Artifact Coffee

What Artifact Coffee does

Artifact Coffee operates a single retail café at 1500 Union Avenue in Baltimore, Maryland, serving local neighborhood customers with seasonal, handcrafted food and beverages. The business is open weekdays from 8am to 3pm and weekends from 8am to 4pm for dine-in and pick-up, with online pick-up ordering facilitated through the Toasttab platform. Beyond core in-store sales, the company offers off-site catering services and on-site private event hosting at its Union Avenue address, extending the brand into event-based revenue.

The menu is structured around locally-sourced, seasonal ingredients, reflecting a sourcing philosophy explicitly aligned with Woodberry Kitchen, an affiliated Baltimore food business referenced on the careers page. Marketing outreach is minimal: a newsletter subscription on the company website and a social media presence on Instagram. Artifact Coffee is privately held with approximately 5 employees and no disclosed ownership structure, parent company, leadership team, funding rounds, or financial milestones.

The business model is primarily transactional food and beverage retail, supplemented by event-based catering revenue. Distribution is exclusively direct — physical storefront, owned Toasttab ordering interface, and direct catering/event bookings — with no third-party retail, wholesale, or franchise channels. The addressable footprint is hyperlocal: a single Baltimore site serving community customers with no geographic expansion signals in the available data.

Name

Artifact Coffee

Legal name

Artifact Coffee

Website

https://artifactcoffee.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Artifact Coffee is a single-location neighborhood café in Baltimore, Maryland, serving seasonal, handcrafted food and beverages for dine-in and pick-up, with supplementary catering and private event services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Specialty Coffee Shop

NAICS

Snack and Nonalcoholic Beverage Bars (722515)

SIC

Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810)

akta.pro primary industry

Independent Neighborhood Cafes (THAFADAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Specialty Coffee Shops (Single-Origin, Third-Wave) (THAFADAA)

Keywords

• Specialty coffee shop
• Cafe dining
• Event catering
• Handcrafted beverages
• Neighborhood cafe

Headquarters

HQ city

Baltimore

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Food and Beverage Sales: Revenue generated from selling seasonal, handcrafted food and drinks to customers dining in or taking out at the Baltimore location.
2. Catering and Events: Catering services provided for private events and gatherings, bringing Artifact Coffee's menu to off-site locations.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Artifact Coffee is a single-location neighborhood cafe in Baltimore, Maryland that serves a seasonal, handcrafted menu of coffee, food, and beverages for dine-in and takeout. The cafe also offers off-site catering services and hosts private events at its 1500 Union Ave location, operating weekdays 8am-3pm and weekends 8am-4pm.

Product overview

Artifact Coffee is a single-location neighborhood coffee shop offering seasonal and handcrafted food and beverage items. The core product is its food and beverage menu, complemented by catering services for off-site events and private event hosting at its Baltimore location. The company operates as a unified cafe offering dine-in, takeout, catering, and private event services under one brand.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Food and Beverage Menu Seasonal and handcrafted food and drink offerings served for dine-in and takeout at the Baltimore cafe, including coffee and related beverages. Available to walk-in customers and via online ordering for pick-up.
• Catering Services
• Private Events

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Woodberry KitchencoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerArtifact Coffee is connected to Woodberry Kitchen, sharing their approach to supporting the local environment and economy. The careers page explicitly references Woodberry Kitchen's sourcing philosophy as part of Artifact Coffee's values and operational approach.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Ceremony Coffee Roasters: Mid-Atlantic specialty coffee roaster with cafes including in the Baltimore region. Directly comparable in specialty coffee positioning, food offerings, and seasonal menu focus.
• bluebird coffee: Independent specialty coffee shop in Baltimore with a neighborhood-cafe feel and food-forward menu. Closely comparable to Artifact Coffee in operating model and local customer orientation.
• Zeke's Coffee: Baltimore-based specialty coffee roaster and cafe operator with multiple locations. Directly comparable to Artifact Coffee as an independently owned Baltimore coffee shop with a focus on quality sourcing and neighborhood service.
• Spro Coffee: Specialty coffee shop in the Baltimore area with a strong focus on craft espresso and food, very similar in scale and concept to Artifact Coffee's single-location, handcrafted approach.

Others

• Woodberry Kitchen: Baltimore farm-to-table restaurant and the explicit strategic partner that shares sourcing philosophy with Artifact Coffee. Included for the documented partnership and shared operational values rather than direct food service competition.

Broad incumbents

• Stumptown Coffee Roasters: Established specialty coffee roaster with cafes in major U.S. markets. Overlaps with Artifact Coffee in craft coffee positioning but operates at much larger scale with broader geographic footprint.
• La Colombe Coffee Roasters: National specialty coffee roaster operating cafes in multiple U.S. cities. Comparable in product category (specialty coffee and cafe food), though with substantially greater scale and brand reach than the single-unit Artifact Coffee.

Regional players

• Patterson Perk: Baltimore neighborhood coffee shop serving the local community with coffee and light fare. Comparable in being an independent, single-location cafe, but operates in a different sub-market of Baltimore.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/artifact-coffee

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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