"In many ways, Queen City started in the mid-2000s while we worked, researched, and played in rural Africa. From Zimbabwe to Rwanda, we spent nearly a decade coordinating humanitarian programs, organizing research projects, and kicking around on humble soccer fields with friends. We learned about community in Africa — real, honest community.
Life eventually brought us back to our roots, back to Colorado and the great city of Denver. Along the way, we indulged our passion for coffee by moonlighting as baristas and roasters, and this made our next project an easy progression — we love our farmer friends + we love our city, the Queen City of the Plains + we love coffee — so we started a company that combines all these things!
Collective coffee means we’re doing this together — we have real, tangible connection with our coffee farmers; we know the conditions of their production; we then small-batch roast their coffee in the city we love and we proudly serve it in Denver’s historic Baker neighborhood. We believe everyone is welcome to this ragtag group because good coffee should build the collective good." - The Brothers And Owners of Queen City: Luke, Eric, and Scott
We are excited to announce our partnership with a local and family-owned specialty coffee shop Queen City Collective Coffee @queencitycoffee! As a local and family and owned company ourselves, this partnership made perfect sense! Now open with a drive-thru and indoor cafe, we hope to see you here!
"We’ve partnered up with the legendary Dardano family to bring a lil coffee kick to their new store in Broomfield. So yeah, this is a collab space inside of Dardano’s store but it’s still QC all day long.
And yeah, you’re seeing that right, we’re gonna be rocking a freaking drive-thru! You can snag that QC coffee right to your eager hands without getting out of your car. That’s pretty tight. There is also counter service and places to chill inside. those in rush or those looking to hang, we got all y’all covered up here." - The Brothers And Owners of Queen City: Luke, Eric, and Scott