The support from the surrounding community has been the biggest surprise and greatest gift that we’ve received there. Our MWS shop has become a space where people can walk across the street every day, sometimes multiple times a day, and share their lives with us.

If you spend any time in that shop, you’ll quickly discover what an integral part of the neighborhood our MWS shop has become. It’s a place where a familiar face greets you as you walk in the door. There is genuine excitement to get to know you while making your coffee. With floor-to-ceiling windows that look out onto the neighborhood, this small shop was never built for the volume we so gratefully experience now. On weekend mornings, we are at times standing room-only but in the most warm, loving way one could imagine. Our friends and neighbors are multi-generational, multi-cultural, and full of stories and life. We’re also lucky to have people, who are willing to cross a bridge to be a part of it.