A coffee cart that started serving espresso and matcha out of a church courtyard in West Palm Beach is about to become a full-fledged storefront. Jelly Bean Coffee, run by Amanda and Anthony Sciarrino, is opening a brick-and-mortar shop at 3700 S Dixie Hwy #4, bringing indoor and outdoor seating to a business that began as a home operation with a single Breville espresso machine.
Before landing its own address, Jelly Bean Coffee ran as a cart in the courtyard of Memorial Presbyterian Church at 1300 S Olive Ave, according to the shop's own Facebook page, operating Tuesday through Friday with espresso drinks, matcha, and housemade syrups. The church itself has deep roots in the area — it was established in 1924 and rebuilt by hand after being destroyed in the 1928 Palm Beach hurricane, per Memorial Presbyterian Church, and sits near the Norton Museum of Art. Amanda and Anthony Sciarrino are now designing their new coffee shop space themselves, and Amanda told Business Debut that they are excited to create a space fully from them.
From Home Kitchen to Community Cart
Per that same Business Debut report, Jelly Bean Coffee began as a home cafe, with the couple serving friends and family before Amanda decided she wanted to open a real coffee shop. They experimented with different coffee beans and matcha, then invested in a cart, a better coffee grinder, and a better espresso machine to take the concept public. Amanda also reached out to potential pop-up venues and event organizers to find places to set up shop.
That legwork paid off. Jelly Bean Coffee has hosted summer clothing markets across South Florida, serving coffee at those events, and the couple has taken part in other community gatherings along the way. The business, the outlet notes, has operated for about a year and a half and built a base of regulars and enthusiasts who followed it from market to market.
Landing on Antique Row
The new location places Jelly Bean Coffee inside West Palm Beach's Antique Row Art & Design District, a corridor along South Dixie Highway between Belvedere Road and Southern Boulevard that's home to more than 40 antique shops, art galleries, and specialty restaurants, according to The Palm Beaches. The building at 3700 S Dixie Hwy already draws its own crowd — it's also home to Belle & Maxwell's, an Italian bistro and teahouse that has operated on Antique Row for more than 20 years with garden patio dining and handmade pasta, as reported by Palm Beach Illustrated.
The stretch of South Dixie Highway also closes to vehicular traffic every spring for Evening on Antique Row, a street festival and fundraiser produced with the Historical Society of Palm Beach County that marked its 31st annual event this past April, per the City of West Palm Beach. The event brings food, drinks, art, and open-air shopping directly to the block where Jelly Bean Coffee is now setting up shop.
What's on the Menu, and What's Left to Finalize
Once open, the shop will offer empanadas, quiche, toast, and sourdough-based croissants, partnering with local bakers to fill out the food menu alongside its coffee and matcha lineup. Amanda and Anthony Sciarrino say they're drawing inspiration from European and Asian cafes for the new space, and they plan to use the shop for community events. Business Debut reports the shop is expected to debut before the end of 2026, though a firm opening date has not been announced.
Getting there involves more than picking out furniture. Opening a brick-and-mortar coffee shop with customer seating in Florida requires securing a Permanent Food Service license and passing a pre-opening sanitation inspection through the state's Department of Business and Professional Regulation, which requires plan reviews before licensure, per DBPR. Florida's regulatory framework treats mobile food dispensing vehicles as a distinct category with their own plan reviews, fees, and permits, according to the University of Florida Extension.
A Growing Cafe Corridor
Jelly Bean Coffee isn't the only new java venture eyeing South Dixie Highway. Coastal dining concept Drift Palm Beach announced plans in August to open a second location on the corridor serving coffee, smoothies, and breakfast items. Local roaster Pumphouse Coffee Roasters, which built its following through local markets, also expanded its footprint this year by soft-opening a coffee bar at 300 Banyan Blvd downtown, according to the brand's Facebook page.
The activity fits into a larger wave of hospitality growth across West Palm Beach, including the $1 billion, 160,000-square-foot Nora District redevelopment on North Railroad Avenue, which soft-opened last September with retail and cafe additions like Sunday Motor Co., as Hoodline previously reported. For Jelly Bean Coffee, the leap from courtyard cart to full storefront marks the next chapter for a business that started with friends, family, and one espresso machine at home.
