The Roasterie Brookside Café

The Roasterie Brookside Café is a coffee shop in Brookside, Delaware, located at 6223 Brookside Blvd. It holds a rating of 4.50 based on 679 reviews. The café has been a staple of the Brookside community since it opened in 2005 and continues to serve the neighborhood. Its homey interior opens to classic outdoor patio seating through two garage doors set opposite the brew bar. Guests can join the Roasterie Perks program to order ahead and pick up at the café. The café is part of The Roasterie Coffee Company, which Danny O'Neill founded in 1993 in the basement of his Brookside home in Kansas City, after he first picked coffee cherries as a foreign exchange student in Costa Rica in 1978. The company's purpose has been to source fine coffees from around the world, roast them, and deliver them quickly, while pursuing the economic, social, and environmental sides of sustainability to protect local and global communities and build a more resilient supply chain. The company also maintains a Douglas DC-3 aircraft, developed in the 1930s for TWA, displayed above its factory and visible from I-35 and other downtown Kansas City landmarks. The Brookside Café's 4.50 rating across 679 reviews reflects a solid reputation among the customers it has served and an established track record built on a large base of customer reviews. For coffee in Brookside, the café pairs a long neighborhood presence with the roasting heritage of the company behind it.