Openings

Arizona’s Cartel Roasting Co. Expands Into Los Angeles

Arizona-based Cartel Roasting Co. celebrated the grand opening of its first Los Angeles cafe this month as it expands further into California. The 1,370-square-foot, 40-seat shop in Beverly Grove opens...

2026.06.23

Amy SilberschlagArizonaBeverly GroveBreakfast DreamsBusiness OperationsCalifornia/PacificCartel Roasting Co.Craft/OperationsJason SilberschlagJesse PangburnLarder Baking Co.Los AngelesMarketingMicroOpeningsPalm SpringsRetailRoastingSouth/SouthwestSouthern CaliforniaStartEngineTempeUncle Paulie’s Deliコーヒー

Tim Hortons Outlines CA$400 Million Investment in Canadian Stores

Tim Hortons and 340 of its Canadian shop owners have a combined CA$400 million investment — approximately US$290 million at the time of this writing — to build 80 new...

2026.05.27

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Wanderlust Coffee Turns a Corner with Second Indiana Cafe

Wanderlust Coffee has opened its second cafe in West Lafayette, Indiana, offering elements that may be be familiar to fans of Wanderlust’s original location in Lafayette while venturing into some...

2026.05.20

Business OperationsCraft/OperationsIndianaLafayetteMarketingMicroMidwestOpeningsPurdue Research ParkPurdue UniversityRetailRoastingWalt CorneliusWanderlust CoffeeWest Lafayetteコーヒー

Scooter’s Coffee Inks Franchise Deal for 31 New Locations

Scooter’s Coffee has signed one of the largest franchise development agreements in its history, with 31 locations planned across North Carolina and Virginia through a partnership with Boddie-Noell Enterprises, the...

2026.04.22

BellevueBoddie-Noell EnterprisesBusiness OperationschainsCorporateDon Ecklesdrive-throughfranchise expansionfranchisesIndustryLinda EcklesMidwestNebraskaNorth CarolinaOmahaOpeningsRetailRocky MountScooter's CoffeeSouth/SouthwestUnited StatesVirginiaコーヒー

Scooter’s Coffee Inks Franchise Deal for 31 New Locations

Scooter’s Coffee has signed one of the largest franchise development agreements in its history, with 31 locations planned across North Carolina and Virginia through a partnership with Boddie-Noell Enterprises, the...

2026.04.22

BellevueBoddie-Noell EnterprisesBusiness OperationschainsCorporateDon Ecklesdrive-throughfranchise expansionfranchisesIndustryLinda EcklesMidwestNebraskaNorth CarolinaOmahaOpeningsRetailRocky MountScooter's CoffeeSouth/SouthwestUnited StatesVirginiaコーヒー

Autonomy Coffee Lab Establishes Itself with Tampa Co-Roastery and Bar

In-house roasting operations are not unusual alongside specialty coffee bars, but few offer production on the scale of Autonomy Coffee Lab in Tampa, Florida. The public cafe is the newest...

2026.04.20

504CaféAutonomy Coffee LabBusiness Operationsco-roastingCraft/OperationsElevation Coffee RoastersFloridaJonathan MitchellMarketingMicroOpen Air Coffee RoastersOpeningsRetailRoastingSouth/SouthwestTampaTom PestockUnblended CoffeeYellow Rooster Coffee Importsコーヒー

Desert Kid Coffee Heats Up the Coachella Valley Coffee Scene

Blooming like a desert poppy in Southern California’s Coachella Valley is Desert Kid Coffee, a new destination roastery cafe opening this month with scratch-made pastries, house-roasted coffees and a breezy...

2026.04.16

Business OperationsCaliforniaCalifornia/PacificCoachella ValleyCoffee Heroes SolutionsCraft/OperationsDesert Kid CoffeeJoseph EcclesKatie ReedMarketingMicroOpeningsPalm DesertPanorama CoffeesRed Fox Coffee MerchantsRetailRoastingRoyal Coffeeコーヒー

Barra Brings Sunshine Coast Vibes to Central Minneapolis

Customers at the Skyway shopping center in downtown Minneapolis are getting a taste of the Sunshine Coast through Barra, a new cafe with a thoroughly Aussie-inspired multiroaster program. The...

2026.04.09

AustraliaBarraBusiness OperationscafésEric NordbergMakeworth CoffeeMallory NordbergMarketingMidwestMinneapolisMinnesotamultiroasterOpeningsProdigal CoffeeQueenslandRetailコーヒー

Atmos Coffee Blasts Off in Cleveland with Roastery Cafe

The aroma of house-roasted coffees combines with modern space-themed art to set the atmosphere at the newly opened first cafe of Atmos Coffee in Cleveland’s Gordon Square neighborhood. Cosmic...

2026.04.07

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Nomad Bringing No-Waste Mission to More Vancouver-Area Cafes

Since the coffee shop Nomad opened in North Vancouver, British Columbia, in May 2022, not a single disposable cup has crossed its counter. To date, more than 220,000 cups have...

2026.04.07

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