Wrecking Ball Coffee Will Make Pier 70 Its Primary Hub, With a Café Opening in Summer 2027
The San Francisco roaster leased 4,200 square feet at Pier 70 from BGRE, formerly Brookfield, for roasting, a lab, education space and a café. It expects to roast 400,000 pounds a year and to open five days a week.
By the Bay Area Brief staff · Edited by Seamus McKenna · · 3 min read
The Ferry Building and Bay Bridge at night, seen from Pier 1 in San Francisco. Photo: Daniel L. Lu / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped, resized and color-graded). Archive photo of the area; not a photo of the events in this story.
Wrecking Ball Coffee Roasters has leased 4,200 square feet at Pier 70 as its primary hub, with in-house roasting, a lab, education space and a café, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.
The San Francisco company leased the space from BGRE, formerly Brookfield. It expects to roast 400,000 pounds of coffee a year at the site, co-owner Joe Cannata told the Chronicle. The café is slated to open in summer 2027 and to operate five days a week.
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