The owner of Miss Lizzie’s Coffee in Fall River passed away earlier this week.

The coffee shop announced the death of Joe Pereira on social media Monday evening — one day after closing early due to a “family emergency.”

“Please bear with us during this difficult time,” Miss Lizzie’s Coffee wrote, adding that the shop would be open for limited hours over the next few days.

Pereira and his daughter Olivia opened Miss Lizzie’s Coffee back in August 2023. The coffee shop was originally located right next door the Lizzie Borden House on Second Street, but moved to the former Abbey Grill on Rock Street earlier this year.

The cause of Pereira’s death has not been made public, and no funeral arrangements have been announced yet.

This comes about a month after the longstanding trademark dispute between the coffee shop and U.S. Ghost Adventures, which owns the Lizzie Borden House, came to and end. Pereira was ordered to pay more than $31,000 in damages as a result.

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