Coeur d'Alene Restaurants

Sushi:

***Syringa: (208) 664-2718. 1401 N 4th St, Coeur D'Alene, ID. Best sushi, adorable place, clean, and priced just right. (I know I have Jake’s vote on this one!)

Bonsai Bistro: More Asian fusion than sushi, but its there! 

Takara: (208) 765-8014. 309 E Lakeside Ave, Coeur D'Alene, ID

Fisherman’s Market and Grill: It’s a restaurant and fish market. They have wonderful sushi and fried fish and chips here. Great people work here and they make quality, tasty food. Fisherman’s is more north…probably a 10-minute drive from campus?

Other Asian:

**Pau Pau’s Kitchen: Order take-out. Total hole in the wall, but the best Chinese food around. It’s VERY clean, and the owner, June, is a total Gem! June will emphasize the importance of “cash or local check ONLY!” Too cute.

Dragon House: closer to downtown. Great orange chicken.

Thai Bamboo: Massive purple pagoda building. My parents enjoyed this restaurant…haven’t been here yet.

American Grill

*Hudson’s Hamburgers: (208) 664-5444. 207 E Sherman Ave, Coeur D'Alene, ID. One of Coeur d’Alene’s greatest…our own little burger legend J In my opinion, Hudson’s serves up an exquisitely average burger, and chips or pie as your side options the last time I checked. At Hudson’s, it’s more about the experience. (Moontime is more about the burger ;).

O’Shays: Great lil Irish pub. It’s the perfect spot if you are in the mood to gobble some “bobble and squeak” and a hearty Guinness.

**Capone’s- Always a good crowd here. Huge beer selection, great greasy grill food and many distracting objects on the wall to gander at…just an observation.

Crickets: (208) 765-1990. 424 E Sherman Ave, Coeur D'Alene, ID- American grill food again, normally hoppin’ in the weekend evenings with a live band and a crowd that likes a bit of a party.

Red Robin: Typical chain “All-American” burger joint.

Applebee’s: Not even going to go there. You can get yourself some cheap appetizers…or expensive laxatives…again, just an observation.

Outback Steakhouse: Aussie steaks in Idaho. Always fun.

Texas Roadhouse: Becky works here! Let’s go visit her and have a delicious steak! (you can throw peanuts on the ground here…totally worth it!)

Dockside: Amazing “Gooey” desserts! The sad Coeur d’Alene joke is that Dockside feels like, and often tastes like “Denny’s on the lake”…although wallets may feel differently about this.

The Beachouse:?

Bistro on Spruce:?

South of the border:

***Café Carambola: Absolutely love this place. It is VERY close to where we meet for class. Just down Northwest Blvd a bit. A family run café with healthy, tasty, affordable grub. Their quinoa salad is delicious, as well as their chicken sandwiches. I believe they are only open for lunch…

Las Palmitas: (208) 664-0581. 201 N 3rd St, Coeur D'Alene, ID

Mexican Food factory: (208) 664-0079. 1032 N 4th St, Coeur D'Alene, ID. A local favorite. MMMmmm.

Azteca: Mexican Chain

The grille from Ipanema: Brazilian grill and steakhouse

Italian:

Tomato Street: (208) 667-5000: 221 W Appleway Ave, Coeur D'Alene, ID.

Tito Macaroni’s

Angelo’s Ristorante

Olive Garden

**Ciao Mambo: Nice place to stop and get a cocktail…not the best service in the world, but a cute place to enjoy good company and a low maintenance fare.

***Moontime- Public house. Downtown off North Sherman Avenue. This place is one of my all time favorite restaurants. Go here on Thursday night…$1 draft, live music, and as always, their amazing corn pasta salad and scrumptious moon burger!  A must!

***The Porch- Public house. Same owners as Moontime…just more family oriented and located in North Hayden Lake between Avondale golf course and Hayden Lake country club. The have a fantastic patio that looks out on the golf course and the staff is impeccable. (Tell them Ashley sent you!)

*Daanen’s Deli- Good beer, sandwiches, cheeses, and daily specials. Sometimes live music on Fridays.

*Bardenay- Great place for drinks and an appetizer. Not 5 star service to be sure. This place is quite popular though, so maybe I’ve missed out? Tell me what you think…

Greenbriar Inn

***The wine cellar: (208) 664-9463. 313 E Sherman Ave, Coeur D'Alene, ID.- Moontime and The Wine Cellar…hmmm. Depends on my mood. The Wine Cellar is fantastic. Dim lighting, delicious garlicky food, huge wine selection, knowledgeable servers, and great music, typically jazz.

***The white house-Greek and Garlic! Love this place…although expect garlic to be leaking from your pores for about two days. The owner is adorable. You can’t leave without him telling you he loves you.

The oval office

**Barrel Room- Good wine, great artichoke dip J Questionable music?

**Scratch-Very spendy but very good. All from scratch…hence the name.

***Fleur de Sel-Best French cuisine in the region. A bit spendy, but its worth every penny. Patricia and Laurent are beyond wonderful and know how to treat a customer.

**Beverly’s: 208) 765-4000. 115 S 2nd St, Coeur D'Alene, ID.

 meh…if you want a fancy, five-forker, overpriced meal BUT with a great view, Beverly’s is for you. (Personally, Fleur de Sel blows them out of the water and for less)

Coffee:

**Bakery by the Lake:  One of my favorite spots to sip some brew and get to work…or you can just relax sitting on the patio looking out over the parks and admire the new public library across the street.

***Java: Best café around. They are now open late and serve beer and wine. Great live music at night, crowds with laptops and books during the day. You must try the blended bowl of soul…wow, soul good!

**Calypsos: A bit less busy than Java, with a ton of space to work and stretch out. There is a conference room here and works as a great spot to meet up with someone.

*Starbucks

*Kootenai Coffee

Bella Rose café

Bars:

The Mill

The Beacon: Great for lunch too!

The Moose: Always a great chill crowd here. Pool tables, usually live music or some entertainment going on.

Rusty’s

The Iron Horse: This bar has cleaned up its act a bit. Still a massive throng of bikers, dirty dancers and lots of cigarettes…there is a certain frame of mind required to enter. Not good, not bad. Just stating my observations.

Breakfast:

Michael D’s: Cute and quaint. At the end of Sherman Ave. The breakfast potatoes are so scrumptious! They make a perfect all egg-white omelet as well.

Breakfast Nook: Good ole bacon, eggs and black coffee here. Inexpensive and consistently, greasily delicious.

Nosworthy’s:  This place has been here forever for a reason! Great for lunch or breakfast. Massive omelets, red beers and yummy breakfast fries. Just prepare yourself for, uh, generous portions.

***The Garnet Café: If you can beat the early-birdies or squeeze just before the hangover crowd, you are in for a treat. This is an environmentally friendly, hippy-centered, organic, chic breakfast experience. Feel very good about what you are eating, well, for the most part.

The Blue Plate: Hayden’s finest breakfast. The crowd of regulars, with an array of early risen fishermen, families fresh from church, or just a hungry straggler like me, this place is a fun place to observe and eat some hearty biscuits and gravy.

Rustler’s Roost: Market spice tea and Rustler’s French toast = spicy sweet goodness!