Located just off of Mass Ave, the Commissary Barber & Barista focuses on serving Indy locals high-quality coffee and pastries. 

Tyler Niehaus, a barista at The Commissary Barber & Barista, stressed the importance coffee shops play in everyday life for Indy residents. “A lot of memories are made over a cup of coffee.” 

He says many big life events are often celebrated at coffee shops. 

Niehaus also says that because customers use more sophisticated tools and methods at home to make their own coffee, they enter a coffee shop with higher demands and standards for quality coffee that is responsibly sourced. He says The Commissary Barber & Barista blends are sourced from roasteries in Louisville, Brooklyn, and Berkley, California.    

The Commissary Barber & Barista also publicly shares how much farmers were paid for their product before the coffee made its way to America. Niehaus says this is part of becoming a more responsible and sustainable consumer of the commodity.   

Along with coffee, The Commissary will serve fresh pastries at the upcoming MOkAO Chocolate and Coffee Festival on April 11-13. Vanessa Perez, a barista at The Commissary, says she looks forward to sharing her pastry creations at the festival. She says, “It’s kind of a dream.”