Tango Cafe prepares for new ownership, rebranding to Marigold Bistro
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Longtime Tango Cafe owner Judy Colegrove is preparing to hand over the keys to the eatery located in the atrium of the Sandpoint Center at …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Longtime Tango Cafe owner Judy Colegrove is preparing to hand over the keys to the eatery located in the atrium of the Sandpoint Center at …
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
To some, being invited to meet a friend at 113 Main sounds like an invitation to meet on a street corner in downtown Sandpoint. To …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
When describing the prototypical “reporter” smell that oozes from our palatial headquarters on Cedar Street, Reader News Editor Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey listed the lingering aroma of …
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 Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
Thanks to the hard work of Liz Evans, Nova Layton and a small cast of other Ivano’s Ristorante Italiano characters, Jim Lippi’s glass remains full.…
By Zach Hagadone and Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Just in time for the run-up to summer, a number of new local eateries — both brick-and-mortar and mobile — are gearing …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
As Ron Swanson once said, “There has never been a sadness that can’t be cured by breakfast food.” With the opening of Breakfast Cantina in …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
Owners of local food trailer The Twisted Kilt Black Iron Grill are contemplating changing their business name after receiving a legal threat from an international …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
To be a town known for its food, variety is key. In Sandpoint, a microcosm of that variety can be found at the Oak Street …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff Writer
Crepes, sandwiches, espresso, stone-baked pizza, quiche, traditional Italian ice cream — you dream it up, the Cedar Street Bistro makes it, and likely from …
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