Iron Mutt Coffee Company caters to people and pups

By jennifer priest-mitchell

The Beaverton Valley Times, Oct 26, 2006, Updated Oct 30, 2009

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(Jennifer Priest Mitchell is a freelance writer in Beaverton. She can be reached at jnjmitchell@yahoo.com.)

Do you ever take your dog to the park or for a morning walk and wish you could hang out with him while drinking your coffee at a local coffee house?

So did Sean Daughtery.

But he and his wife Rachelle actually brought that daydream to life when they opened the Iron Mutt Coffee Company in Beaverton this past April.

“We went to the outdoor parks all the time with our dog Bailey. We would laugh and say how great it would be if there was a coffee kiosk there at the park … then we started talking, and dreaming of a place like this,” he said.

A former insurance agent, Sean couldn’t help but smile when he said, “I was in (the insurance industry) for seven years, and I just can’t say I miss it.” He warmly offers up, “My wife has the real job, and now I have the dream job.”

But they are co-owners of this venture, which is surprisingly close to what their vision was when they began investigating opportunities and challenges for this type of business.

“We are still working on a covered area for outside, for use once it starts to rain,” Sean said.

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