Java Jive announced it will be closing its doors after 30 years in business on Ponce de Leon Avenue. The announcement on social media says the eatery’s last day will be on December 22.

Java is of respectable stock, sniffs Sun. Society would shun our dear daughter were she to make an arrangement with this "wild and woolly" family. They're trade, you know. Not the thing.

This week, it's a different story. I tried the espresso float from Java Jive, and owner Jayne Reid-Walen was able to bring over lots of samples to the WCCO booth.