Culture Espresso
Midtown coffee shop · 3+ locations · NYC: Bryant Park, Penn District, Hell's Kitchen
A three-shop Garment District coffee bar known for cookies made from scratch. It has taken no outside investment since opening in 2009, and the co-founder who had taken sole charge by 2014 was still publicly named as owner in 2020.
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Culture Espresso has sold coffee in Manhattan's Garment District since 2009 and now has three small counters, selling cookies made from scratch and coffee from outside roasters. No outside investment is on record. Co-founder Jody LoCascio was running it by 2014 and was last publicly named as owner in June 2020, so it answers to that owner, not to investors.
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