Roasted every half hour, for three generations.
Prestogeorge is the family-run corner of Penn Avenue where 200+ coffees and 300+ loose-leaf teas have been weighed out by hand since the 1960s — and where the roaster never gets a day off.
What the regulars carry out
Sixty years of bestsellers, straight from the wall — online or over the counter.
Signature Blends
House recipes refined over three generations — the cups regulars never switch from.
Shop coffee
Barrel-Aged Coffee
Beans rested in Wigle Whiskey bourbon barrels, then roasted in-store. Limited runs.
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Loose-Leaf Teas
Three hundred varieties from one of Pittsburgh's oldest tea importers, sold by the ounce.
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Gift Boxes
Coffee, tea, local honey and sweets, wrapped the old way and shipped anywhere.
Shop giftsPick your side of the shop
Coffee
Single-origins, signature blends, dark roasts and rarities — roasted every thirty minutes.
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Tea
Black, green, oolong, white and botanical — imported loose, the way it's been done here for decades.
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Gifts & More
Gift boxes, brewing gear, syrups and gourmet finds from the Strip District shelves.
Explore giftsMost shops roast weekly.
We roast before your parking meter runs out.
Depending on the season, 500 to 1,000 pounds of green coffee move through the roaster every single day — in small batches, every thirty minutes, right behind the counter. That smell pouring onto Penn Avenue? That's inventory.
Fresh roast, on repeat.
A Prestogeorge subscription puts beans roasted on our half-hour schedule on your doorstep, on your schedule — weekly, biweekly or monthly. Set it once and the freshest coffee in Pittsburgh becomes the freshest coffee in your kitchen.
- Roasted the same day your order ships
- Swap coffees, skip or pause anytime
- Whole bean or ground for your brewer
A family business that never let the roaster cool.
John Prestogeorge started roasting his own coffee in the early 1960s because nothing he could buy was good enough. His son Stan brought the craft to the Strip District in 1981. Today the third generation weighs out beans at the same counter.
That's the whole secret — somebody named Prestogeorge has been here the entire time.
Penn Avenue talks
“Completely drawn in by the incredible smell of coffee wafting out onto the street.”Google Review
“It smells like heaven in here for a coffee lover.”Yelp Review
“They just have that way of making you feel important, like family.”Google Review
Follow your nose down Penn Avenue
1719 Penn Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15222
Mon–Fri 8:30–4 · Sat 8:30–5 · Sun 9–4