About Us

A cafe and a cannabis brand, built together.

Cafe Canna started as a simple question: why does the cannabis shopping experience feel so different from a neighborhood coffee shop? We set out to build both, under one roof, in Virginia.

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Our Story

From a shared table to a shared storefront

Cafe Canna was founded by a small group of Virginians who spent years working in specialty coffee and in cannabis cultivation before deciding to combine both under one brand. This is placeholder copy — the founding story will be updated with real details ahead of launch.

What started as conversations about craftsmanship and community grew into a plan for a single space: a licensed cannabis retail counter and a full café, run with the same attention to detail on both sides.

Our Mission

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To bring honest, well-crafted cannabis and coffee experiences to Virginia adults — grounded in transparency, community, and quality, without overstating what any product can do. (Placeholder mission statement — to be finalized by leadership ahead of launch.)

Our Team

The people behind Cafe Canna

Placeholder team profiles — names, titles, and bios below will be replaced with real team information before launch.

Noel Nonnenmacher

Noel Nonnenmacher

Founder & CEO

Katie Barnett

Katie Barnett

Head of Marketing

Devon Choi

Devon Choi

Director of Operations

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