Private company

Metropolis Coffee Company

Logo: http://www.metropoliscoffee.com/, Non-free logo, via Wikipedia3

American coffee roaster, wholesaler, producer and retailer

Metropolis Coffee Company is a family-owned coffee roaster, wholesaler, private-label producer, and retailer based in Chicago, Illinois. Founded in 2003 by Jeff and Tony Dreyfuss, the company operates an Edgewater cafe and an 18,000-square-foot roastery in Avondale; its brand is also used at a partner-operated cafe in Terminal 5 at O'Hare International Airport.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

2003Founded1

Metropolis Coffee Company is a family-owned coffee roaster, wholesaler, private-label producer, and retailer based in Chicago, Illinois. Founded in 2003 by Jeff and Tony Dreyfuss, the company operates an Edgewater cafe and an 18,000-square-foot roastery in Avondale; its brand is also used at a partner-operated cafe in Terminal 5 at O'Hare International Airport.2

Timeline

  1. 2003Founded Founded1

Funding

Where the company's money came from, by calendar year: private offerings filed with the SEC, federal grants, loans, contracts and other assistance from USAspending.gov, and PPP loans from the SBA. Each bar links to the records below.

Money received by year$732.2K 2020–2021
Money received by yearMoney received by year, 2020–2021: $732.2K in all. PPP loans $732.2K.$0$100K$200K$300K$400K2020 · PPP loans: $366.6K20202021 · PPP loans: $365.6K2021
Figures by year
YearPPP loansTotal
2021$365.6K$365.6K
2020$366.6K$366.6K

PPP loans

Paycheck Protection Program loans of $150,000 and up, approved April 2020 to July 2021, from the SBA4. Matched to this company by name and state.

  1. Apr 14, 2020$366.6K PPP loan (first draw) from JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association4To METROPOLIS COFFEE COMPANY, LLC, Chicago IL; $371.0K forgiven Jul 8, 2021
  2. Jan 31, 2021$365.6K PPP loan (second draw) from JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association4To METROPOLIS COFFEE COMPANY LLC, Chicago IL; $369.0K forgiven Jan 13, 2022