Storyville Coffee

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Storyville Coffee
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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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References

  1. ↑ Allison, Melissa (2009-05-01). "Storyville Coffee contributes up to $1 million in sales to help free enslaved people". The Seattle Times. Archived from the original on 2022-10-21. Retrieved 2022-10-21.
  2. ↑ Balla, Lesley (2019-06-05). "The Culinary Wonders of Seattle's Pike Place Market". Eater. Archived from the original on 2021-11-12. Retrieved 2022-10-24.
  3. ↑ "Storyville Coffee". Seattle Metropolitan . Archived from the original on 2022-10-21. Retrieved 2022-10-21.
  4. ↑ Holden, Ronald (2013-09-19). "Storyville Coffee Snags Former Chez Shea Space". Eater Seattle. Archived from the original on 2022-10-21. Retrieved 2022-10-21.
  5. ↑ "First Look: Storyville Coffee's Splashy Coffee Bar at Seattle's Pike Place Market". Daily Coffee News by Roast Magazine. 2013-09-20. Archived from the original on 2022-10-21. Retrieved 2022-10-21.
  6. ↑ "Storyville Coffee opens at top of Queen Anne". Queen Anne News. Archived from the original on 2022-10-21. Retrieved 2022-10-21.
  7. ↑ Clement, Bethany Jean. "Coffee and Mars Hill". The Stranger. Archived from the original on 2022-08-15. Retrieved 2022-10-21.
  8. ↑ Clement, Bethany Jean. "Storyville Coffee's Connection to Mars Hill Is Now a Direct One". The Stranger. Archived from the original on 2022-10-21. Retrieved 2022-10-21.
  9. ↑ Clement, Bethany Jean. "Now Open: Fourteen New Places to Try (and Two to Avoid)". The Stranger. Archived from the original on 2022-10-21. Retrieved 2022-10-21.
  10. ↑ "Storyville Coffee Workers Are Unionizing to Fight for Better Pay". South Seattle Emerald . 2022-02-28. Archived from the original on 2022-10-21. Retrieved 2022-10-21.
  11. ↑ "Arizona Starbucks Workers Vote to Unionize as Broader Labor Movement Heats Up". Daily Coffee News by Roast Magazine. 2022-03-02. Archived from the original on 2022-10-21. Retrieved 2022-10-21.
  12. ↑ Buckingham, Cheyenne (2019-09-04). "The Best Coffee Shop in Every State". Eat This, Not That . Archived from the original on 2022-10-21. Retrieved 2022-10-21.
  13. ↑ Fox, Caroline; Shaw, Gabbi. "The coziest coffee shop in every state". Insider. Archived from the original on 12 January 2023. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
  14. ↑ "These are some of the best coffee shops in the country". 10best. USA Today. 24 September 2019. Archived from the original on 30 December 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2022.

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