Cash&Carry opening this week

Billing itself as a guide to quick and easy wholesale shopping, the new Cash&Carry Smart Foodservice Store opens this week at 208 E. Appleway (between Wendy’s and Interstate 90).

The 20,000- square-foot, 10-employee store has its business customer preview Friday and its grand opening Saturday. As a food service warehouse, it offers quality food products and chef, wholesale restaurant and catering supplies. The 8,000 products include fresh produce and meat, dairy and deli products, frozen foods, baking ingredients, beverages, bread and tortillas, tableware, barware and culinary and janitorial supplies.

Based in Portland, the 60-year-old company has more than 60 stores in six western states. Local manager Matt Monigold has been with the company 17 years. Hours here are 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sundays. Phone 666-4898 or 666-5404. Check www.smartfoodservice.com.

Alejandros Tacos

opens on Dalton

The new eatery Alejandros Tacos has opened in Suite 5 of Dalton Corner Plaza at 5624 N. Government Way (the northeast corner with Dalton Avenue).

Owner Alejandro Munoz’s menu offers eight choices of tacos, 12 sides, nine burritos, three breakfast burritos, three salads, 11 plates with rice, beans and three tacos and beverages.

Hours are 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. weekdays and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. It seats 18 people. Phone 771-6362.

New Chiropractic

Therapeutics on 4th

Dr. Logan Martin has opened Chiropractic Therapeutics & Massage in Suite B at 1104 N. Fourth St. Moving from six years on Northwest Boulevard, the new location is next to the family-owned Trek Bicycles in the same building.

Hours are 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Mondays, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesdays and 8:30 to 5 p.m. Wednesdays and Thursdays. Phone 292-4875. Check cdachirotx.com.

Silver Lake Mall

plans many changes

If real plans and rumors take place at Silver Lake Mall, the place should become much busier.

In definite moves, the Lost & Found Antiques & Treasures store will move across the hall to the former Hallmark store location and the Just Sports store will move north and across the hall to the former Abelskivers location.

Evidently the places are moving to make room for a new and huge Encore Shoes store. Open since 1960 with its headquarters in Concord, N.C., Encore Shoes has 1,131 stores in 45 states. Check www.shoedeptencore.com.

Another rumor is that a 300-employee call center will come into the major store space formerly occupied by Sports Authority in the south end of the mall. This would probably work because of the ample parking available. And all these people would really help the eateries in the mall. In this regard, the food court area may be remodeled to include a customer area than can include beer and wine. This would also encourage more eateries, including a pizza and pretzel place.

Any other spies are encourages to offer their “news.”

Now for the Tidbits

- Coinciding with the last word printed in the tip above, when the printed clues in the TV show “Jeopardy” include quote marks, the writers always put the comma behind the quote marks. Aaaargh!

- One handy word we don’t use much is the active verb “comprise.” A whole comprises its parts, which is handier than “is composed of” its parts.

- Avoid starting a sentence with “there” as it forces the boring to-be verb of “is” or “are.” “There are 50 states comprising the nation” can be “Fifty states comprise the nation.”

- Dairy Queen on Appleway has closed for a few weeks and will open with a new owner.

- The new building under construction near Cracker Barrel will include a Firehouse Subs eatery.

- The grand opening for Petal Pushers Nursery is this weekend at 201 E. 6th in Post Falls. Check www.bpetalpushers@cs.com.

- Opening soon will be Rustic Restaurant at 309 Sherman, Philly Express on Northwest Boulevard. El Taco Loco off Canfield Avenue and Castaway Cellars in the Plaza Shops downtown.

- A real headline: Miracle cure kills fifth patient.

- Velcro: What a ripoff!

• It sure would help if Atlas Way had an exit from I-90.

- Contact Nils Rosdahl at nrosdahl@cdapress.com.