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title: "How Black Rock Coffee Bar is doing since its IPO"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/90987db9-c9bf-495f-81bc-3701c7f1f009
source: "Restaurant Business"
original_url: https://restaurantbusinessonline.com/financing/how-black-rock-coffee-bar-doing-its-ipo
category: "Coffee & tea"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "Coffee & tea"
topics: ["Finance & M&A"]
published: 2026-09-23T17:27:02.000Z
modified: 2026-10-31T14:58:11.557Z
image: https://cdn.informaconnect.com/platform/files/public/2026-09/background/ADD-%209-23-26.jpg?VersionId=R.96lSy5MTPSkMqc90ezm7leM3gQZVSy
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# How Black Rock Coffee Bar is doing since its IPO

**TL;DR:** Black Rock Coffee Bar plans to reach 1,000 locations by 2035. The company's CEO, Mark Davis, discusses the brand's plans and strategy on the Restaurant Business podcast.

*originally published in Restaurant Business on 2026-09-23. [Read the original](https://restaurantbusinessonline.com/financing/how-black-rock-coffee-bar-doing-its-ipo).*

## Story

How does Black Rock Coffee Bar plan to get to 1,000 locations?

This week’s episode of the Restaurant Business podcast A Deeper Dive features Mark Davis, the CEO of the 200-unit coffee chain.

Davis on the podcast talks about the brand’s plans to get to 1,000 shops by 2035 and we ask him how the company plans to do that amid intense competition in the beverage market.

We talk about real estate issues. We discuss life at the company since its initial public offering last year.

And Davis talks about the chain’s secret sauce, specifically its baristas, and how the brand trains those baristas and its shop leaders.

We’re talking coffee on this week’s podcast so please check it out.

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## Entities

- unit expansion (topic)
- QSR (sector)
- Restaurant Business (publication)
- competition (topic)
- ipo (topic)
- Mark Davis (person)
- Black Rock Coffee Bar (company)
- barista training (topic)

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Originally reported by Restaurant Business (https://restaurantbusinessonline.com/financing/how-black-rock-coffee-bar-doing-its-ipo). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/90987db9-c9bf-495f-81bc-3701c7f1f009).