For
those who don't know about Maharaja's you either need to ask
you parents about us because they have or still are comming
to us or you can read this write up from City Pages BOTC from
2002
BEST HEAD SHOP
Maharaja's
205 W. Seventh Street
St. Paul
651.292.1623
Norm Coleman's vision of a West Seventh Street revitalized
by the arrival of professional hockey probably didn't include
this smoke emporium. But as the area around Xcel Energy Center
has filled in with bars and restaurants catering to the pre-
and post-game crowds, Maharaja's has soldiered on (along with
its next-door neighbor Fantasy Gifts, specializing in lingerie
and sex toys), like a big middle finger to suburbanite hockey
moms.
The store stocks a dazzling array of devices from which
to smoke your favorite "tobacco" product, everything
from rolling papers to one-hitters to $250, three-person ceramic
bongs. But calling Maharaja's a head shop is a bit short-sighted:
It also offers a vast potpourri of merchandise, the pleasures
of which are merely enhanced by drug use. You can purchase
Buddha statues, tarot cards, black-light posters, Elvis trading
cards, ceramic hula dancers, framed portraits of Mona Lisa
puffing a joint...we could go on and on. Which makes us think
that it might be better for your bank account to hold off
hitting the pipe until after you pay a visit.
