Sip Coffee & Beer House

What Sip Coffee & Beer House does

Sip Coffee & Beer House is a locally owned, multi-location hospitality brand founded by Josh Katz in 2014 in Old Town Scottsdale, Arizona, operating a hybrid concept that combines a specialty coffee and espresso program, a craft beer and wine program, a craft cocktail bar, and a full breakfast and sandwich food menu under one roof. The company has expanded to three locations across the Phoenix metropolitan area: the original flagship in a former needlepoint shop in Old Town Scottsdale (2014), a second location in a converted former Avis Lube building on Indian School Road in Phoenix featuring a drive-thru and a hidden cocktail lounge called 36 Below (2015), and a third quick-service location inside Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport Terminal 4 near gate D12 (2023).

The business sells directly to consumers through in-store dining, online ordering for pickup at the Scottsdale and Phoenix locations, and walk-up service at the airport. Menu items are unit-priced between $3.25 and $15.00, with a daily happy hour (3:00 PM – 5:00 PM) featuring discounted beer, wine, and cocktails. Secondary revenue comes from private event hosting and venue rental. The technology stack is a standard restaurant SaaS deployment — SpotHopper for the website, online ordering, events, reservations, and email marketing, and Order.online for pickup — with no disclosed proprietary technology, no mobile app, and no AI or data platform.

The customer base is a long tail of individual consumers, predominantly local residents, young professionals, remote workers, and (at the airport) travelers, with no disclosed B2B contracts or enterprise accounts. The company is privately held with no external funding, no parent company, and no disclosed management team beyond founder Josh Katz. The brand has accumulated regional press recognition, including placements on Zagat, Newsweek, Thrillist, Phoenix Magazine, and Big Seven Travel lists between 2015 and 2020.

Name

Sip Coffee & Beer House

Website

https://sipcoffeeandbeer.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Sip Coffee & Beer House is a locally owned Phoenix-metro hospitality brand operating three coffee-shop, tap-house, cocktail-bar, and restaurant locations in Scottsdale, Phoenix, and Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport, serving walk-in and pickup consumer traffic since 2014.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Coffee Shop, Tap House, and Restaurant

NAICS

Snack and Nonalcoholic Beverage Bars (722515), Drinking Places (Alcoholic Beverages) (722410)

SIC

Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810)

akta.pro primary industry

Espresso Bars & Coffee Bars (THAFADAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Pubs & Gastropubs (CRANACAB), Cocktail Bars & Lounges (CRANACAD)

Keywords

• Specialty coffee shop
• Craft beer tap house
• Cocktail bar service
• Cafe and restaurant
• Private event hosting

Headquarters

HQ city

Scottsdale

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Food and Beverage Sales: Revenue from selling food items (breakfast, sandwiches, shareables), coffee drinks, beer on tap, cocktails, wine, and specialty beverages. Multiple price points from $3.25 to $15.00 per item.
2. Private Events: Private party hosting services for events, generating additional revenue from venue rental and catering.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Sip Coffee & Beer House is a locally owned multi-location hospitality brand that operates as a combined coffee shop, tap house, cocktail bar, and restaurant. The company sells specialty coffee and espresso drinks, craft cocktails, draft beer and wine, and a food menu including breakfast items, sandwiches, and shareables. It also offers private event and party hosting services at its venues.

