, chef-guided dinner at home.