"We're basically at a standstill," Jordan Schoenfelder told SiouxFalls.Business in late September. He was talking about NoJo's Bagels, the shop he and Nolan Wiese are building near the northwest corner of 69th Street and Western Avenue. The two secured the space nearly a year ago and hoped to open this summer. First, manufacturing changes held up their equipment. Then city building permits held them up.
The bagel shop isn't going up on an empty lot. It's going into the retail center that has held 22TEN Kitchen Cocktails since November 2018, and 22TEN itself opened in the former Beef 'O' Brady's space. That pattern runs the length of the street. Over the past year and a half, 69th Street has changed through handoffs. A new owner takes over a familiar storefront, a concept moves into someone else's old space, or a business keeps its sign and changes hands behind it. Because the buildings stay the same, the changes are easy to drive past.
Every Address Here Has a Previous Life
Here is what changed along the corridor from Western Avenue to Cliff Avenue, as of early October 2026.
| Location | Before | Now | When |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2312 W. 69th St. | Pita Pit | Gaucho Flame Brazilian Restaurant | Opened July 8, 2026 |
| 69th and Western retail center | Beef 'O' Brady's, then 22TEN from 2018 | 22TEN, with NoJo's Bagels under construction in the same center | No opening date as of Sept. 29, 2026 |
| 6211 S. Old Village Place, near 69th and Western | McNally's Irish Pub under prior owners | McNally's Irish Pub under new owners | Reopened early June 2025 |
| 2210 W. 69th St. | Dine Cafe storefront | Cafe closed; Dine continues online from Lennox | Cafe service ended May 7, 2025 |
| 69th and Cliff | B&G Milkyway, run by franchisees since 2023 | B&G Milkyway, owned by Celebrate Community Church | Transfer announced Sept. 14, 2026 |
Five addresses changed, and none of them involved a new building. Each change looks different from the outside, though, and that decides whether a regular even notices it.
Gaucho Flame Took Over the Old Pita Pit
The most visible change is at 2312 W. 69th St. Gaucho Flame Brazilian Restaurant opened there on Wednesday, July 8, in the former Pita Pit space, and Marcelo Krunitzky described a "huge line" at the door. He owns the restaurant with his wife, Micheli. A few people make up the staff.
Krunitzky came to Sioux Falls in 2005 after culinary school in Brazil. He spent most of the years since then at Carnaval Brazilian Steakhouse. Gaucho Flame takes Brazilian barbecue and serves it at a counter. The menu has beef, chicken and shrimp, and the counter is lined with seven cold and seven hot side dishes. Diners watch as the server pulls the spit of meat off the grill and slices it for their plate.
This is the kind of handoff people do notice, because the sign changed and the food changed with it. A fast-casual sandwich counter became a family-run Brazilian grill in the same footprint, about three months ago.
Same Name, Different Owners
The next two changes are harder to spot, because the signs stayed the same.
McNally's Irish Pub, at 6211 S. Old Village Place near 69th and Western, returned under new ownership in June 2025. The relaunch brought a revised menu, a fryer, and booth seating that separates the all-ages dining room from the 21-plus bar area. Anyone who stopped going during the ownership change and hasn't been back will find a different layout.
B&G Milkyway on Cliff is the newest example, and the least visible from the drive-thru lane. Josh and Christie Aberson opened the shop at 69th Street and Cliff Avenue in June 2023. It was their first franchised location, with walk-up windows and a double-lane drive-thru. In September, they transferred ownership to Celebrate Community Church.
For customers, the church's release says the store keeps the B&G name, menu, employees and day-to-day operations, and gift cards stay valid. General manager David Hyde and his team continue to run the shop. A church oversight committee led by Pastor Noah Rollins sits above them. All profits will be donated to causes the church supports and to community needs. Rollins said the church does not see the gift "primarily as a way for the church to make money." KELO reported that the church board was still working out how, and how often, it would share where the donations go.
For mapping, the 2023 opening coverage gives the street address as 6020 S. Cliff Ave.
Why the Bagel Shop Is Taking So Long
This is where NoJo's comes back in. When an existing space changes hands, a sign comes down and another goes up. When a business builds out a space from scratch, every piece of equipment has to arrive, pass inspection and run. Schoenfelder said the team couldn't turn all of its equipment on for more than five minutes. Until the needed parts arrive, which he estimated could take two weeks, they can't fully settle their bagel recipes or start hiring.
The plan hasn't changed:
- New York-style bagels, with about 10 varieties on any given day plus rotating specials
- Breakfast options, soups and bagel sandwiches
- "Premium coffee"
- A look Schoenfelder describes as "that '90s vibe," with some nostalgia and an upscale finish
The owners looked at bigger chains first but decided to create their own concept. Schoenfelder called bagels "a void for how big Sioux Falls is." As of SiouxFalls.Business's Sept. 29 roundup, no opening date had been announced. Treat any date you hear as unconfirmed until the shop announces one.
What Left the Street, and Where It Went
Handoffs work in both directions. Dine Cafe ended cafe service at 2210 W. 69th St. on May 7, 2025, and sold its remaining take-and-bake stock through May 23 at the latest. The business didn't close. It moved its prepared-meal operation to a commercial kitchen in Lennox and kept the brand going through online ordering, delivery and pickup. Dine regulars can still order the same meals; they just pick them up somewhere else or have them delivered.
The New Construction Is a Few Blocks South
If 69th Street mostly changes by turning over existing spaces, most of the south side's new building is happening along Minnesota Avenue and 57th Street. Here's what's opened or is expected, in order of timing:
- Qdoba, at 7204 S. Lyncrest Place near Minnesota Avenue and 81st Street, is open daily with a drive-thru and patio. It's the chain's fourth Sioux Falls location. A fifth is under construction at Lake Lorraine.
- Tropical Smoothie Cafe is expected to open its first Sioux Falls location at 4417 E. 57th St. in late November. The menu includes wraps, salads, sandwiches, acai bowls, flatbreads and all-day breakfast.
- Security Savings Bank broke ground on a branch at 7111 S. Minnesota Ave. that is expected to open in fall 2027.
On 69th Street, the latest change is more likely to show up as a new owner's name in a news brief than as fresh construction. The next one people will notice there is a bagel shop in the retail center that includes 22TEN, once its equipment can run for more than five minutes.
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