History
Gillies' roots go back in New York to the early days of the republic. This small, local, family owned business has been a citizen of Brooklyn for almost a quarter-century. Since the 1800's Gillies has set the gold standard in American coffee roasting, and environmental sensitivity, and was among the first roasters to take steps to protect the environment and its neighbors from coffee roasting emissions, as noted by the New York Times in 1953. Today,