787 Coffee
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.
The Big Picture
787 Coffee began when its founders bought a former coffee farm in Puerto Rico, before they opened a single café. Yet a workers' wage class action ended in a 2023 settlement, and employees on Glassdoor rate it 1.7 out of 5, a gap between the farm-to-cup story and life behind the counter. No outside investors are reported, and founder Brandon Ivan Peña still runs it.
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Company data last updated September 2026
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