Story by Curtis Walsh – Beaver County Radio News Director. Published November 13, 2023 2:12 P.M.

(Monaca, Pa) The former King’s Restaurant building in Monaca got a fresh coat of blue paint in recent days. The building has sat empty since the restaurant closed its doors in 2022. County property records indicate that the building was sold to Big Plan Holdings for $2,750,000 in July of 2023.
BPH operates marijuana dispensaries and according to an article published by the Green Market Report, the company is trying to expand its cannabis market and the sale comes “after the introduction of Senate Bill 846 in the Pennsylvania legislature, with language that aims to legalize recreational cannabis use for adults in the state aged 21 and over”. It is still unknown if the bill will make it to Governor Josh Shapiro.
Currently under Pennsylvania law, only medicinal marijuana is legal.