Haraz Coffee House has emerged victorious in Nation’s Restaurant News’ first-ever Coffee Showdown, defeating runner-up Alfred Coffee in the competition celebrating up-and-coming emerging coffee chains. The Showdown series highlighted chains that could be the next Starbucks, and finalists and winners were determined by NRN readers themselves. The Dearborn, Michigan-based has been demonstrating growth momentum, nearly doubling its footprint to 31 locations last year while achieving 78.5% sales growth. Alfred Coffee, the West Hollywood-based “neighborhood coffee shop of Los Angeles,” secured second place. It had 25 locations at the end of last year and 13.2% sales growth.