by Back to Business | Sep 17, 2020 | Back to Business Story, VOL 1: Restaurants
Local restaurants use downtime to renovate and apply fresh coats of paint There’s something to be said about good old American ingenuity, because even as restaurants and bars started closing down in March, several Spokane eateries used the downtime to their...
by Back to Business | Sep 17, 2020 | Back to Business Story, VOL 1: Restaurants
Strictly speaking, halibut cakes, carne asada, and salted caramel cupcakes are not necessities of life. Yet, one of the lessons from COVID-19 is that local businesses like Hay J’s Bistro, Mexico Lindo Taqueria, and Sweet Frostings are essential. They’re where we...
by Back to Business | Sep 17, 2020 | Back to Business Story, VOL 1: Restaurants
A few new ways restaurants are reaching customers during the pandemic Local Delivery Spokane-based TREEHOUSE DELIVERIES has become a welcome alternative to national food delivery services like Uber Eats, DoorDash and others. Since the pandemic’s onset, Treehouse has...
by Back to Business | Sep 17, 2020 | Back to Business Story, VOL 1: Restaurants
Where to stock up on the basics During the different phases of reopening, many restaurants have expanded their to-go offerings, often adding family-sized meals at an incredible deal. Some, however, have gone a step further and started offering pantry staples and...
by Back to Business | Sep 17, 2020 | Back to Business Story, VOL 1: Restaurants
Let someone else do the hard stuff As the pandemic grinds on, you may have already abandoned your dreams of spending your time in isolation learning how to cook. Don’t give up so easily. These local businesses will deliver meal kits that hand you everything you need...
by Back to Business | Sep 17, 2020 | Back to Business Story, VOL 1: Restaurants
Liberty Lake has become a dining destination in its own right Back when they first launched HAY J’S BISTRO in 2006, owner Rhonda Entner and her son, chef-owner Patrick Fechser, saw the potential in Liberty Lake, a fairly recently incorporated city with a history...
by Back to Business | Sep 17, 2020 | Back to Business Story, VOL 1: Restaurants
Faced with limitations and new challenges, local food providers have gotten inventive to reach customers From curbside pickup to home delivery, expanded outdoor seating to brand new menu items, the food service industry in the Inland Northwest has pushed onward with...
by Back to Business | Sep 17, 2020 | Back to Business Story, VOL 1: Restaurants
With fresh air a commodity during the pandemic, Spokane County restaurants expand outdoor seating options There are few things better than eating a great meal while soaking in the heat, enjoying the city and breathing in the fresh air out on a restaurant’s patio....
by Back to Business | Sep 17, 2020 | Back to Business Story, VOL 1: Restaurants
Everyone calls owner Jeanne Choi “Mama” at d’bali Asian Bistro. Choi and business partner Kelly Bishop have worked hard to make diners feel at home. Since 2018, they’ve been a favorite go-to for Southeast Asian food in Airway Heights, including snagging...
by Back to Business | Sep 17, 2020 | Back to Business Story, VOL 1: Restaurants
Our motto for now and forever: Drink Local It’s been a roller coaster of a year for the Spokane beer industry. Starting with an abrupt closure of all bars and taprooms, to a slow reopening, back to another closure, and now with places figuring out how to stay...
by Back to Business | Sep 17, 2020 | Back to Business Story, VOL 1: Restaurants
A new kind of one-stop shopping Although most restaurants across the region have been back open for dine-in service since late May, a statewide limitation on the number of people who can crowd around one table and a desire among some to avoid public spaces means that...
by Back to Business | Sep 17, 2020 | Back to Business Story, VOL 1: Restaurants
Who needs a stiff drink? Of all the things we most miss about life pre-pandemic, one of the big ones is hanging out at our favorite local watering hole, crowded around a table with five or six friends. While many bars and restaurants have reopened since the first wave...
by Back to Business | Sep 17, 2020 | Back to Business Story, VOL 1: Restaurants
The pandemic hasn’t prevented several new food spots from debuting, and even thriving Fluffy’s Candy in North Spokane opened for the first time on March 16, the morning after Washington Gov. Jay Inslee ordered all restaurants and bars to close their dining...
by Back to Business | Sep 16, 2020 | Back to Business Story, VOL 1: Restaurants
We’ve all had a tough run of it these past months. Businesses and individuals alike have been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly in the hospitality industry. Even as Washington state has reopened under Phase 2, revenues are down by up to 70 percent...
