4405 Rucker Ave. Everett, WA 98203

Trying to purchase commercial property in a pandemic and unemployed? But they went for it, being pushed by an unknown force to venture this direction. Besides, who is more talented and committed to building a beautiful space than Michael? Now he had the time to devote to it. So, July 2020, they became Coffee Entrepreneurs!

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Learning the history of the building was a fun fascination, reading old newspaper articles, talking with Everett natives about their memories of Walt’s Milk House, where they would often come as children to drop off their weekly bottles for fresh bottles of milk, and if they were good, an ice cream cone too! A few families also gifted their long-forgotten milk crates with Walt’s bottles still in them, which we cherish. As the project progressed, it felt more and more that this was meant to be.

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Growing up on the South End of Whidbey Island, Michael and Heather have a strong sense of community, have found that one can have that same sense of a tightknit community in a city too. Everett is a special place they have called home for over 10 years and wanted to make their customers feel that they were at home too. Michael’s parents have been crucial in helping create some of the beautiful woodwork that is throughout the building. The bowling lanes that were salvaged over 30 years ago have been refinished and repurposed into our counters. A Douglas Fir that was a Windfall on their island property in the Winter of 2020 became the beam that supports the dining room wall. Just about everything in The Milk House has a story, and you are invited to add your chapter to it.