Solid State opened in October 2020 on West 71st Street, and the team says it was the first place on the Upper West Side to roast everything on site. The team found its Bellwether roaster at a Specialty Coffee Association expo, and a Bellwether regional sales manager helped install it.
Roaster Nathanael sources several lots from Unblended Coffee, a long-time partner working with producers across Colombia, and visited the country for its Development Camp in March 2026. Lit wooden shelves of beans and ceramics climb one dark wall of a narrow room that runs back from the street door along a long white counter with a red La Marzocco, then opens into a rear room of timber tables and a banquette.
