Bainbridge Island · United States
Storyville Coffee
Storyville Coffee roasts in Bainbridge Island, Washington.
Since 2006 · Jon Phelps, Jamie Munson, Kris Rosentrater
Overview
Storyville was founded in 2006 on Bainbridge Island, Washington by Jon Phelps — earlier co-founder of Full Sail University in Orlando — together with Jamie Munson and Kris Rosentrater, originally as a mail-order, single-blend roaster (Prologue, with a decaf called Epilogue). Phelps invested heavily in 2013 to take the splashy top-floor space at Pike Place Market formerly occupied by Chez Shea, decorated around his own Douglas DC-3 airplane (a recurring motif also used by his DC3 Orchestra music project), and the brand has built a national e-commerce subscriber base while operating a small footprint of Seattle cafes.
Known for
- Pike Place Market top-floor flagship in former Chez Shea space
- Logo: silhouette of a boy with a toy DC-3 airplane
- Single-blend origin story (Prologue / Epilogue)
- Pike Place latte priced at $8.50 (most expensive in Seattle, per Seattle Times)
- USA Today named top-10 U.S. roaster
Why it matters
Storyville is a counter-example to the standard third-wave craft narrative: a roaster founded by an entrepreneur from outside coffee, focused on direct-to-consumer subscriptions and a small set of polished cafes, that has scaled to over a million customers without chasing the single-origin orthodoxy.
Production
- roastery location
- Bainbridge Island, Washington (Roasting Studio)
Café
94 Pike St, Suite 34, Seattle, WA 98101 (Corner Market building)
Recognitions
- USA Today top 10 U.S. roaster
- Eat This, Not That best coffee shop in Washington (2019)