Red Cup, Real Coffee — a neighborhood coffee shop & coworking space in Worcester, MA. Opening 2026.
Franchising

One day, a Red Cup in every neighborhood.

We're opening our first Red Cup in Worcester in 2026. If it works the way we hope, we'd love to see the idea travel — and we're already hearing from people who want to help it.

the Red Cup counter, bright and inviting, red cup on the bar
The idea

What we'd want any Red Cup to be

If we ever open the model up, these are the things we'd never compromise on — the reasons the first one exists.

Coffee first

Every location earns its name on the quality of the cup — no shortcuts, wherever it lands.

Room to work

The coworking side comes with it — the point isn't just coffee, it's a place to build.

Local at heart

Owned by people from the neighborhood, serving the neighborhood. Never a faceless chain.

The path

First things first

We're focused on getting one location genuinely right before we think about the next. Here's the honest order of things.

01

Open in Worcester (2026)

Get the first Red Cup right — the coffee, the space, the community.

02

Learn what works

Listen, refine, and prove the model in one place before repeating it.

03

Talk to interested partners

Meet the people who've registered interest and share where our thinking's at.

04

Grow, carefully

Only with the right partners, in the right places, and never at the cost of the cup.

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