Sip, sip hooray
By Ben Olson Reader Staff When Matchwood Brewing Co. owners Andrea Marcoccio and Kennden Culp opened their doors a year ago in Sandpoint, they had dreams that their brewery would be more than just...
Category: Eats & Drinks
‘Inland Northwest Ale Trail’ app brings area breweries to your fingertips
By Ben Olson Reader Staff An estimated 10 million people visit more than 4,100 craft breweries each year. These impressive numbers point to a rising trend among hop-lovers: beer tourism. For the past decade,...
The Sandpoint Eater: A-Z charcuterie
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Columnist Oh, fall, how I adore your beautiful and bountiful season. It’s a year of abundant harvest, and I must say, I have seen many cups and gardens that “runneth...
European flavor downtown
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff For more than a decade, the scents of baking pastries, hot coffee and fresh sandwiches have greeted visitors to the Cedar Street Bridge. The Cedar Street Bistro, tucked along...
It’s a hop, hop world
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Each autumn, as the natural world quiets down in preparation for a long winter nap, there’s one magical substance that comes into its own: beer. Thanks to newly cut...
Car crash sets back Clark Fork Food Bank
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Many people’s lives were thrown into turmoil when several vehicles collided Sept. 6 on U.S. 95 north of Sandpoint. The pileup also created complications for the Clark Fork Food...
More than craft beer
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Indecision can sometimes be fortuitous. Early in the planning process for what would become Utara Brewing Co., husband-and-wife owners Dave Kosiba and Christina Stecher were split on what direction...
Home away from home
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Stepping into The Longshot cafe feels a bit like stepping outside of Sandpoint — in a good way. Though located in the former Wrenco Arms buildings on the busy...
One decade, two brothers, three cafes
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff One with an extensive background in coffee and the other an experienced businessman, two brothers came together exactly a decade ago to create a product and place now ingrained...
The Sandpoint Eater: Eat these words
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Columnist I have always loved words. And food. I especially love food words, and let me tell you, there is no shortage of lingo in the world of gastronomy. In...
