Fourth generation family coffee company still roasting in Highland Park - WDET 101.9 FM

Fourth generation family coffee company still roasting in Highland Park - WDET 101.9 FM

The Becharas Brothers Coffee Co. is celebrating 112 years of business this year. It was founded in 1914 by to Greek immigrant brothers in Chicago. They invited their nephew move the states as well to come work with them in the 1920s. It was him, Dean D. Becharas, who opened a branch in Detroit and then later Highland Park.Today the Highland Park roasting plant is the last remaining location of the company, and the last institutional roaster in t…