Nitro Coffee Bar Corp.

What Nitro Coffee Bar Corp. does

Nitro Coffee Bar Corp., operating as The Nitro Bar, is a Rhode Island-based specialty coffee company founded in 2016 by Audrey Finocchiaro and Sam Lancaster. The company operates three brick-and-mortar cafés — two in Newport, RI (404 Thames St and 2 Pond Ave) and one in Providence, RI (228 Broadway) — serving nitro cold brew, craft espresso drinks, and breakfast food built around two house-roasted whole bean blends, Nine Lives (medium-dark) and Smooth Operator (light-medium). It also runs a Coffee Club subscription that ships Nine Lives whole bean coffee directly to consumers, an e-commerce store selling branded apparel and accessories, and a wholesale tap distribution network of 70+ local restaurants, breweries, and farm stands across Rhode Island. The company employs 60+ team members and operates a commissary kitchen in Pawtucket, RI for culinary production. There is no proprietary technology disclosed; the offering is built on commodity e-commerce (Squarespace, Square, Shopify) and standard café operations rather than software differentiation. The company is privately held, founder-owned, and bootstrapped, with no institutional investment or parent company identified in the source material. Revenue is generated through four streams: in-store café sales, wholesale tap distribution to SMB partners, a recurring Coffee Club subscription, and one-time e-commerce merchandise sales. Customer segments are primarily local Rhode Island consumers and tourists, with restaurant and brewery partners serving as a secondary wholesale channel.

Name

Nitro Coffee Bar Corp.

Legal name

Nitro Coffee Bar Corp.

Website

https://thenitrocart.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Nitro Coffee Bar Corp. operates The Nitro Bar, a Rhode Island specialty coffee company running three cafés in Newport and Providence, a wholesale nitro cold brew tap network of 70+ local partners, a Coffee Club subscription, and branded merchandise e-commerce, serving local consumers, tourists, and SMB hospitality accounts.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Specialty Coffee Shop Services

NAICS

Snack and Nonalcoholic Beverage Bars (722515), Coffee and Tea Manufacturing (311920)

SIC

Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810), Beverages (2080)

akta.pro primary industry

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

akta.pro secondary industries

Specialty Coffee & Tea Retail (Beans, Leaves, Accessories) (CRAHAGAI), Instant Coffee & Coffee Extract Manufacturing (AFAFADAD)

Keywords

• Specialty coffee retail
• Nitro cold brew
• Coffee subscription service
• Branded merchandise
• Café operations

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. In-store café sales: Revenue from selling nitro cold brew coffee, espresso drinks, craft lattes, and breakfast food items at brick-and-mortar locations in Newport and Providence, RI.
2. Coffee Club subscription: Recurring subscription service delivering signature Nine Lives whole bean coffee directly to customers' doors. Customers can subscribe through their Shopify integration.
3. Merchandise sales: E-commerce sales of branded merchandise including hoodies, t-shirts, caps, mugs, and coffee accessories.
4. Wholesale tap distribution: Distribution of nitro cold brew on tap to over 70 local restaurant, brewery, and farm stand partners throughout Rhode Island.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Nitro Coffee Bar Corp. operates specialty coffee cafés that serve nitro cold brew, craft lattes, espresso drinks, and breakfast food across three Rhode Island locations. It complements café revenue with direct e-commerce (branded apparel, accessories, whole bean coffee) and a recurring Coffee Club subscription that ships signature Nine Lives beans. The company also distributes its nitro cold brew wholesale on tap to 70+ local restaurant, brewery, and farm stand partners.

