A locally owned coffee roaster is putting down roots in downtown Las Vegas's Arts District, with a new shop set to open inside the historic Mission Linen building at 1001 S. First St., Suite 150. Mothership Coffee Roasters is calling it the seventh location for the Vegas-born company, which is owned by Juanny Romero and has grown to a crew of about 125 people.
According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Mothership is throwing a block party from 9 a.m. to noon on Nov. 14, kicked off by a 9 a.m. ribbon-cutting. The first 100 customers at the event are set to walk away with free bags of coffee, a detail the paper reports came straight from the company's own announcement.
The celebration will also include a chance to win something a little bigger than a coffee bag. The outlet notes that Mothership's Instagram post laid out how customers could enter to win a $100 Mothership gift card during the same event.
A New Kind of Mothership Outpost
The Arts District shop is shaping up to be more than just another counter for lattes. Per Mothership Coffee's own site, the location will include expanded space for co-working along with a dedicated, rentable meeting room and event space — a setup aimed at drawing in people who want to linger well past their first cup. The company's page describes the move as its Vegas-born brand expanding into the Arts District in October 2026.
The Review-Journal also frames Mothership as the second-largest woman-owned business in the Vegas area, a notable distinction for a coffee company that started small. Romero now serves as its CEO, overseeing an operation that has spread across the valley well beyond its original roots.
Where Else to Find Mothership
Beyond the new Arts District spot, the Review-Journal's rundown of Mothership's footprint includes stores at Fergusons Downtown, The Bend in the southwest, a Summerlin location, and two shops in Henderson. The company also operates Sunrise Coffee powered by Mothership, located across from Sunset Park.
That Sunrise Coffee connection carries some history. The same company page notes that Sunrise Coffee opened in 2008 and describes itself as the longest-running independent coffee shop in Las Vegas — the cafe where Romero's passion for coffee first took hold, according to the brand's own account on its Sunrise Coffee page. The Bend location, meanwhile, is pitched on Mothership's Southwest page as having landed at what it calls the Southwest's premier destination.
Another Valley Location Planned
Mothership is planning a Las Vegas Valley coffee shop at BLVD Las Vegas, next to In-N-Out and Netflix House.
Founded in Las Vegas in 2012 by Romero and Josh Walter, Mothership has built its name from a single neighborhood cafe into a roaster with a presence scattered across the valley. The Arts District opening marks another expansion for a company that keeps finding new corners of Las Vegas to serve coffee in.
