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Dawson Taylor Coffee Roasters

4.2 (30 reviews)
Closed 7:00 am - 4:00 pm
Updated 3 months ago

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Dogs allowed
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Michele R.

"Dawson Taylor." When that's the answer to the question I always ask when offered coffee in a local restaurant, "What kind of coffee do you pour?", I'm happy to order and sip. So when Dawson Taylor's owner opened Roast as 'slow bar' in December 2016 at the Lusk District building that also holds DT's coffee roastery and warehouse, it caught my attention. Dawson Taylor was then still owned by the company's founder who started the business in 1995. His is one of those great 'local man does big things' stories of a coffee company being launched in a garage, and named after the owner's then infant son, evolving to become a very successful enterprise. Good coffee grew loyal fans among home consumers who bought beans at local stores, like the Boise CoOp, as well as business accounts for restaurants and college cafeterias. The Dawson Taylor bright downtown located coffee house was a popular gathering spot for good coffee, light eats and friendly hospitality. When Roast was launched at the roastery site as slow-bar companion to the downtown coffee house, perhaps serving a different kind of coffee drinker in a more industrial vibe, I anticipated the same DT signature of friendly space and service. (In particular based on the Roast launch open house where donuts and pour over were shared.) But, alas, not so much. Is it because about 10 months after Roast's opening, in October 2017, Hayden Beverage Company, Idaho's largest distributor of beer and wine and of beverages elsewhere with about 350 employees in Idaho, Montana and Washington, bought Dawson Taylor? I don't know. The purchase agreement included the DT founder staying on for several years and it was intended to be all good for DT as Hayden brought the cash of a larger business which would allow DT to purchase lots of rare coffee beans. But just about a year into the Hayden ownership, Dawson's original owner left. (I hear he now lives on a coffee plantation somewhere - no kidding.) And it seems to me, a longtime DT fan, that the charm of Dawson Taylor for customer focus and quality departed with him. Roast's vibe and service might be examples of that. VIBE: This could be an exciting place to be with a little work, given one is in the roastery and warehouse building, but it seemed dark and unwelcoming, service was haltingly reserved with information about the coffee not volunteered but needing to be wrestled out, and the small array of coffee friendly eats that once graced the small glass case at the coffee bar are mostly missing. There are a few tables inside the dark space where one can sip and work on laptops, which is what the few customers inside seemed to be doing but, for the most part, absent beverages. Our coffee was take-away given the space didn't invite lingering. Close proximity to a student apartment might make this a fit for students looking for hang out to get some work done. But it is not a place we'd consider as "let's meet up for coffee" destination. And boy, I'll tell ya...given drinking coffee does has the natural outcome (no pun intended...well maybe) of needing to visit the loo, one would have to be in dire straights to want to use the one here which, on my recent visit, had trash can overflowing onto floor and looked like a good cleaning was in order. When this was coffee roaster and warehouse only, maybe that was thought acceptable to the employees who work here (alas) but if the business is serving the public, they need to pay attention to things like this. PARKING: On street. The small (four or so) paved lot next door is for Madre Taqueria customers. ACCESSIBILITY: Although the Lusk District is emerging for retailers who serve customers inside (as in the wonderful Madre next door), ACHD has not yet added sidewalks and curb ramps where they need to be so accessibility in the area is difficult given gravel surrounds. (As a person with MS I notice this.) But Roast itself is accessible - level in the door and all on one level with some standard height tables available and the loo is accessible too. NEIGHBORS: In addition to Madre (serving delicious, artisan tacos in a cool and warmly inviting interior space with outdoor seating too), the Boise Bicycle Project is next door and Jim's Appliance and a BSU student apartment are a block-ish away in different directions. FUN TIP: They have for sale here, at 'nearly-free' prices, the burlap bags in which coffee beans arrive. Some of those bags have unique artwork on them and if you're the creative and crafty type, you might see an opportunity to frame them and use them as art or turn them into tote bags with cool fabric linings (as a clever person did with bags from an Oregon coffee roaster where I used to live and then sold the totes at the roastery's coffee bar). Or recycle them in a home garden. I pondered those options as I waited on my coffee to brew.

Mark making coffee

Mark was the most amazing barista I have ever had. So personable and makes great coffee. This was a great first trip I had to this coffee shop, I was pleasantly surprised! Also the crewnecks r so cute.

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Carter J.

I have never had a bad coffee from Dawson Taylor... It is no wonder why every popular restaurant in town chooses to serve their incredible brew. I went for the first time this summer and was delighted by the smells, pastries, drink options and kindness. The employees were warm and helpful. The retail side is aesthetic as all get out. I sit here writing this in a severe September rain with the doors open. I think I have found my new favorite coffee shop! (Plus it's so close to BSU and my apartment)!

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Really great coffee and ambiance! More food options would be great but they do coffee right!

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Favorite coffee in town. Hands down. Only wish it was a little less expensive. Their Sumatra blends are my fav

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