Cable Car Coffee Company Inc.®

The company was founded by Mr. George Lyons in 1986 and formally incorporated in 1988. Prior to opening the first store, Mr. Lyons spent two full years in research and development to determine how the company could create a unique All American niche in the gourmet coffee business.

While working with the architectural firm of Skidmore Owings and Merrill to fulfill their requirement to develop an exciting concept in the lobby of Bank of America's Data Technology Headquarters, Mr. Lyons conceived the idea of a replica of the San Francisco Cable Car.

The San Francisco Cable car has a million dollar recognition factor. It is recognized around the world as the American symbol of San Francisco, "everyone's favorite city", and it imparts a positive image of warmth and long term stability.

During a fifteen year period (1986 to 2001) Cable Car Coffee Company Inc. has developed and refined its unique concept to where they now have stores in operation in Northern California with additional stores in Hong Kong and Japan under License Agreements.

Our engineering has enabled us to create a complete self contained gourmet coffee store that permits you to relocate the entire invested capital when a lease expires, thereby eliminating downside risks.

These stores have proven our operation and management systems, the quality of our product and services, and have demonstrated the long-term stability of Cable Car Coffee Company Inc.