Springs Cafe

What Springs Cafe does

Spring Cafe (also operating as Spring Cafe Aspen) is a privately held, founder-owned organic food and juice bar restaurant business founded in 2013 by Sabrina Rudin in Aspen, Colorado. The company operates two physical locations: the original Aspen cafe at 119 South Spring Street (open 8am–4pm daily) and a New York City location at 14 West 4th Street in Manhattan's Greenwich Village (open 8am–8pm daily), which opened in 2021. The core offering is organic, plant-based cuisine including cold-pressed juices, smoothies, specialty coffee drinks, breakfast items, and lunch/dinner entrees, all prepared without refined sugars, inflammatory oils, or processed foods. Proprietary technical elements include Norwalk cold-press juicing equipment that produces unpasteurized, non-HPP bottled juices, house-made sauces and dressings using organic cold-pressed oils, and gluten-free and sprouted-flour baking sweetened with maple syrup, coconut sugar, or agave. The cafes themselves are built using non-toxic materials including low-VOC paint, formaldehyde-free materials, and natural oil-finished hardwood.

The business model is direct-to-consumer restaurant service with three revenue streams: dine-in sales at both locations, online ordering via the Toasttab platform for pickup and delivery, and catering/private event hosting priced at $40–$55 per person for individually boxed meals or family-style buffets. Pricing is unit-based and pay-as-you-go with no subscription or membership tier; beverages range from $4 (espresso) to $13 (16oz cold-pressed juice), with entrees at $15–$27. The company serves health-conscious consumers, Aspen locals and tourists, Manhattan diners, and event hosters through a hybrid segmentation approach. Marketing is conducted through Instagram (@springcafeaspen), an email newsletter, a BentoBox-powered website, and earned media coverage in outlets including Bloomberg, Vogue, Thrillist, Crain's New York Business, Restaurant Hospitality, and Grub Street. The company is bootstrapped with no institutional funding, no parent company, and no disclosed ownership changes, and remains under the operational leadership of founder Sabrina Rudin.

Name

Springs Cafe

Legal name

Spring Cafe Aspen

Website

https://springcafe.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Spring Cafe is a founder-owned organic, plant-based restaurant and juice bar operating two locations — Aspen, CO (since 2013) and New York City (since 2021) — serving health-conscious diners with cold-pressed juices, house-made organic cuisine, catering, and private events.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Vegetarian Restaurant and Juice Bar

NAICS

Snack and Nonalcoholic Beverage Bars (722515), Full-Service Restaurants (722511), Caterers (722320)

SIC

Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810), Retail-Eating Places (5812)

akta.pro primary industry

Cafe-Bakeries (Coffee + Pastry Focus) (THAFADAG)

akta.pro secondary industry

Mobile / On-Site Catering (Food Trucks for Events, Pop-Ups) (THAFAIAJ)

Keywords

• Organic vegetarian restaurant
• Plant-based juice bar
• Cold-pressed juice cafe
• Food catering services
• Private event hosting

Headquarters

HQ city

Aspen

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Dine-In Restaurant Sales: Revenue from food and beverage sales at physical restaurant locations in Aspen and New York. Customers order from menus featuring organic, plant-based dishes, juices, smoothies, and specialty beverages.
2. Online Ordering: Direct online ordering through Toasttab platform for both Aspen and New York locations, enabling takeaway and delivery orders.
3. Catering Services: Catering menu offerings for events including individual boxes, family-style buffet options with per-person pricing tiers ranging from $40-$55.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Springs Cafe operates two physical restaurant locations in Aspen, CO and New York, NY serving organic, plant-based cuisine including cold-pressed juices, specialty coffee, smoothies, breakfast, lunch, and dinner items. The company also offers catering services for events (individual boxed meals and family-style buffets), private event hosting, and online ordering for pickup through the Toasttab platform. All ingredients are organic, with no refined sugars, inflammatory oils, or processed foods used.

