A family-run walk-up coffee stand is expanding into a café with seating available for patrons at Lake Tapps.
The Coffee Vault, run by Chelsea Scott, her sister Stephanie Jensen and their mother Gina Stanhope, has been in the area since 2022. They have a drive-thru location at 314 182nd Ave. E. Their walk-up location at 18215 Ninth St. E. is being expanded into a café called The Lake Tapps Society, Scott told The News Tribune Tuesday via phone call this week.
Scott said they took over the larger space next door, which used to be a clothing store called Slate…