This beloved Wynwood-born coffee shop is closing its Miami Beach location

Miami’s most famous coffee brand is closing up shop in Miami Beach.

Leticia Pollock, who co-owns Panther Coffee with her husband Joel, announced the news on Instagram that the brand’s Sunset Harbour location will be closing after 13 years

“We did not want to leave and we did all we could,” she wrote.

Pollock went on to explain that they were unsuccessful in getting a new lease for the Miami Beach shop, located at 1875 Purdy Ave.

“Our option at some point was signing a new 10-year lease at the highest rate ever for the area,” she wrote. “A lease our small business could not afford. We tried to negotiate with no success. Although we were still searching for creative ways to make it work, we recently received an official notice that the landlord will not renew our lease. In the same email they already asked us to allow a new tenant to come take measurements. Just like that, it’s game over for our time in Sunset Harbour.”

“We remain grateful. We’ll learn what we’re ready to learn, carry the memories, and move forward content, knowing we have enough.”

The last day of service at the Miami Beach Panther Coffee will be Feb. 28. Management and barista teams will be moving to work at other Panther locations, Pollock wrote.

The news comes about a month after Panther Coffee celebrated its 15th anniversary of the opening of its first store at 2390 NW Second Ave. in Wynwood. The brand celebrated with a party that also introduced its latest venture, Panther Coffee Cuvee, a collaboration with MAWBY, a Michigan company that makes sparkling wine.

The brand is also working on a ready-to-drink cold brew and a specialty instant coffee. But its creators, who met at a coffee convention, are still focused on being good members of the coffee community.

“We want to be better, not bigger,” Pollock told the Miami Herald before the party. “We don’t have lofty goals. That’s not what it’s about for us. We just want to be good.”