08/25/2026
This month’s coffee shop highlight comes from CEO Dave Berck, and his pick is a throwback. Dave’s spot is PT’s Coffee, which used to occupy the student union at KU Edwards Campus. Level Five was a fully remote workplace at the time (before it was common or cool) and met at PT’s when the team needed an occasional in-person collaboration spot.
The team’s barista back then was Pete Licata, who went on to win the World Barista Championship in 2013. Dave and crew were Pete’s willing guinea pigs as he developed competition-worthy drinks and tried them out on the team. PT’s has since been replaced by a LaMar’s, but here’s a photo from when Dave, UX director Jeff Swartz, and former L5 designer Jessica De La Cruz returned years later to sit at L5's old table one more time.