We’Re Back!

Brewer’s IS NOW OPEN at 1125 Bainbridge Street.

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Located in the heart of the Southside of Richmond, Virginia. Brewer's Cafe is an award winning coffee shop owned and operated by Ajay Brewer, His Wife, Joy, And 3 Sons; Parker, Cairo and Juice.

 The mission is lofty, but the task is simple: serve up an exceptional brew. Brewer's Cafe works with Red Rooster Coffee Roaster out of Floyd, Virginia to get beans that are bold, complex, and always ethically and sustainably sourced. The Brew Crew is fanatical about turning this raw material into an uncompromisingly good cup of coffee.   The menu features made-to-order sandwiches like the house specialty, the Brewer's Club - fresh turkey, Virginia ham, thick-cut bacon and Sriracha mayo on toasted potato bread. Sweets from local bakers The Treat Shop, Poor Georgie's Bake Shoppe & Cupcakery, and beer from Virginia breweries, and over 25 different whiskeys round out the fare.  A master of the Rubik's cube, Ajay has a penchant for thinking a few steps ahead. While the crew is confident there will one day be Brewer's all over the city, for now their focus is on Manchester. For Ajay being part of the budding neighborhood means an opportunity to be a force for positive transformation, not just for himself and his family, but for the city that made him.

Despite a name that would suggest otherwise, Ajay Brewer didn't always know he was destined for the coffee business. Instead, the Richmond native spent his twenties buying and selling stocks, first with a firm in Washington, DC then with TD Ameritrade back home in Richmond. But the birth of his first son and a dying passion for the corporate hustle, kept Ajay up many nights thinking about what his legacy would be.

For a long time, he had felt an overwhelming sense of helplessness and sadness in that many of our people tend to abandon our underserved communities and invest their resources and money elsewhere. He realized he had the opportunity to make a difference and that he could start a business with his family in a once forgotten community in his home town. That's when Ajay decided to turn an idea his friend gave him years ago; to open a coffee shop, into a reality.

Brewer's Cafe opened on Bainbridge Street in the Blackwell/Manchester neighborhood on Richmond’s south side in October of 2015 with the mission to serve up the best coffee in the city and mouth-watering eats in a down-to-earth, welcoming atmosphere overflowing with a strong sense of community, good music, and good vibes.

Phone

(804)

Location

1125 Bainbridge Street
Southside
Richmond, VA 23224

Hours

Mon - Sun 7a–2p