Restaurants gather the most attention
Cracker Barrel’s Coeur d’Alene restaurant is the most anticipated place expected to open sometime in the future. It will be in the southeast corner of the intersection of Appleway and Ramsey Road (officially Lee Court north of Interstate 90). The 8,960-square-foot place will include a 177-seat restaurant and the retail gift shop. It will offer all three meals but no alcohol.
Other eateries evidently coming to the same corner are Freddy’s Frozen Custard & Steakburgers and Native Grill & Wings.
Restaurants coming to Riverstone include Anthony’s with its 6,125-square-foot place under construction on the pond north of Bardenay. It will seat 150 people inside and 150 outside on a huge deck. Operating since 1969 out of the Seattle area, the company has 28 eateries and its own seafood company.
The Grille From Ipanema will move from 601 E. Front Ave. downtown to 6,100 square feet at 2416 N. Old Mill Loop (the corner going into Regal Cinemas) in the spring. It includes a buffet and servers attending tables with skewers of meat.
Also watch for changes at Danaan’s Deli on Prairie Avenue in Hayden, Starbucks moving across the parking lot to the former Schlotsky’s building on Ironwood and Chipotle’s Mexican Grill opening on Appleway. And we hear rumors of an Asian chain place coming to Riverstone.
Now other major business changes
Numerica Credit Union will open in February in Highlands Crossing Shopping Center at Highway 41 and Mullan, Post Falls.
Monet Floors & Home Design will move on Government Way to the former Lake City Radiator building.
Consign Furniture is moving next Sunday from 1525 E. Edmonton Ave. (north of I-90) in Post Falls to the former Ashley Furniture building in Liberty Lake. Check www.consignfurniturenow.com.
Viking Homes is moving its headquarters from Hayden to the former Nut Factory property in Spokane Valley. The Hayden property will become a property management office and storage.
McAllister Technical Services is moving from Prairie and Highway 95 to Sherman Avenue at 12th Street.
Real Deals on Home Decor will open in January at 400 N. Fourth St.
Peak 1 Administration will move in March from Mineral Drive to the second floor of the Spokesman-Review building on Northwest Boulevard.
Solar Eclipse will move from its current Post Falls building at 780 N. Thornton St. to a new one under construction across the road.
Ace Hardware will open its new building at 14236 N. Highway 41 in Rathdrum in February.
Watch for Panera Bread coming to Hayden and something new in the southeast intersection of Prairie and Ramsey.
Now for the Tidbits!
-A cool TV show is “Outdoor Idaho” at 8 p.m. Thursdays on the Idaho PBS station KCDT. Many times North Idaho is featured. This week it was Priest Lake.
-When something is advertised as “annual,” the numeral such as “eighth annual” isn’t capped as it’s not part of the real name; it changes every year. If it’s under 10 (such as “eighth”), it’s a word. And over nine it’s a numeral (“11th”). There’s no such thing as “first annual.” It’s not annual until it’s a consecutive year past its first showing.
- The print in most phone books is too small, especially for old folks, and we’re the ones most likely to use a phone book. Sigh.
- A few public clocks around here have never been changed from Daylight Savings Time.
- Since there’s no time like the present, he thought it was time to present the present.
- A real headline: “House passes gas tax onto Senate.”
- A very “Merry Christmas” to all of you!
- Contact Nils Rosdahl at nrosdahl@cdapress.com.