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Cherrybomb Coffee opens a new location in Baton Rouge
Calling all coffee connoisseurs – there’s a new coffee truck set up just outside of LSU’s campus on West Chimes Street that should be added to the rotation of your daily caffeine fixes. Cherrybomb Coffee Co. is bringing its flavors to Baton Rouge “for the long haul” with a new look out of a 1973 […]

Calling all coffee connoisseurs – there’s a new coffee truck set up just outside of LSU’s campus on West Chimes Street that should be added to the rotation of your daily caffeine fixes.
Cherrybomb Coffee Co. is bringing its flavors to Baton Rouge “for the long haul” with a new look out of a 1973 Airstream trailer that has never been anywhere else other than its newfound concrete slab home. While new to most, some LSU students may have seen a similar looking trailer parked outside of their sorority once or twice before.

25-year-old Noah McLain was born and raised in Covington, Louisiana, and first started Cherrybomb Coffee when he was a 19-year-old freshman at Southeastern Louisiana University.
“I decided I wanted to roast my own coffee beans, so I started roasting coffee beans in my parents’ garage in 2019,” McLain said.
Every step taken on this journey is a stepping stone toward the bigger end goal, McLain said. After he got the hang of roasting coffee beans, he built his own coffee cart and started hauling it around Southern Louisiana to get the word out about his coffee.
In 2021, McLain upgraded from just a cart to his company’s first trailer, iconically named Clementine. The coffee cart and trailer combo gave Cherrybomb Coffee a boost in exposure – from private events like weddings and baby showers to small pop-ups for LSU Greek Life, word about Cherrybomb Coffee quickly made its way around.
Cherrybomb Coffee also saw its first location open up in Mandeville, Louisiana, in 2021 after the COVID-19 pandemic simmered down. McLain spent the entirety of the pandemic roasting coffee beans and shipping orders around the country, but he was ready to get the ball back rolling. He signed the lease and kept his business moving forward all while managing the demands of being a college student.
“I would skip class to go work sometimes,” McLain said.

McLain graduated in 2022 and it’s been all cherry red for him since. In addition to the Mandeville location, Cherrybomb Coffee expanded to Madisonville, Louisiana, to open its headquarters location in 2023.
Around the time the first location opened up, people from Baton Rouge started to call. McLain said he was doing multiple catering events and sometimes even hitting two to three sororities a day. The company’s rise in popularity around town led to his desire to open a location in Baton Rouge.
“We got really popular on campus,” McLain said. “The university has hired us to serve coffee here for special events. Baton Rouge in general, we’re constantly out here … I’ve been looking for a spot here for about a year and a half.”
After a long and hard search, McLain found a concrete slab available for rent that he just couldn’t pass up. He got married a little over two months ago and signed the lease while on his honeymoon, marking the beginning of his newest coffee trailer journey.
While the menu features some of the shop’s popular specialties and traditional classics, there’s also two new drinks available that are LSU-themed and unique to the Baton Rouge location: Mike’s Matcha and Bengal Brew. The trailer also offers CounterSpace baked goods and breakfast sandwiches.
Cherrybomb Coffee is open for business and here to stay throughout the school year at 136 W. Chimes Street. During the summer, the trailer is open seven days a week from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Hours are subject to change once classes begin and football season returns.