Sunrise Roastery

Their story

I started roasting in my garage in the Arts District back in 2019, selling bags out of the trunk of my car at the First Friday art walks. Sunrise Roastery opened its doors eighteen months later with three employees and one refurbished roaster. Every bag we sell today still gets roasted within a mile of where we sell it.

Our vision

We want Sunrise to be the reason people build a walk into their morning through the Arts District — and to be roasting wholesale for a dozen other Vegas cafes within three years, so the whole city can taste what a neighborhood roaster does differently.

Where the money goes

The growth plan

This raise funds a second roaster and patio expansion so we can triple batch capacity. Month 1-2: install the new roaster and train two more roasting staff. Month 3-4: open the patio for weekend hours and expand wholesale outreach. Month 6: reach six wholesale accounts across the valley.

Projection — an estimate from the business, not a guarantee of future results.

How we'll reach more customers

We already have two neighborhood restaurants asking to carry our beans, an 800-person email list built from three years at the First Friday art walk booth, and a loyalty program with 1,200 punch-card regulars.

Why us

We roast on-site in small batches, so every bag on our shelf was roasted within the last two weeks — most grocery-store and even cafe coffee sits for months after roasting. That freshness is why customers say our drip coffee tastes different.