“We initially approached Sarah about roasting some coffee for a couple of beer projects,” said Jon Zerivitz, co-founder of Union Craft Brewing. I want to create a comfortable space for community, and a place where people can come and let out their worries and take in something better…hence our name Vent,” she said. “To me, coffee shops are so much more than just coffee. With picnic tables and stools at the espresso bar, Vent will have what Walker calls a “garage chill vibe.” “We have already done a collaboration with Union Craft Brewing and I can’t wait to do more with them and hopefully other Collective tenants.”ĭesigned by Walker herself using Ripristino Remodeling to bring her vision to life, the café will be located at the two bays of what was once the building’s loading dock, with one roll up door at the store front and one made of stationary glass plus two skylights to fill the space with an abundance of natural light. “I have been looking at other places to expand my operation but nothing felt like the right risk until Adam and Jon approached me about Union Collective,” she added. For the past two years, Vent has operated inside the Argosy Café inside the Munsey Building on N. Over the past 11 years, Walker has transitioned from barista to manager to roaster in an evolution spanning the West and East coasts and a myriad of cafés. Teas will be provided by locally-owned Wight Tea Co. For food, Vent plans to serve locally sourced pastries, and Walker’s own family recipes of baklava and Greek butter cookies. Leasing 1,900 square feet for a small-batch roaster and a full coffee and espresso bar with seats for 40 to 45 people, Vent will offer traditional espresso drinks, Nitro Cold Brew on tap, and coffee ‘mock’-tails, as well as slow bar options of Aeropress and Chemex. 8, 2017 – Vent Coffee Roasters, a Baltimore business owned by longtime barista and coffee professional Sarah Walker, will open its first brick and mortar café and espresso bar inside Union Collective by early Spring 2018. ![]() With Vent’s addition, the brewery says Union Collective is now 80 percent leased.Vent Coffee Roasters Will Open Its First Brick and Mortar Café at Union Collective Coffee Shop Will Offer Locally Sourced Baked Goods, Wholesale Roasting and Artist EventsīALTIMORE, Nov. Vent wound up supplying coffee for the brewery’s AM Gold cream ale and Pajama Pants oatmeal stout. Walker said she first connected with Union Craft this past winter through a friend who told her the brewery was seeking a local roaster-collaborator. Most of the businesses, including Vent, are preparing to open by spring of 2018. Earth Treks is also building a rock climbing gym there with 10,000 square feet of terrain. So far, the collective is filling up: the Baltimore Whiskey Company, The Charmery and Huckle’s brand hot sauce are all relocating production into spaces inside the warehouse. The brewery is building out its own 50,000-square-foot headquarters next door, with plans to move there from its Woodberry location just down the road next year. The six-year-old Woodberry brewery bought 138,000 square feet of space at the southern edge of Medfield (near I-83) last year, with plans to create a hub for Baltimore-born companies and merchants. Union Collective is a “Made-in-Baltimore”-themed community headed up by Union Craft Brewing. “It’s just as much about the community and relationships that you build as the quality.” ![]() “It just puts down a lot of the pretension” attached to some coffee shops, she said of her design. She said she hopes to achieve a similar “garage feel” in Medfield. While living out west, she worked for a coffee roaster in Reno that converted an old tow garage into a functional shop. Her company became the in-house roaster for Argosy Café in 2015. She moved back to Maryland from the West Coast in 2012, and worked at Spro in Hampden from May 2012 through 2014. Walker has worked in Baltimore’s coffee scene for years, and has 11 years of experience in coffee altogether. In addition to serving coffee and baked goods, Walker also plans to showcase local artists’ work. For food, Walker plans to offer Baklava and Greek butter cookies, made with her own family recipes, and locally made pastries. ![]() ![]() Customers will be able to sit at picnic tables or stools at the espresso bar, with room for up to 45 people.ĭrink options will include espresso drinks, nitro cold brew, coffee “mock-tails,” Chemex pour-over coffee and Aeropress coffee. The shop will be designed to let in lots of natural light though a glass door and two skylights. The company’s new 1,900-square-foot café will be situated at the foot of what was once a loading dock for the warehouse at 1700 W. “The whole idea of the ‘Vent’ name is that people can come and let out their frustrations and worries, and just breathe and take in something better,” Walker said in an interview Wednesday.
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