Finally, Cracker Barrel is here
Cracker Barrel, the restaurant readers have been asking about for months, opens Monday at 1675 W. Lee Court (across from Winco-Crossroads northeast of Ramsey Road-Interstate 90).
It opens at 6 a.m. and offers breakfast all day and many lunch-dinner options at 11 a.m. Homestyle meals are prepared from scratch. With a memorabilia decor, the 10,000-square-foot place seats 180 customers and has 175 employees.
The attached gift shop offers novelty items, candy treats, collectible figurines and antiques, toys and pieces that reflect the community’s hunting, fishing and cycling.
“We’re excited to be part of this beautiful community,” said Lance Eads, general manager. Phone 664-0675. Check www.crackerbarrel.com.
Riverman Gun Works offers firearms, more
Offering retail firearms and accessories, Riverman Gun Works has moved from Neider Avenue to 6040 N. Government Way (the former location of Monet Flooring, now a few blocks south).
Riverman sells used firearms, Alien Gear holsters, custom AR rifles and patent-pending Modular Breakdown Rifles (a long-range, bolt-action rifle on an AR chassis). Owners Rick and Yvonne Gallia recently began manufacturing Ballista suppressors in partnership with Hardy Engineering of New Zealand.
Hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and 10 to 5 Saturdays. Phone 772-3700. Check www.rivermangunworks.com.
Father’s Day started in Spokane
Mrs. John Dodd of Spokane first proposed the idea of Father’s Day in 1909 to honor her father William Smart, a Civil War veteran and farmer who raised his six children after his wife died during childbirth.
In 1924 President Calvin Coolidge supported the idea, and in 1966 President Lyndon Johnson signed a proclamation declaring the third Sunday in June as Father’s Day.
I Ate My Gift in Neider Center
Unique handcrafted candy bouquets and gifts are offered at I Ate My Gift, a new store in the Neider Retail Center at 178 E. Neider Ave. (across from Costco).
Now opening their first retail store, owners Jesse and Camie Myers have wholesaled online since 2006. Manager is Talia Browning. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays and 10 to 3 Saturdays. Phone 765-1148. Check www.iatemygift.com.
Now for the Tidbits
- Watch for news on Dickey’s BBQ outside Silver Lake Mall, 777 Take-n-Bake Pizza on Best Avenue, G.I. Java Coffee House on Fourth Street, Rogers’ Burgers, Popeyes, Green & Grounds Coffee Shop, Silverlake Auto and The Lean Bean in Post Falls, An Escape Game on Third Street, a new business next to Clark’s Jewelry downtown and Empire Eye, Sushi I, Grille From Ipanema and Custom Den (engraving) in Riverstone.
- Other new places coming include Landmark Storage behind Neider Retail Center, Alta Dance Academy and Hayden Medical Plaza & Clinics in Hayden and Orban Family Dental near Winco and gas station-convenience stores in the southwest corner of Highway 95 and Lancaster and the southeast corner of Ramsey Road and Prairie Avenue..
- Sweet Lou’s will replace Grill From Ipanema in the Parkside building on Front Avenue. Crafted Taphouse will add a Victory beverage place in the former Christmas at the Lake location next to Crafted on Sherman. And its beer garden should be in the back on Lakeside.
- The Zips drive-in at Eighth and Sherman is now Burger Express. Evidently this also happened at the Zips in Sandpoint and Priest River.
- The Women’s Center Thrift Store at 848 N. Fourth St. is now the Safe Passage Thrift Store open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Check www.safepassageid.org.
- The Antique Mall size at 3650 Government Way has increased by 50 percent and now has more than 30 vendors. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 11 to 6 Sundays. Phone 769-7318.
- Too many old yard-garage sale signs aren’t being removed. The culprits should be fined for littering, especially if the signs are on utility poles.
- The TV news-weather people should say “farther” instead of “further” when they mean distance, and their temperatures should be printed as in the “70s” rather than “70’s” as it’s plural, not possessive.
- Contact Nils Rosdahl at nrosdahl@cdapress.com.