Product overview

Spring Cafe (also referred to as Spring Cafe Aspen) is an organic food and juice bar restaurant business with two locations — Spring Cafe New York (14 West 4th Street, open daily 8am-8pm) and Spring Cafe Aspen (119 South Spring Street, open daily 8am-4pm). The core offerings consist of organic vegetarian cuisine, cold-pressed juices, specialty coffee drinks, smoothies, breakfast, and lunch/dinner menus, all made with organic and locally-sourced ingredients. The New York Menu and Aspen Menu are the two location-specific menu offerings, each featuring items such as juices, smoothies, specialty lattes, grain bowls, salads, sandwiches, and pasta. The company supplements its dine-in experience with Online Ordering (via Toasttab), Catering (boxed meals and family-style buffets), and Private Event Hosting (custom full-service events in their venue).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Spring Cafe Aspen Restaurant Original organic food and juice bar located at 119 South Spring Street, Aspen, CO 81611, open Monday through Sunday 8:00 am - 4:00 pm. Serves organic, plant-based breakfast, lunch, drinks, smoothies, and juices to Aspen residents and visitors.
• Spring Cafe New York Restaurant Organic food and juice bar located at 14 West 4th Street, New York, NY 10012, open daily 8:00 am - 8:00 pm. Offers a full menu including drinks, smoothies, juices, breakfast, lunch, and dinner options in the Greenwich Village area of Manhattan.
• Aspen Menu Full menu for the Aspen location featuring breakfast, lunch, Little Sprouts (kids menu), and drinks and smoothies. Includes scrambles, bowls, sandwiches, salads, soups, snacks, and a variety of juices and smoothies.
• New York Menu Full menu for the New York location featuring drinks and smoothies, breakfast, lunch and dinner, Little Sprouts (kids menu), baked goods, and a catering menu. Includes items such as specialty lattes, cold-pressed juices, grain bowls, salads, sandwiches, and pasta.
• Private Event Hosting Private and semi-private event hosting services available in a bright venue with full service and a fresh menu customized for each event. Supports a wide range of event types including weddings, corporate lunches, cocktail receptions, and photo/film shoots.
• Catering Services Catering services for events and gatherings featuring individual boxed meals and family-style buffet options priced at $40-$55 per person. Includes items such as sandwiches, burritos, pancakes, salads, and beverages. A 5% catering delivery fee is added to orders.
• Online Ordering Online ordering system for both Aspen and New York locations via the Toasttab platform, enabling customers to place orders for pickup and delivery directly from the website.

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Feature5 records

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Le Pain Quotidien: Established bakery-cafe chain offering organic, plant-forward menus in a communal setting; broader and more mature international footprint than Spring Cafe with overlapping cafe-bakery positioning.

Direct peers

• Dig: Fast-casual seasonal, vegetable-forward restaurant chain concentrated in NYC and other Northeast cities; targets a similar ingredient-conscious, health-driven lunch crowd at a comparable premium price point.
• Sweetgreen: Public fast-casual chain focused on healthy, sourced, plant-forward bowls and salads; competes with Spring Cafe for the same health-conscious urban lunch and dinner customer with broader menu scope and significantly greater scale.
• By Chloe: Plant-based casual restaurant brand known for vegan comfort food and juices; directly competes with Spring Cafe's NYC plant-based positioning and similar target demographic in Greenwich Village and surrounding Manhattan neighborhoods.
• Pressed Juicery: Premium cold-pressed juice and plant-based food concept with a national footprint; competes for the same health-conscious, organic-focused consumer across both Aspen-adjacent ski markets and urban centers.
• CAVA: Fast-casual Mediterranean concept with a strong plant-based menu and a national footprint; overlaps with Spring Cafe on the health-conscious, premium casual-dining customer in metropolitan markets.
• Chop't: Salad-focused fast-casual chain rooted in NYC with a broad menu including plant-based options; competes with Spring Cafe for the healthy, salad-and-bowl-oriented Manhattan lunch customer.
• Joe & The Juice: Cafe/juice-bar chain combining specialty coffee, fresh juices, and light organic food in a design-forward environment; comparable offer and customer to Spring Cafe's cafe-and-juice format.
• Juice Press: Organic, plant-forward cafe and juice-bar chain with multiple NYC locations and a similar emphasis on cold-pressed juices and clean ingredients; directly overlaps Spring Cafe's product mix and target customer in Manhattan.

Emerging players

• Clean Juice: Certified-organic juice and food franchise concept with a similar clean-label, ingredient-focused positioning; represents a more standardized, franchised model competing for the same organic-seeking consumer.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/springcafeaspen
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/springs-cafe

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

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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