Megan Raposa

mraposa@argusleader.com

A new coffee shop is coming to uptown Sioux Falls, but the locally roasted brew will be familiar to many.

Dakota Coffee Roasters, the roasting company behind Black Sheep’s 12th Street and Grange Avenue location, announced a new brand and a new location Saturday.

The Source Coffee Roastery and Taproom is set to open in late summer inside the Jones 421 building at 421 N. Phillips Ave.

The Source will serve coffee roasted by Matthew Pitts, longtime roaster at Black Sheep, and the store will introduce signature craft beer from artisan brewers.

“We love the idea of serving handcrafted products that focus on quality of ingredients along with the artisanship and skill that influences the production,” said owner Kristin Chau.

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Black Sheep and Dakota Coffee Roasters’ Grange Avenue location will close March 28, and the building will be torn down to pave way for a new Kum & Go marketplace store.

Black Sheep had been at that location since 2002, and the building has housed a coffee shop in since the mid-90s when it opened as a branch of Great Plains Coffee Co.

When Chau learned that the building had been purchased, she said the conversation immediately shifted to looking at the future of the roasting company.

“There was no way we could let down a community that has always stood by our side,” Chau said. “It is the simple fact that this community is too good to leave behind, and that is why we are choosing to relocate.”

Chau said the company will be down for two weeks while the new location goes through construction, but during that time, The Source will operate a pop-up shop at The Bakery on North Main Avenue. Customers can also buy coffee at www.thesourcesf.com.

Letting go of the Black Sheep location has been an emotional process, but Chau said that the decision to rebrand came from a recognition that Black Sheep could not be replicated.

“At the end of the day, we will remain deeply rooted in the local community,” she said. “And we will forever be a place of gathering.”