Well that is unfortunate.
Agreed, liked the bean!
Not sure how the new coffee house will turn out, but I believe the Sheridan people ran into a snafu during remodeling (of the old bean) which required them to do some unanticipated structural work to stabilize the building ... so the opening has been postponed until later in the summer. However, the Sheridan should have their new rooftop bar open by Bluegrass ... which should be interesting.
Still plenty of coffee around town - apparently, Arroyo (wine bar kinda near ACE) recently procurred an espresso machine.