Product overview

Sip Coffee & Beer House is a locally owned multi-location hospitality brand operating three Arizona establishments: the original Scottsdale location (opened 2014), the Phoenix Garage location (opened 2015), and the Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport location (opened 2023). The company offers a unified brand of coffee shop, tap house, cocktail bar, and restaurant combining coffee drinks, craft cocktails, beer flights, wine, and food menu items across all locations, with private event hosting services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Coffee and Espresso Drinks Hot and iced coffee beverages (Sip Drip, Cold Brew, Nitro Cold Brew, Latte, Mocha, Americano, Cappuccino, Double Espresso, Cortado, Matcha Latte, Chai Latte, Kevlar Coffee with MCT oil) priced from $3.75 to $7.50, sold to walk-in and online pickup customers across all Sip locations.
• Signature Sips House specialty beverages including Horchata Cold Brew, Bananas Foster Latte, and Berry Hibiscus Palmer, sold as differentiated coffee-house offerings at Sip venues.
• Cocktails Craft cocktails including Favorite Mistake, Timeless, Sweet Distraction, Paloma, Coffee Old Fashioned, Espresso Martini, and Bourbon Chai Me, priced $11.00 to $15.00, served at the bar and lounge areas.
• Beer and Wine Draft beer selection, Beer Flight ($10.00 for four beers), wine by the glass (Pinot Grigio, Red Blend at $8.00/glass), and Mimosa Flights ($10.00) sold across all locations.
• Food Menu Breakfast items (Mixed Berry Parfait, Overnight Oats, Bagel Breakfast Sandwich, Garage Breakfast Sandwich, Cheddar Jalapeño Sausage & Egg Biscuit, OG Breakfast Burrito), shareables (Chicken Quesadilla), sandwiches (Classic Grilled Cheese, Chicken Panini), and protein shakes, priced $9.50 to $12.50.
• Happy Hour Specials Daily happy hour from 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM featuring $7 Vodka Mule, $8 House Margarita, and $2 off all beer and wine, available across participating Sip locations.
• Private Event Hosting Private party and event booking service that lets customers reserve Sip venues for gatherings, with the company providing venue space, food, beverages, and hosting support.

Named customers4 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Regional players

• The Vig: Phoenix-area gastropub chain serving craft beer, cocktails, and a full food menu. Directly comparable to Sip's evening Phoenix Garage / Old Town Scottsdale cocktail-and-beer-and-food format and target customer.
• Postino WineCafe: Phoenix-headquartered hybrid wine-and-food café concept serving craft beverages and shareable food across day-to-night. Highly comparable as a Phoenix-based multi-beverage food café targeting the same casual dining and beverage-tasting occasions.

Direct peers

• Blue Bottle Coffee: Premium specialty-coffee café operator focused on craft espresso and coffee drinks with food pairings. Comparable on craft coffee positioning, premium ticket size, and café-as-third-place experience for professional customers.
• Philz Coffee: Specialty coffee chain known for craft, customized drinks and a café experience oriented around workspace and community. Matches Sip's positioning as a locally rooted, craft-coffee daypart with food.
• Better Buzz Coffee: Specialty coffee chain offering signature espresso, cold brew, and food. Comparable to Sip's craft coffee menu, signature specialty drinks (e.g., Horchata Cold Brew analog), and café seating model.
• Black Rock Coffee Bar: Regional specialty-coffee chain founded and headquartered in the Phoenix/Scottsdale metro. Directly competes with Sip's coffee and espresso side on the same customers, same morning/lunch occasions, and overlapping Phoenix-area locations.

Broad incumbents

• Peet's Coffee: Established US specialty-coffee chain with cafés serving espresso, breakfast, and light food. Comparable to Sip's café-and-food concept and target customers seeking premium daily coffee; competes for similar beverage and breakfast occasions.
• Dutch Bros Coffee: Large multi-region specialty-coffee drive-thru chain. Overlaps with Sip's drive-thru coffeeshop channel and Sip's core coffee-and-espresso offering, though it competes at much greater scale and broader footprint.
• The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf: Multi-region specialty coffee and tea retailer with full espresso and food menu. Comparable to Sip's coffee-and-food café daypart and similar ticket size on beverages.
• Starbucks: Global specialty-coffee incumbent offering drip coffee, espresso beverages, and food alongside a growing evening alcohol program (Starbucks Evenings). Comparable to Sip's day-to-night coffee-plus-bar concept, just at vastly larger scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/sipcoffeeandbeers
• Instagraminstagram.com/sipcoffeeandbeer_
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/sipcoffeeandbeer

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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