After roughly two years of serving farmers market lattes, a popular Overland Park coffee spot is saying goodbye.

Black Rose Coffee Co. has now closed its brick-and-mortar storefront after just a few months open. Its mobile operation at the farmers market will follow, leaving the market by the end of the month.

Black Rose’s brick-and-mortar store opened at 11216 Switzer Road

• During the mornings and afternoons, Black Rose operated out of cocktail bar Entity Lounge, on the ground level of the CityPlace development in Overland Park.
• Previously, Entity Lounge was both a coffee shop and a cocktail bar, but Black Rose took over the coffee side this summer.
• Black Rose opened there in August but had left the space by the end of October.

Black Rose launched at the farmers market last year

Owner Marissa Ray and her brother, Dustin Hogue, purchased a 1960s trailer in late 2023 and turned it into Black Rose Coffee Co.

The mobile coffee spot began making appearances at the Overland Park Farmers Market last year, before the farmers market reopened at Clock Tower Landing and became a year-round operation.

Black Rose’s name combined two things: Ray’s daughter’s name (Riley Rose Ray) and the name of another favorite coffee shop of hers in the area, Black Dog Coffeehouse in Lenexa.

The shop was known for a variety of coffee drinks made with beans from local roaster Hermetheus Coffee and housemade syrups, as well as its breakfast sandwiches and burritos.

The owner is shifting into a new chapter

Shortly after Black Rose took over the daytime operations at Entity, Ray and her family received some personal news that she said warranted a pivot.

“Black Rose has grown and changed so much since we started, and I’m incredibly proud of what we were able to build,” she said in a statement to the Post. “At the same time, I reached a point where I knew I could not continue giving the business the time, consistency and energy I would want to give it. On my end personally, my priorities and capacity have also changed significantly over the last several months.”

Though the brick-and-mortar storefront is already closed, Black Rose will continue to pop up on farmers market mornings through Nov. 21.

“For our remaining farmers market dates, I’m really looking forward to getting to connect with our customers a few more times and close out Black Rose in the community that has supported us so much,” she said. “The Overland Park Farmers Market has been such a huge part of our story, so I wouldn’t want to finish this chapter anywhere else.”

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