The man behind a handful of local coffee shops is testing the waters in RiNo.

For four months Jeffrey Knot – who helped open Prodigy Coffeehouse, Pigtrain Coffee in Union Station, and Thump and Bluegrass Lounge in Arvada – has overseen design and engineering at fledgling coffee shop Blue Sparrow.

The business, which joins RiNo coffee staples Ink, Novo and Crema, is setting up inside 500 square feet at Backyard on Blake.

“A good coffee shop can be a very good anchor for the neighborhood,” said Fiona Arnold, president of Backyard on Blake development firm Mainspring Developers. “It’ll have a real European flair to it.”

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