http://www.inlander.com/spokane/articles.sec-60-1-food-feature.html The idea seemed simple at first: eat doughnuts from a different bakery every morning for a week and see if we could find some of the best morning snacks our region had to offer. Here’s the thing]]> Sooji Shin says her father, Eddie Lee, has worked with fish for 25 years, first in their family’s hometown of Busan, South Korea, and then stateside in California and Las Vegas. Now he cre]]> The Blue Spark still has all the requisites of a late-night hangout — the trivia, the live music, the late-night finger food and neon signs. But the downtown bar is now opening its doors at noon for t]]> In past years, Horton Hears a Who by Dr. Seuss appeared as a sky blue fondant elephant face, surrounded by a flower bed of pink-dipped cake pops. Cinderella became a multi-tiered castle confection com]]> Just a few dozen feet from the Rotary Fountain in Riverfront Park, where you can’t tell if the sound of squealing is coming from the children prancing through the spouts or the seagulls swarming]]> Last month, New York magazine published “Cocktail Country: Outstanding Drinks From All 50 States.” Unsurprisingly, the editors of that rag chose a Seattle-mixed chardonnay concoction that ]]> Sweet Dreams owner and baker Susie Bowen is in the middle of a surfboard, the woman at the counter tells me. She’s not catching a wave at some tropical locale, but rather making an edible surfbo]]> After five years on the South Hill, the Two Seven Public House has earned a loyal following of regulars and a half-decade worth of their feedback — which instigated recent changes to the menu. ]]> Spokane is working to craft sensible and encouraging rules for food trucks]]> When it opened in 2009, the Lantern Tavern — at 200 square feet — was one of the smallest bars in Spokane. There were 12 stools at the bar, an overflow of customers on warm summer nights and a regular]]> Regular guests of Domini’s will soon notice a vacancy at the longtime deli sandwich shop in downtown Spokane. Co-owner Joe Domini is retiring at the end of May. While his health is good and he f]]> It’s been more than a year now since Tony Brown and his mom Marti opened Stella’s Café just east of the courthouse. While a lot has changed at the sandwich shop during that time, on]]> On December 8, 2005, at one minute past midnight, Spokane smokers turned up their collars, stepped away from the bar and stood on the sidewalk, 20 feet from the doors of every pub, tavern, restaurant ]]> It’s the peak of lunch rush hour, and Latin music bumps throughout the crowded entrance of Gerardo’s Authentic Mexican Food as a gathering of businessmen wait to order their fajitas and ta]]> Two things about Boomers Classic Rock Bar & Grill that you need to forget: it’s in a shopping center strip mall surrounded by grassy, empty lots; its next-door neighbor is an unrelated dive ]]> On a Sunday, the brunch at Coeur d’Alene Resort’s Dockside Restaurant could easily be mistaken for some sort of fine dining convention as patrons eagerly hop from one lengthy and well-stoc]]> For most of human history, winter has been a time of nutrient depletion, if not starvation. After months of living on staples like sugar and flour, with hardly any fresh vegetables, it was common for ]]> Don’t ask the dark blue, ambulance-looking food truck parked in the downtown Spokane area for snack food or a burger sealed in cellophane. They don’t have it and never will. It&rsquo]]> Plenty of chefs start out busing tables, but who’d want to return to it? Chef Everett Fees, nodding toward the bustling kitchen inside Coeur d’Alene’s Garnet Café, has gladly ]]> Three thousand bottles, from as nearby as Arbor Crest Winery (less than two miles to the northeast) and as far as Israel, line the walls of Bottles in Millwood. What you can’t find can be specia]]>