Coffee · 34+ locations · NYC, NJ (Westfield, Montclair), TX (Houston, El Paso), Puerto Rico (San Juan area + Maricao farm), Mexico City
787 Coffee markets itself as a scrappy, farmer-owned alternative to big chains. The founders actually bought a Puerto Rico coffee farm before opening a single café. But a 1.7-star Glassdoor rating and a settled wage class action complicate the story behind the counter.
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787 Coffee is privately held and still run by its founder, who bought an abandoned Puerto Rico coffee farm before opening a single storefront. But a wage-and-hour class action settled in 2023 and one of the lowest Glassdoor ratings on the site — 1.7 out of 5 — point to a real gap between the farm-to-cup story and how baristas describe working there.
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Company data last updated July 2026
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