Product overview

Nitro Coffee Bar Corp. operates as a specialty coffee company with a unified offering centered on craft nitro cold brew, espresso drinks, and food across physical cafe locations, supplemented by a subscription service and merchandise line. The core products are the Nine Lives and Smooth Operator whole bean coffees, which are served in all three brick-and-mortar cafes (Newport, RI at 404 Thames St and 2 Pond Ave; Providence, RI at 228 Broadway) and available through the Nine Lives Coffee Club subscription for home brewing. The merchandise line includes branded apparel (hoodies, t-shirts, caps) and accessories (mugs, water bottles). The company also distributes its nitro cold brew on tap at 70+ local partner locations throughout Rhode Island.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Nine Lives Whole Bean Coffee The company's medium-to-dark house-roast whole bean coffee with tasting notes of Chocolate, Walnut, and Black Cherry. Used across all three café locations for espresso, flash brew, and drip coffee, and shipped to Coffee Club subscribers.
• Smooth Operator Whole Bean Coffee Light-to-medium roast whole bean coffee with tasting notes of Red Fruits, Cranberry, and Citrus, sourced from Ethiopia, Colombia, and Honduras. Sold via the company's e-commerce store.
• Coffee Club Subscription Recurring subscription service that ships signature Nine Lives whole bean coffee directly to customers' doors, allowing them to recreate the Nitro Bar coffee experience at home.
• Café Locations (Brick & Mortar) Three physical café locations serving nitro cold brew, craft lattes, espresso drinks, and breakfast food: Newport, RI at 404 Thames St and 2 Pond Ave, and Providence, RI at 228 Broadway.
• "Somewhere Between Then And Now" Hoodie 13oz/444 GSM fleece pullover hoodie made in the U.S.A., featuring 'meet me here' on hood, embroidered 'the nitro bar' above the pocket, and location text on sleeves.
• "Mommy Needs A Drink." Tee 100% reclaimed waste cotton, 6.5oz preshrunk jersey t-shirt made in the U.S.A. with boxy unisex fit.
• "From Rhode Island to New York" Dad Cap Cotton twill regular dad cap with 6-panel construction, embroidery featuring 'the nitro bar' on the center front and location text on the back panel.
• Bink Day Bottle + Lounge Straw Cap 27oz dishwasher-safe glass water bottle with protective silicone shell and hydration tracking, BPA/Lead/Cadmium/Phthalate-free.
• "Is Whole Milk Ok?" Mug Stackable jade glass coffee mug in Jelly Blue with 8oz/230ml capacity.

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered foundational and core.

• Dash Bicycle ShopfoundationalStrategic or Co-development PartnerDash Bicycle Shop on the West End of Providence housed Nitro Bar's first brick-and-mortar location in winter 2018. This 600 square foot space became the company's permanent home and launchpad for growth to three locations.
• Local restaurants, breweries, and farm standscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorOver 50 local venues (growing to 70+) across Rhode Island serve Nitro Bar's nitro cold brew on tap. Partners include restaurants, breweries, and farm stands that offer Nitro Bar products to their customers.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Blue Bottle Coffee: Specialty third-wave coffee chain combining owned cafés, e-commerce, and subscription — the canonical comparable for a craft-focused independent looking to scale Nitro Bar's café-plus-DTC model.
• Verve Coffee Roasters: Specialty roaster combining a multi-location café footprint with direct-to-consumer bean sales — a tightly comparable peer for Nitro Bar's café + e-commerce subscription strategy.
• Joe Coffee Company: Independent specialty coffee company operating multiple cafés plus a subscription program in a major metro — a close scale and channel analog (retail + subscription) to Nitro Bar at its current stage of growth.
• Counter Culture Coffee: Specialty roaster with a strong training and wholesale focus, comparable to Nitro Bar's wholesale tap distribution model that places proprietary coffee in third-party venues.
• Equator Coffees: Specialty coffee roaster operating multiple cafés while supplying wholesale accounts, with a similar go-to-market blend of retail and B2B distribution as Nitro Bar.
• Intelligentsia Coffee: Pioneering third-wave specialty roaster with both wholesale accounts and a small café footprint, offering a direct parallel to Nitro Bar's wholesale-tap-led distribution combined with select retail locations.
• La Colombe Coffee Roasters: Specialty coffee roaster and multi-location café operator best known for popularizing draft/nitro cold brew — a direct format and concept analog to Nitro Bar's core product, with comparable wholesale-to-café business model.
• Stumptown Coffee Roasters: Third-wave specialty coffee roaster operating a hybrid café + wholesale model with single-origin offerings, comparable to Nitro Bar's vertically integrated roasting and multi-channel distribution approach.

Broad incumbents

• Peet's Coffee: Established national specialty coffee chain with a broader café footprint, retail grocery products, and subscription services — a scaled incumbent whose reach and pricing define the competitive ceiling for independent operators like Nitro Bar.

Regional players

• Bolt Coffee Company: Providence-based independent specialty coffee roaster and café operating in the same home market as Nitro Bar, representing the closest local competitive overlap in Rhode Island.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/thenitrocart
• Instagraminstagram.com/thenitrobar_
• TikToktiktok.com/@thenitrobar
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/the-nitro-bar

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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