Storyville Coffee

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Storyville Coffee
Industry Coffee
Website storyville.com

Storyville Coffee (sometimes Storyville Coffee Company or simply Storyville) is a coffee company operating in the Seattle metropolitan area, in the U.S. state of Washington.

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Description

Storyville Coffee operates multiple coffee shops in the Seattle metropolitan area. The Seattle Times has described Storyville as a "roaster and mail-order coffee company". [1] Bainbridge Island houses their Roasting Studio; the business also has shops in downtown Seattle with their flagship location being in the Corner Market building at Pike Place Market. [2] In addition to coffee, the shops serve sandwiches and baked goods. [3]

History

Storyville was established on Bainbridge Island in 2006. The company announced plans to operate at Pike Place Market in 2013, occupying the space which previously housed Chez Shea. [4] [5] The business Storyville's third coffee shop opened in Queen Anne in 2014. [6] The Queen Anne location has since closed and was replaced by Café Hagen.[ citation needed ]

During 2013–2014, a writer for The Stranger asked readers not to support the company because of the author's claim of a connection to the Mars Hill Church. [7] [8] [9]

Employees filed a petition to unionize in 2022. [10] [11]

Reception

Cheyenne Buckingham selected Storyville for Washington in Eat This, Not That 's 2019 overview of the best coffee shops in each U.S. state. [12]

Insider's Caroline Fox and Gabbi Shaw named Storyville Coffee the coziest coffee shop in Washington. [13]

USA Today named Storyville Coffee as A top 10 Roaster in America. [14]

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