Ninth Street Espresso
Coffee · 4+ locations · NYC: Alphabet City, Tompkins Square, Gowanus, Long Island City
Ninth Street Espresso helped invent New York's third-wave coffee scene in 2001, and founder Kenneth Nye still owns all four of its shops today. It roasts its own beans at a Long Island City micro-roastery and sources directly from named farms, including Brazil's Rainforest Alliance-certified Daterra.
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Founder Kenneth Nye has owned Ninth Street Espresso outright since opening it in 2001, and in 25 years no investor or buyer has been reported. The four-shop company roasts its own coffee and names farms it buys from, including Brazil's Daterra. It answers to Nye alone, not outside investors.
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