{"id":251417,"date":"2026-04-29T19:20:43","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T19:20:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/251417\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T19:20:43","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T19:20:43","slug":"sun-bear-specialty-coffee-roasters-to-open-cafe-and-roastery-in-the-grand-central-district-this-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/251417\/","title":{"rendered":"Sun Bear Specialty Coffee Roasters to open cafe and roastery in the Grand Central District this summer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">\u201cThe building is close to where we&#8217;re at now, which is incredible, because we love our community and Sans Market,\u201d owner Kenny Beers said in a conversation with St. Pete Rising. \u201cIt feels like one big family, and I hate leaving there, but we knew at some point in time, we would need our own space.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Sun Bear plans to continue operating inside Sans Market through May 31st, with the new location expected to open in June.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">The new shop will include seating for 20 to 30 guests indoors, along with an outdoor patio behind the building.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Beers plans to incorporate a mid-century modern aesthetic with personal touches, including design elements inspired by Beers\u2019 time living in Cambodia, where he worked with at-risk children and youth.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">The space will also feature a vinyl record setup and a stronger focus on music, an influence drawn from the team\u2019s background as musicians. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Beers wants the shop to feel like a place where people can spend time and connect.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cThe building is close to where we&#8217;re at now, which is incredible, because we love our community and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":251418,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[202,204,203,199,201,200],"class_list":["post-251417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-st-petersburg","tag-st-pete","tag-st-pete-headlines","tag-st-pete-news","tag-st-petersburg","tag-st-petersburg-headlines","tag-st-petersburg-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251417","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=251417"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251417\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/251418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=251417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=251417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=251417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}