Now at Terp Bros NYCBrand File · Papa & BarkleyAstoria + Ozone Park

Papa & Barkley on the Queens shelf.

Releaf Balm and solventless whole-plant topicals/tinctures.

Live at Terp Bros NYC , both Astoria and Ozone Park counters carry this brand. Products go through New York OCM’s regulated testing framework before they hit the shelf.

Brand file

02 · The Brief

What Papa & Barkley means at the Terp Bros counter.

Papa & Barkley is a topical and tincture brand on the Terp Bros shelf. The Releaf Balm in particular has earned its reputation: it is applied to the skin. The brand also makes tinctures, edibles, and concentrates, but on the Terp Bros shelf the topicals are where it pulls its weight. Originally founded in 2016 in Eureka, California by Adam Grossman, Papa & Barkley arrived in the New York legal market through standard CAURD-era distribution. The brand uses solventless extraction methods, specifically lipid infusion and rosin pressing, on 100% USA-grown cannabis and hemp, rather than CO2 or ethanol extraction. All inventory on our shelf clears NY OCM lab testing before sale.

Why it lives at Terp Bros

Topicals are an underrated category in Queens. We get parents, older shoppers, athletes, and first-time cannabis customers who want a product they apply to the skin rather than eat or smoke. Papa & Barkley sits right in that lane. The Releaf Balm is the SKU that moves first, and we carry it alongside the NYHO topicals so customers can compare a NY-grown CBD line against a CA-grown THC/CBD line side by side at the case. The solventless extraction story matters here, most topical brands use CO2 or ethanol, which strips the input differently than lipid infusion or rosin pressing. Stocked at both Astoria and Ozone Park.

Releaf Balm dug out of the jar after a long subway commute, a lipid-infusion balm with a smooth texture that spreads easily. The most utilitarian purchase on the Terp Bros shelf: no smoke, just a balm you apply to the skin, as the label directs. Ask a budtender about the current scents and strengths.

Topicals Tinctures Edibles Concentrates

03 · Live shelf · Astoria

Papa & Barkley on the rail today.

4 live SKUs

tinctures

01 · Origin

California

02 · Founded

2016

03 · Compliant

NY OCM

04 · Stores

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05 · Categories

04 · Lineage

Out of California, on the Queens shelf today.

Papa & Barkley originated in 2016 in California. Like every brand on our wall, it earned its spot only after passing the New York OCM compliance lab and our buyer’s shelf review. What lands at Astoria and Ozone Park is the same formulation the brand makes everywhere, held to the same independent test we hold our Hudson Valley growers to.

05 · Frequently asked

What folks ask about Papa & Barkley.

Q.01Is Papa & Barkley sold in New York?

Yes. Papa & Barkley is licensed and available in the New York adult-use market, and Terp Bros carries the line at both Astoria and Ozone Park. The brand is also the best-selling topical CBD line in California (its founding state), but the New York inventory is produced and tested for the NY market specifically, not imported from California. Stock rotates across the topical, tincture, edible, and concentrate categories depending on drop schedule, but the Releaf Balm and the tinctures are the two SKUs we keep most consistently in case. Ask any budtender for current ratio and strength options on shelf.

Q.02What categories does Papa & Barkley make at Terp Bros?

Topicals and tinctures are the two we keep on shelf most consistently, with edibles and concentrates rotating in when available from the brand's NY production. The Releaf Balm is the headline SKU and the one our budtenders point to first when someone walks in asking about topicals, it's the product that built the brand and the one that moves fastest at our case. Ask which strengths and CBD-to-THC ratios are currently in stock, because the formulation lineup spans several different options depending on whether you want pure CBD, balanced ratio, or THC-forward.

Q.03Is Papa & Barkley NY OCM compliant?

Every unit on our shelf has cleared the NY OCM-required testing pipeline before sale, including cannabinoid potency, heavy metals, microbials, and residual pesticide screening. Papa & Barkley uses solventless extraction, specifically lipid infusion and rosin pressing, on 100% USA-grown cannabis and hemp inputs, which means there's no residual solvent risk to begin with because no solvent is used. The state still runs the full panel regardless, and the COA is available on request. The combination of solventless extraction plus state compliance testing makes this one of the more thoroughly vetted topical lines we carry.

Q.04Papa & Barkley vs other topical brands, what's the difference?

Papa & Barkley's pitch is solventless whole-plant extraction with USA-grown inputs and a topical track record that started a decade ago with a founder making balm for his father. Compared to other topical brands we carry, the solventless extraction method preserves more of the original plant compounds rather than stripping them out with CO2 or ethanol. If extraction method matters to you, this is the topical we'll point you toward. Compared specifically to NYHO, you're choosing between a CA-rooted multi-state legacy brand with deeper SKU variety (Papa & Barkley) versus a NY-grown, USDA Organic single-source story (NYHO). Both have a case.

06 · Adjacent on the shelf