Uncorking community
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
There is a new face in the downtown wining and dining scene: Barrel 33, which owner Alayna Reichl said aims to be a “family-friendly eatery …
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
There is a new face in the downtown wining and dining scene: Barrel 33, which owner Alayna Reichl said aims to be a “family-friendly eatery …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
All it took was one bite from The Bank’s family style menu and a sip from their innovative cocktail bar to convince me this wasn’t …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
A lunch under $15 is becoming rarer and rarer these days, which is why Thai Nigiri’s sushi lunch special is one of our go-to meals …
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
The building at 102 S. First Ave. in downtown Sandpoint — known so long as the home of Ivano’s Italian Ristorante — is launching into …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Taran White has literally been fishing all of his life — his first trip aboard an Alaskan fishing boat occurred when he was just 2 …
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 …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Sailing through its first summer as a brick-and-mortar restaurant, The Burger Dock has established a nautical-themed niche at 116 N. First Ave. in downtown Sandpoint.…
By Lyndsie Kiebert and Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Evans Brothers Coffee
A mainstay first stop on Festival Street — the Festival at Sandpoint’s food vendor row — is Evans Brothers …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
When my girlfriend’s parents rented a pontoon boat last week to show their friends the lake, the natural first stop for lunch and drinks was …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
It’s a good thing Jeff Coleman had a hard time getting reliable internet in Cocolalla. If he could stream movies, maybe he wouldn’t have opened …
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