‘Like coming back to an old friend’
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff It’s not often that “surreal” is a good word to use when describing a dining experience. That said, there are only a few better ways of capturing the feeling...
Category: Eats & Drinks
The Sandpoint Eater: Once upon a lime
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Columnist At any given time, in one of my three freezers (excessive, I know), you’ll find an assortment of naked lemons, limes and other citrus fruits, carefully wrapped for future...
Change is brewing
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Gone, or soon to be gone, are the days when Idaho brewers played second fiddle to the state’s wine industry. A new bill sponsored by Sen. Carl Crabtree, R-Grangeville,...
The Sandpoint Eater: Going bananas
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Columnist I have my standard kitchen utensils and cookware, and I’m hard pressed to be lured into the superfluous gadgetry for sale in urban kitchen and gourmet shops. I did,...
In the thick of it
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Tucked beside the busy Sandpoint Post Office parking lot and always wafting the scent of roasting coffee, Monarch Mountain Coffee has been known to sling tasty drinks and offer...
Soup-er Heroes
By Jodi Rawson Reader Contributor It may be just another cold Wednesday in Sandpoint, but in the basement of the Gardenia Center it is feast day — for some, a celebration. Free hot soup...
Four breweries a brewin’
MickDuff’s Brewing Company Brothers Mickey and Duffy Mahoney were early adopters in the Sandpoint brewery scene, opening their brewpub on First Avenue in 2006. They were only 20-somethings then, but in the intervening years...
Heart healthy
By Ben Olson Reader Staff There is a misconception that healthy food sacrifices taste for nutrition. Let’s agree to dispel that myth — especially after eating from the menu at Sandpoint’s unique food truck,...
The Sandpoint Eater: Boxes and biscotti
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Columnist ’Tis the season for time honored traditions, when we set the ladder and reach high into the rafters seeking out the holiday boxes, brimming with carefully wrapped ornaments, childhood...
A delicious decade
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff As the Dish at Dover Bay restaurant enters its 10th year in business, owner Gary Peitz and executive chef Eddie Sneva have plenty to celebrate. For one thing, rarely...
