Coffee, Cajun food and board games: New retailers coming downtown with Jones 421 progress

Three new retailers are planning an opening event Saturday as they unveil new spaces in a mixed-use development in downtown Sioux Falls.

Billed as one of the first downtown condo buildings, the new Jones 421 building is slated to bring more than a half-dozen new businesses to a growing pocket of the city’s core, with the first few opening this weekend.

New businesses opening Saturday include Swamp Daddy’s Cajun Kitchen, The Source Roaster + Taproom and Game Chest.

Game Chest, a board game retailer, is a new venture from Amanda Wermers and her husband. The couple opened a pop-up store on West 10th Street last month to take advantage of 2017 holiday shoppers.

Swamp Daddy’s owner Inkka Beaudion is celebrating her first brick-and-mortar restaurant after years of serving up her Cajun-style recipes from the back of a food truck.

The Source is the brainchild of ex-roasters at Black Sheep Coffee, which closed last spring to make room for the new Kum and Go near the intersection of Grange Avenue and West 11th Street.

All three businesses are teaming up for the event this weekend, with live music from Studio B. Jazz from 5 to 9 p.m. Saturday.

Developers of the Jones 421 building are also making space for four additional retailers, including the florist Bella Rosa, dessert shop Boki Gelato, massage studio Lavender Skies and Mediterranean Grill, another eatery. The businesses are scheduled to open sometime in the next few months, and there is still space available for other retailers.