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Try these six blue and purple items at Spokane-area bars and restaurants
Finding enough items to fill separate blue, indigo and violet categories for this year’s Dining Out theme proved challenging. First, there aren’t many entrees where any of these colors are a focal point on the plate. And, second, the things you think would be blue and purple, like blueberries and blackberries, cook down to an almost-black hue. What we’ve compiled below largely includes cocktails that make use of vivid coloring agents like butterfly pea flower tea and creme de violette, and a few dishes that aren’t so much fine dining as they are tasty treats that fit the theme. (COLTON RASANEN)
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Four pink or red dishes kick off a rainbow-inspired tour of Spokane-area restaurants
Red or pink-colored foods are incredibly common and, by nature, incredibly appetizing to most. A seared steak, for example, can range from a pale pink to juicy red, depending on how you like it prepared. A glass of ruby-red wine is often the perfect pairing. Bright red tomatoes are a...
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Bargain Hunters Leave This Enormous Idaho Flea Market With A Packed Trunk For About $40
A jar of local honey, a pretty bracelet, a handmade purse, and a set of 1940s-era tools can all come home from the same spot on one weekend. That mix alone made me curious. The rest of the story made me grin. This North Idaho stop is friendly, easygoing, and...
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Vibrant international cuisine eclipses leafy salads in these Spokane eateries’ green-hued dishes
While a nearly infinite variety of leafy greens, herbs and otherwise verdant veggies — from broccoli to zucchini and tomatillos to cucumbers — bring a healthy plant-driven balance to our daily meals, for this spotlight on green ingredients, we intentionally sought dishes that bucked expectations. Almost every restaurant has a basic salad, right? So we dug deeper, scouring local eateries’ social media channels and websites for the most vivid green plates we could find. The result is a vibrant mix of culinary creations from around the globe: Egypt, Mexico, Southeast Asia and Japan. (CHEY SCOTT)
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Second Chick-fil-A location opens Thursday in Spokane with traffic plan in place
SPOKANE, Wash. — A second Chick-fil-A location opens Thursday in Spokane, bringing the popular fast-casual restaurant closer to residents on the South Hill and Valley who previously had to travel 15 minutes north to access the chain's only other location in the area.
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Sink Your Teeth Into The Best Fried Chicken In Washington At This Tiny Dive Bar
Nobody ever told a great food story that started with “so I went to this very clean, very modern restaurant with excellent lighting,” and that’s something worth thinking about. Park Inn Bar & Grill in Spokane, Washington is the kind of place that great food stories are...
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Coeur d’Alene family says restaurant denied food needed for 3-year-old
Coeur d’Alene, Idaho — A family in Coeur d’Alene said a restaurant refused to let their 3-year-old grandson eat outside food they brought for him because of his medical needs. The family said the problem happened during a Saturday night dinner at Caddyshack Pub and Grill. They...
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Color plays an important role in making any restaurant dish an appetizing choice
Before food meets the tongue, your other senses indulge first. It might be the aroma wafting from the kitchen, the clink of dishware as a server approaches, or finally a beautiful sauce or garnish to feast your eyes on. The color of each ingredient on your plate and how each complements or elevates the rest of the dish also plays an important role in how we eat.
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Chick-fil-A grand opening in Spokane
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Starbucks closing 5 Washington stores, cutting 8 Seattle HQ jobs
Starbucks is closing five stores in Washington and cutting eight jobs at its Seattle headquarters. A WARN notice said Starbucks is closing five locations in Seattle, Redmond, Spokane, and Vancouver. The company said these closures are part of those that were previously announced on Sept. 24. MyNorthwest covered the Seattle...
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10 Washington Pizza Joints Where One Family-Size Pie Easily Feeds The Whole Crew
Twenty inches of bubbling cheese can turn a plain weeknight into the kind of dinner your kids talk about for weeks. All across Washington, from Seattle side streets to Spokane neighborhoods, a few pizza shops make pies so big they barely fit on the table. Sharing one giant pizza is...
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HoneySpell Cafe brings fantastical whimsy to far North Spokane
Emily Peterson is no stranger to running a business. In 2021, she bought Page 42 Bookstore with her best friend Alicia Glubrecht and has since turned the used bookstore into a thriving hub in the Bemiss neighborhood. “We just poured our own time and investment into it and made it...
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Ever Tried A Real Hawaiian Plate Lunch? These 7 Washington Spots Serve Huge Ones
A true Hawaiian plate lunch is simple math: two scoops of white rice, a scoop of creamy macaroni salad, and a pile of meat like kalua pork, teriyaki chicken, or crispy katsu. It grew out of the lunch breaks of plantation workers in Hawaii, and today it is one of the most filling meals you can buy for the price.
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Boots Bakery & Lounge’s owner shares how a craving for better vegan treats turned into a 14-year-old Spokane staple
Alison Collins never set out to open a bakery, let alone one that would become a destination for vegan and gluten-free food in Spokane. While working behind the bar at Mizuna, where she became known for her creative cocktails, Collins began making vegan desserts for the restaurant’s menu. Soon, customers were coming back for treats they couldn’t find anywhere else in town. What started as a few desserts grew beyond her home kitchen, and with support from friends, loyal customers and community members, Boots Bakery & Lounge opened downtown in 2012. She originally imagined Boots as a small café serving pastries, a few vegan dishes and cocktails. But demand reshaped the business into a fully gluten-free, vegan gathering place built around food, connection and community.