Popular YouTuber opens soda shop in Woodway

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“As a graduate of Baylor University, I know the support the community there can provide,” said Brooklyn McKnight, owner of Sip City.

Brooklyn McKnight became famous when she made YouTube videos for “Brooklyn and Bailey” with her twin sister.

Now she is opening the second location of her soda shop with her husband Dakota Blackburn.

They opened the first location in Plano.

“Now we’re doing the second one in a place where we actually have roots and ties and a history in the area – the support is just phenomenal,” McKnight said.

“I’m excited to help the Baylor students, we have a lot of friends there at Baylor,” said Dakota Blackburn, co-owner of Sip City.

McKnight says she had the idea for Sip City in college and came up with the name and logo.

Blackburn had experience in the food industry by opening his own juice bar in 2018.

“We’re both entrepreneurs, so the conversation came up and we just decided to explore it together since we both had something to contribute,” McKnight said.

Sip City has more than 13 types of lemonade and over 30 different syrups – it also offers soft drinks, energy drinks and teas.

“You can customize it to be as crazy or as simple as you want, and that’s the fun part of the whole process,” McKnight said.

Both owners say they feel better prepared to open this second location — the new store will feature a drive-thru, an indoor ordering area and a walk-in store with merchandise.

The couple tells me they plan to expand to cities outside of Texas in the future.

They say they have signed contracts for two more locations and are on track to open one location each year.

“Two to three dollars will get you a drink. So just come by, get a drink, try it, and I would say you’ll probably come back,” McKnight said.

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