[3] Water Avenue signed a lease on a new roasting facility at Southeast 8th and Main in 2015, joining the flagship cafe Water Avenue and Southeast Taylor.

[4][5] The business also began selling barrel-aged coffee in 2015.

[6] Chef Ryan Kennedy launched an expanded food menu at the Water Avenue cafe in 2016.

[9] Brittany Fowler selected Water Avenue Coffee to represent Portland in Business Insider's 2015 list of the best coffee shops in 13 major cities in the U.S.[10] Willamette Week included the downtown location in a 2016 list of "our favorite 11 new cafes and roasters in Portland".

[11] Samantha Bakall included the business in The Oregonian's 2017 list of the ten best coffee shops in downtown Portland.