Lauren Crabbe, a former Blue Bottle lead barista, and Michael McCrory started Andytown in 2014 on Lawton Street, where roasting, baking, and service shared one room. A Taraval Street site is now the roastery and training lab, and as of October 2026 there are nine cafés in San Francisco, from Lawton Street to 66 Kearny Street in FiDi, plus one more in Menlo Park.
The Wind & Sea blend combines Colombian and Ethiopian lots, and the online shop also sells single origins from Burundi, Mexico, and Indonesia. The company says it is a WBENC-certified women-owned business and a San Francisco Green Business.