Parlor Coffee

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

head roaster

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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

Sources

• https://parlorcoffee.com/pages/our-story
• https://sprudge.com/parlor-coffee-tasting-room-roastery-brooklyn-58115.html
• https://typica.coffee/en/narratives/roasters/parlor-coffee/
• https://coolhunting.com/food-drink/parlor-coffee-roastery-brooklyn/
• https://www.brian-coffee-spot.com/2016/08/17/parlor-coffee/