Coffee Cart Boys is a Pasadena-based specialty coffee and tea catering company serving Greater Los Angeles and Southern California. Founded in 2020 by Emilio Daniel Vasquez. Black & minority-owned. Inaugural cohort of Intuit’s IDEAS Accelerator (2023, Los Angeles). For press inquiries, contact team@coffeecartboys.com.
Featured press
Intuit · October 2024
Emilio Vasquez: From Unhoused to CEO Entrepreneur, A Story of Resilience
Intuit’s official blog profile of Coffee Cart Boys founder Emilio Daniel Vasquez, published after CCB graduated from the inaugural Los Angeles cohort of Intuit’s IDEAS Accelerator. Covers Emilio’s journey from experiencing homelessness and food insecurity to building a specialty coffee catering business with enterprise clients including Intuit, Cushman & Wakefield, Aston Martin, and Hyundai.
VoyageLA
Hidden Gems: Meet Emilio Daniel Vasquez of Coffee Cart Boys
VoyageLA’s “Hidden Gems & Local Stories” interview series featuring Coffee Cart Boys’ founder. Covers the early days of the business and what makes specialty coffee catering different in the Los Angeles event market.
Shoutout SoCal
Meet Emilio Daniel Vasquez, Founder of Coffee Cart Boys
Shoutout SoCal’s local-stories feature on the founder and origin of Coffee Cart Boys.
Collabs.io (Formerly Subkit) · Stories of Entrepreneurship
Coffee Cart Boys — Collabs.io Mag
Collabs.io Mag “Stories of Entrepreneurship” feature, covering the operational decisions and founder mindset behind building Coffee Cart Boys.
About Coffee Cart Boys (for press)
Coffee Cart Boys is a Pasadena-based specialty coffee and tea catering company serving Greater Los Angeles, Orange County, the Inland Empire, Santa Barbara, San Diego, and Ventura County. We provide mobile coffee bar service for weddings, corporate events, brand activations, film and television production, and ongoing on-site office residencies. Our standard offerings include espresso drinks, drip coffee, cold brew, matcha, tea, and gourmet pastries — all served by trained, ServSafe-certified baristas on commercial-grade equipment.
Founded: 2020
Founder: Emilio Daniel Vasquez
Headquarters: Pasadena, California
Ownership: Black & minority-owned
Fleet: Three mobile coffee carts, scalable to multi-cart enterprise activations
Capacity: 50–75 specialty drinks per hour per barista
Notable affiliation: Inaugural cohort (Class of 2023, Los Angeles) of Intuit’s IDEAS Accelerator
Press contact
For interview requests, press inquiries, photography permissions, and quotes from founder Emilio Daniel Vasquez:
Email: team@coffeecartboys.com
Phone: +1 (626) 217-2021
Brand assets
Logo files, founder headshots, event photography, and product images are available on request for editorial use. Please credit “Coffee Cart Boys” and link to coffeecartboys.com where possible.
Coffee Cart Boys is on Instagram: @coffeecartboys