Updated Aug. 3 at 6:00 p.m. to include statements made by Summer Moon Coffee Bar co-owner Bruce Karnes.
Posted Aug. 3 at 4:37 p.m.
Summer Moon Coffee Bar will replace Trianon-The Coffee Place at the West Woods shopping center in early 2018, property management company First Washington Realty Inc. confirmed in a news release Thursday.
“We are thrilled that Summer Moon Coffee Bar will continue the great tradition that Trianon began in 1985—providing artisan coffee and a local gathering place for the residents of Westlake," Wright Sigmund, First Washington Realty Inc.'s vice president, said in the release. "We would like to thank Trianon Coffee for [its] long service and dedication to the neighborhood. We strive to partner with dynamic tenants like Summer Moon Coffee Bar who can bring authentic offerings to our shopping center and engender a sense of place for the community.”
Trianon co-owner Michael Sexton told
Community Impact Newspaper Wednesday
the cafe was not offered an opportunity to renew its lease at 3201 Bee Caves Road, Ste. 163, West Lake Hills, and will be closing its doors in December after 30 years of business.
Summer Moon co-owner Bruce Karnes said a First Washington representative approached his company earlier this year and asked if Summer Moon would be interested in occupying the space since First Washington intended not to renew the Trianon lease when it expires at the end of the year.
Summer Moon plans to open in late-February or early-March, after the company remodels the Trianon space, he said.
"We don't have any [coffee bars] on that side of town," Karnes said. "We had people asking us if we were going into West Lake Hills."
Summer Moon Coffee Bar announced July 11 that the company would open a location in the Trails at 620, 8300 N. FM 620, Ste. 300G, Austin, in the Four Points area by December. The coffee bar opened a new site in Kyle today.
Leslee Bassman contributed to this story.