Andytown Coffee Roasters was founded in 2014 by baristas Michael McCrory and Lauren Crabbe to bring specialty coffee roasting to the Outer Sunset in San Francisco. 

We wanted Andytown to feel like your grandmother's kitchen—clean, cozy, welcoming, and warm. When we started, we did all our roasting, baking, and customer service in our 600 square foot space. 

In 2017, we expanded onto Taraval with a new cafe right next to the beach and a brand new roasting facility.  When we moved the roasting out of our Lawton cafe, we were able to remodel the kitchen and expand our bakery to provide pastries for all locations. We now have three locations in the Outer Sunset and one location downtown.

As we grow, we are building a team of experienced coffee and pastry professionals who work hard and continuously challenge us to improve. We aim to create the jobs we always wanted to have and the company we always wanted to work for, all in the neighborhood we call home.

We believe in investing in our neighborhood, creating good jobs, and using our economic impact for good.

Andytown is built on a foundation of quality, approachability, and transparency. We are constantly working to improve ourselves, our product, and the world in which we live. 

Andytown's Green Coffee Sourcing Practices

We work directly with specialty importers, exporters, producers, and farmers that share our values of sustainability and commitment to community. We strive to build long term relationships with our coffee partners, and as Andytown grows, our goal is to have our partners grow alongside us. In addition to maintaining regular communication, we also plan trips to visit our partners in their farms, processing facilities, and offices, and meet with folks throughout the supply stream that help bring coffees to our roastery.

We recognize the value of certifications including organic, Fairtrade, and Rainforest Alliance, and see them as efforts that have overall improved cup quality and aim to fetch better pricing for producers. We also recognize that achieving certifications can be costly and time consuming, especially for smallholder producers and farmers that are already committed to sustainable if not regenerative farming practices but don’t have access to capital or the ability to join coffee groups or cooperatives that are certified. Rather than relying on certifications, we place our efforts into working with our trusted partners to verify sustainable farming practices and pay a premium. We also work towards achieving gender parity in our coffee partners. We believe that when we economically empower women, we can have a positive impact in the communities in which they live.

We work closely with our partners to carefully source coffees that highlight the unique flavor profiles coffee producing regions have to offer. Our menu is designed to showcase a wide range of flavor profiles–from classic and comforting to wild and experimental. Our hope is that any person who comes through our doors will be able to find a coffee to their liking.