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From barista to business owner: Brianna Bentley brings her coffee shop to the mountains

A new coffee and ice cream shop has opened at the Shoppes on the Parkway in Blowing Rock, run by owner Brianna Bentley, who previously worked as a barista.

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Brianna Bentley spent years behind the espresso machine before opening her own place at the Shoppes on the Parkway in Blowing Rock. Coffee and ice cream, which means this is either a summer move or she knows something about the High Country tourist rhythm. Either way, somebody bet on the mountains instead of just working in them.

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