Northeast

Compass Coffee Co-Founder Sues Owners, Alleging Fraud

The co-founder of Washington D.C.-based specialty coffee chain Compass Coffee is accusing the company and two of its current owners of a multi-year fraud scheme, misuse of federal COVID-19 relief...

2025.01.15

Business OperationsCompass CoffeeCorporateCraft/OperationsHarrison SuarezIndustrylawsuitslegal issuesMacroMichael HaftNortheastPeopleRetailRoastingRobert HaftSouth/SouthwestWashington D.C.コーヒー

Cafe Kreyol Gets Bigger with 10,000-Square-Foot HQ in Virginia

Virginia-based Café Kreyol, the 2023 Roast magazine Roaster of the Year in the macro category, recently relocated into an expanded production facility.

2025.01.13

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Otto Coffee Roasters is Off to a Promising Start in Binghamton

A new cafe and roasting company in Binghamton, New York, called Otto Coffee Roasters is open for business, serving expertly roasted coffees and other drinks in a European-inspired cafe space. ...

2025.01.13

AgtronBatch CoffeeBinghamtonBusiness OperationsCarl StaubCoe YoungCraft/OperationsDonald SchoenholdtEmma DoftonGimme! CoffeeJohn GantMarketingMicroNew YorkNortheastOpeningsOtto Coffee RoastersRetailRoastingコーヒー

10-Year-Old Upstate NY Brewery Sprouts Common Roots Coffee

In the foothills of the Adirondacks in upstate New York, a fresh coffee business called Common Roots Coffee is shooting up like a sapling alongside its well-established craft brewing parent...

2025.01.07

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Design Details: Atomic Coffee Roasters Spreading Energy

DCN’s ongoing Design Details series highlights specific details in coffee shop/roastery interior design, industrial design or visual design in coffee packaging. Share your project for consideration here. Peabody, Massachusetts-based Atomic Coffee....

2025.01.01

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25 New Coffee Roasters to Support in 2025

This year, dozens of new facilities dedicated to roasting specialty coffee opened across the United States. While some are led by seasoned industry veterans and others by newcomers, nearly all...

2024.12.31

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2024 Year In Review: 10 New Coffee Shops in the US Northeast

Kicking off DCN’s 2024 Year in Review, here are 10 exciting new coffee shops that opened throughout the United States Northeast in 2024. For all the latest coffee shop openings...

2024.12.23

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Maryland’s Aveley Farms Coffee Plants New Roastery Alongside Beer and Pizza

Aveley Farms Coffee Roasters is heading into a bountiful winter with the opening of its new roastery and coffee bar, part of an all-day coffee, beer and pizza collaboration just...

2024.12.20

Amavida CoffeeAveley FarmsBaltimorebeerBusiness OperationsColin MarshallCorey VoelkelCraft/OperationsDan BaileyDiamondback BrewingFrancis SmithKeffa CoffeeMarketingMarylandMicroNortheastOpeningsPaisa CoffeepizzaRetailRoastingSelva CoffeeTimoniumTom FosterYil Gonzalezコーヒー

La Coop Coffee Returns to DC with Flagship Roastery Cafe

Washington D.C.-based La Coop Coffee has a homecoming for the holidays with the opening of its flagship roastery cafe in the Manor Park neighborhood, just blocks away from its first...

2024.12.04

Adolfo SalazarArlingtonASOCUCBusiness OperationsCraft/OperationsEstuardo SalazarGuatemalaHuehuetenangointerior designJuan Luis Salazar CanoLa Coop Coffee CompanyMarketingMicroNortheastOpeningsRetailRoastingSouth/SouthwestStefanie FabricoUnion CantinilVirginiaWashington D.C.コーヒー

New Jersey Gets More Brews from Bleu Coffee

New Jersey’s got the Bleus — three of them to be exact — with the opening of Jamaica-focused Bleu Coffee‘s latest cafe in the township of Montclair. Just steps from...

2024.12.02

Agora Coffee MerchantsArmenia CoffeeBleu CoffeeBusiness OperationsCraft/OperationsJamaicaJersey CityKevin O'GilvieLion’s Gate CoffeeMarketingMicroMontclairNew JerseyNortheastOpeningsRaul GomezRetailRoastingScotch Plainsコーヒー