Brooklyn · United States
Parlor Coffee
Parlor Coffee is one of 7 Brooklyn roasters tracked on day9, in New York.
Since 2012 · Dillon Edwards
Overview
Parlor was founded in 2012 by Dillon Edwards — then a 22-year-old Stumptown and Blue Bottle alumnus from Portland — operating from the back of Williamsburg's Persons of Interest barbershop with a single-group Kees van der Westen Speedster. Parlor moved its roastery and tasting room to 11 Vanderbilt Avenue at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, where it roasts on a refurbished 1965 Probat UG-22 and operates a Sundays-only public tasting room rather than a conventional cafe.
Known for
- Original location in the back of Persons of Interest barbershop in Williamsburg (2012-2017)
- Refurbished 1965 Probat UG-22 drum roaster
- Sundays-only public tasting room with free 3pm cuppings
- Never sells white-label coffee — every product is Parlor-branded
- Wholesale partnerships including Wythe Hotel and Met Breuer's Flora Coffee
Why it matters
Parlor demonstrated that a NYC roastery could reach the city's best restaurants and hotels — Wythe Hotel, Met Breuer, GrubStreet's #1-ranked spots — without ever opening a full retail cafe. The Sunday-only tasting room is one of the most distinctive operating models in US specialty, deliberately constraining retail to deepen the wholesale-and-roasting focus.
Production
- roaster machine
- 1965 Probat UG-22 (refurbished)
- roastery location
- 11 Vanderbilt Avenue, Brooklyn, NY (Brooklyn Navy Yard border)
- espresso equipment
- Kees van der Westen Speedster (original location)
Café
11 Vanderbilt Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11205