Storyville Coffee

Storyville Coffee

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Interior of the coffee shop in the Corner Market at Pike Place Market, 2022
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.

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 a top ten roaster in the U.S.[14]

See also

• List of coffeehouse chains
• List of restaurants in Pike Place Market

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.

External links

• Media related to Storyville Coffee at Wikimedia Commons
• Official website
• Storyville Coffee Company at Pike Place Market