Black Acres Roastery to close its stall at Lexington Market

This Saturday will be the last day to grab a Black Acres Roastery coffee from Lexington Market.

The small-batch coffee roaster company announced Tuesday it was leaving the market, citing lower-than-expected performance, its CEO shared in an Instagram post.

“We poured our hearts, time, energy, and resources into making it successful,” Travis Bell wrote. “The reality is that the location has not performed in a way that allows us to sustainably continue operating there.”

Black Acres Roastery’s cafe inside Open Works in the Station North District will remain open, and people can buy coffee beans and gallons of brew from the company online.

Black Acres Roastery isn’t the first vendor to leave the historic market over performance. Ovenbird Bakery closed its stall at Lexington Market in March 2024 after a year of data collection revealed the site didn’t get as many patrons as their Highlandtown and Little Italy locations.

The market, which has been around since 1782, debuted its new building in late 2022 after a $45 million renovation as part of efforts to revitalize downtown Baltimore. A year after reopening, vendors at Lexington Market said that although working conditions were better in the new building, some struggled to keep up with their bills.

A representative from Baltimore Public Markets Corporation, which manages Lexington Market, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.