Appalachian Sage, a Lexington açai and smoothie shop, will switch ownership on April 1. The store will be rebranding as Wildberry Market and will be co-owned by Season Yield Farm’s owner, Daniel Shear, and one of its managers. It will largely maintain its current smoothie and açai menu, with some changes and additions, Shear said.

Shear said he learned just last month that Season’s Yield’s lease at Haywood’s would be ending in mid-April. Season’s Yield had been running the café for the last three years at that location.

But “an issue turned into an awesome opportunity,” Shear said, when he learned Appalachian Sage was interested in selling its location. Appalachian Sage owner Sarah Littlefair said it’s working out for them, too.

“Time is a luxury not afforded to small business owners, and that’s what I was looking to get back,” Littlefair said.

Littlefair has been running Appalachian Sage for almost three years, she said. Appalachian Sage will be open until April 1, when it changes ownership. The building will be under renovations until Wildberry Market opens on April 22.

The three weeks of changes for Wildberry will include new furniture, artwork, hanging plants and plumbing for an espresso machine, Shear said.

“The aesthetic will be different,” Shear said. “I think the essence and the feel will be very different, while the product and the consistent offerings will remain the same.”

Shear said to preserve the quality and consistency, he is keeping two Appalachian Sage staff members, as well as bringing staff from Season’s Yield.

Season’s Yield employs 18 people, nine of whom are staffed full-time, Shear said.

“By losing the outlet for bread and pastries and coffee, we lose 50% of our revenue,” Shear said. “So the options were to lay off a significant portion of our workforce for an undetermined amount of time until the café opens, or find another outlet.”

Season’s Yield is awaiting completion of its new café, which is expected to be ready in mid-June, Shear said. The building will be across the street from Pure Eats.

Until then, Wildberry Market will double as a juice bar and coffee shop. The café will keep Appalachian Sage’s açai and smoothie offerings.

“This new chapter, albeit surprising, is just awesome,” Shear said.

But Season’s Yield isn’t the only café stirring things up this month.

Lexington Coffee Shop temporarily closed in early March, according to a Main Street Lexington post. Lex Co, as W&L students affectionately call it, will reopen as Lex Co Coffees, under the direction of former manager Rachael Rooney.

It’s unclear exactly when the shop plans to reopen. Curated Interiors’ press release says there will be a “short pause for coffee lovers.”

The building on West Washington Street was recently purchased by Jon and Karen Landis.

The building is undergoing renovations after the change in ownership, said Helen Bisset, a co-owner of Curated Interiors. Curated Interiors is a local commercial design team helping to make the changes.

“Construction hasn’t even begun yet,” Bisset said.

The renovations will modernize the building, adding climate control and fixing some of the building’s accessibility problems, Curated Interiors said. But the café will keep some traditions including its mug wall, where regulars can keep their favorite mugs, according to the press release.

The press release said Lex Co Coffees aims to reopen as a revitalized downtown destination, ready to serve the Shenandoah Valley for years to come.