Openings

Spella Caffè Spreads La Dolce Vita with Cafe on Portland’s East Side

One year after opening a shop that reclaimed its downtown Portland, Oregon roots, Italian-style coffee stalwart Spella Caffè is opening a second location across the Willamette River, in Northeast Portland....

2024.10.31

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Sputnik Coffee Goes Supernova with Huge New Roastery Cafe in Chicago

Chicago-based Sputnik Coffee Company opened a spacious second cafe earlier this month with views into an enormous new color-coordinated roasting facility. Less than half a mile from Sputnik’s original roastery...

2024.10.30

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Report: China’s Largest Coffee Chain Luckin Prepping US Launch

Chinese coffee giant Luckin Coffee is planning a small-scale launch in the United States, less than four years after the company agreed to a $180 million settlement with the Securities...

2024.10.30

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Kei Coffee House Promises a World of Asian Coffee Styles in Southern California

Kei Concepts, the Southern California hospitality group behind numerous restaurant brands, has opened its first coffee-focused concept, Kei Coffee House. The coffee program inside the spacious standalone coffee shop in...

2024.10.28

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Cafecita Shines with Solar Powered Trailer in Burbank

Women-owned specialty coffee roasting company Cafecita is having more than fun in the California sun with the opening of a permanent coffee trailer that runs entirely on solar power. Inside...

2024.10.24

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11th Hour Coffee Expands Time and Space in Santa Cruz

Following an extensive three-month remodel, 11th Hour Coffee‘s flagship cafe in downtown Santa Cruz is now open with extended hours and more space. With a wall removed, the brighter and...

2024.10.23

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Pachamama Coffee Deepens Seed to Cup Connections with UC Davis

Farmer-owned coffee company Pachamama Coffee recently expanded its presence stateside through multiple new partnerships with nearby UC Davis. Pachamama will now supply the coffee to two student-run coffee houses on...

2024.10.23

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San Diego’s Torque Coffee Revs Up Operations with First Cafe

Progressive coffee roasting company Torque Coffee is proving to be a force to be reckoned with in San Diego. After launching with an unprecedented “proportional pricing” model in 2022, the...

2024.10.18

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Black Sheep Coffee is Counting On Texas with First US Location

The newest member of UK-based Black Sheep Coffee‘s growing flock of cafes is now open in Plano, Texas. With a modern Texan industrial vibe, the first United States location for...

2024.09.27

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Coffee and Content Creation Combined at NYC’s Coffee Check

A Brooklyn, New York-based consumer tech vlogger went from shooting videos inside coffee shops to opening a coffee shop of his own called Coffee Check. The approximately 2,500-square-foot cafe that...

2024.09.27

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