Elm Coffee Roasters

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Elm Coffee Roasters is a coffee shop in Seattle's Pioneer Square, in the U.S. state of Washington. It has operated two locations. [1]

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Description

Elm Coffee Roasters is a coffee shop on Main Street in Pioneer Square, Seattle. [2] The 1,400-square-foot space is housed in the Pacific Commercial Building. [3] Elm has a marble bar, [4] [5] high industrial ceilings, and blue tables outside. [6] It focuses on light roasts. [7] The One of Everything includes an espresso, a macchiato, and a brewed coffee. [8] Chai and hazelnut milk are made in-house. [9] Elm has served doughnuts from General Porpoise and other pastries. [10] [11]

History

The shop opened in December 2014. [2] [12] Brendan Mullally and Drew Fitchette are co-owners. [13] [14] [15]

Reception

In 2020, the Daily Hive included Elm in a 2020 list of Seattle's twelve best coffee shops, [16] and Naomi Tomky included the business in Thrillist's overview of the city's best craft coffee shops. [17] In Eater Seattle 's 2024 list of the city's fourteen "essential" coffee shops, Mark Van Streefkerk and Harry Cheadle called Elm "a perfect place for stellar coffee, geeky yet approachable in a way that invites you to learn more about the finer points of brewing as well as harvesting and processing." [18] In 2024, Sophia Beam included the business in Tasting Table 's 2024 list of the seventeen "absolute best" iced coffees in Seattle, [19] and Sydney Baker included Elm in a Fodor's list of the city's ten best cafes other than Starbucks. [20]

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