Elm Coffee Roasters

Elm Coffee Roasters is a coffee shop in Seattle's Pioneer Square, in the U.S. state of Washington. It has operated two locations.^[1]

Elm Coffee Roasters
The shop's exterior, 2024
Restaurant information
City	Seattle
County	King
State	Washington
Country	United States
Coordinates	47.6001°N 122.3311°W / 47.6001; -122.3311
Website	elmcoffeeroasters.com

Description

Elm Coffee Roasters is a coffee shop on Main Street in Pioneer Square, Seattle.^[2] The 1,400-square-foot space is housed in the Pacific Commercial Building.^[3] Elm has a marble bar,^[4][5] high industrial ceilings, and blue tables outside.^[6] It focuses on light roasts.^[7] The One of Everything includes an espresso, a macchiato, and a brewed coffee.^[8] Chai and hazelnut milk are made in-house.^[9] Elm has served doughnuts from General Porpoise and other pastries.^[10][11]

History

The shop opened in December 2014.^[2][12] Brendan Mullally and Drew Fitchette are co-owners.^[13][14][15]

Reception

In 2020, the Daily Hive included Elm in a 2020 list of Seattle's twelve best coffee shops,^[16] and Naomi Tomky included the business in Thrillist's overview of the city's best craft coffee shops.^[17] In Eater Seattle's 2024 list of the city's fourteen "essential" coffee shops, Mark Van Streefkerk and Harry Cheadle called Elm "a perfect place for stellar coffee, geeky yet approachable in a way that invites you to learn more about the finer points of brewing as well as harvesting and processing."^[18] In 2024, Sophia Beam included the business in Tasting Table's 2024 list of the seventeen "absolute best" iced coffees in Seattle,^[19] and Sydney Baker included Elm in a Fodor's list of the city's ten best cafes other than Starbucks.^[20]