https://dailycoffeenews.com/category/cafe/by-region/midwest/ Business news for specialty coffee professionals Thu, 03 Aug 2023 14:27:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.2 23960308 https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/08/02/roaster-retailers-kaldis-coffee-and-dancing-goats-coffee-merge/ https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/08/02/roaster-retailers-kaldis-coffee-and-dancing-goats-coffee-merge/#respond Wed, 02 Aug 2023 15:12:30 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=172631 St. Louis, Missouri-based Kaldi’s Coffee and Washington State/Atlanta-based Dancing Goats Coffee (formerly also known as Batdorf & Bronson) have merged, Kaldi’s announced this week. The deal brings together two roasting...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/08/02/roaster-retailers-kaldis-coffee-and-dancing-goats-coffee-merge/feed/ 0 172631 https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/07/12/stovetop-roasters-expands-its-range-with-west-michigan-roastery-cafe/ https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/07/12/stovetop-roasters-expands-its-range-with-west-michigan-roastery-cafe/#respond Wed, 12 Jul 2023 12:30:52 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=171728 Michigan-based coffee company Stovetop Roasters has returned to its city of origin with an expansive new roastery cafe in Holland.  Steve Holm founded the company in the west Michigan city...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/07/12/stovetop-roasters-expands-its-range-with-west-michigan-roastery-cafe/feed/ 0 171728 https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/07/11/tinker-coffee-custom-tailors-downtown-indianapolis-cafe/ https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/07/11/tinker-coffee-custom-tailors-downtown-indianapolis-cafe/#comments Tue, 11 Jul 2023 13:55:39 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=171726 Having tweaked and fine-tuned its operations at two airport locations and one food hall kiosk, Indianapolis-born Tinker Coffee has opened a flagship cafe downtown. The new shop spreads over 1,900...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/07/11/tinker-coffee-custom-tailors-downtown-indianapolis-cafe/feed/ 1 171726 https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/06/30/fairgrounds-worlds-fair-is-fueling-a-metroburb-in-chicagoland/ https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/06/30/fairgrounds-worlds-fair-is-fueling-a-metroburb-in-chicagoland/#respond Fri, 30 Jun 2023 14:44:23 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=171363 In a sure sign that we are living in the future and that all that was old is new again, Chicagoland’s first “metroburb” is now open, with regional chain Fairgrounds...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/06/30/fairgrounds-worlds-fair-is-fueling-a-metroburb-in-chicagoland/feed/ 0 171363 https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/06/15/pinky-promise-coffee-comes-through-with-new-door-county-wi-cafe/ https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/06/15/pinky-promise-coffee-comes-through-with-new-door-county-wi-cafe/#respond Thu, 15 Jun 2023 14:52:20 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=171023 True to its word, Pinky Promise Coffee has expanded in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, with a retail coffee shop now up and running at the front of its roasting facility. The...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/06/15/pinky-promise-coffee-comes-through-with-new-door-county-wi-cafe/feed/ 0 171023 https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/06/14/fairwave-acquires-milwaukees-anydone-coffee-roasting-co/ https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/06/14/fairwave-acquires-milwaukees-anydone-coffee-roasting-co/#respond Wed, 14 Jun 2023 14:13:55 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=171243 [Note: This story has been updated to fix a typo in the headline.] Building upon a wave of acquisitions, Kansas City, Missouri-based FairWave Holdings has acquired longtime Milwaukee roaster and...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/06/14/fairwave-acquires-milwaukees-anydone-coffee-roasting-co/feed/ 0 171243 https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/06/08/colectivo-coffee-workers-approve-first-union-contract/ https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/06/08/colectivo-coffee-workers-approve-first-union-contract/#respond Thu, 08 Jun 2023 16:16:50 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=171088 Approximately 95% of the unionized workers at Milwaukee-based specialty coffee chain Colectivo Coffee voted in favor of their first union contract this week, according to local union organizers. The agreement...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/06/08/colectivo-coffee-workers-approve-first-union-contract/feed/ 0 171088 https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/05/23/lavazza-opens-training-center-in-downtown-chicago/ https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/05/23/lavazza-opens-training-center-in-downtown-chicago/#respond Tue, 23 May 2023 15:48:13 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=170621 Italian coffee giant Lavazza last week opened a training center on the Magnificent Mile in downtown Chicago. Inside the 444 North Michigan Ave office building, home to James Beard Award-winning...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/05/23/lavazza-opens-training-center-in-downtown-chicago/feed/ 0 170621 https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/05/17/in-st-louis-blueprint-coffee-addresses-the-us-gun-violence-epidemic/ https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/05/17/in-st-louis-blueprint-coffee-addresses-the-us-gun-violence-epidemic/#comments Wed, 17 May 2023 18:47:58 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=170452 Blueprint Coffee was entering its second year of business in St. Louis, Missouri, when unarmed teenager Michael Brown was shot and killed by a police officer in Ferguson, just a...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/05/17/in-st-louis-blueprint-coffee-addresses-the-us-gun-violence-epidemic/feed/ 11 170452 https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/05/16/quality-is-current-at-contemporoast-in-southwest-ohio/ https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/05/16/quality-is-current-at-contemporoast-in-southwest-ohio/#respond Tue, 16 May 2023 14:28:18 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=170105 The specialty coffee scene in the the Centerville, Ohio, has been brought right up to date by ContempoRoast Coffee & Roastery, whose in-house roasting operation just went live. The family-run...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/05/16/quality-is-current-at-contemporoast-in-southwest-ohio/feed/ 0 170105