Rosie’s Restaurant, the latest addition to Jerry Dicker's Ruby Hospitality portfolio, is expected to open next week at 909 W. First, in downtown Spokane.

“(Dicker) wanted to do something to honor his mom, Rosie,” says Brystol Myers, the general manager of the new brunch spot.

Through Ruby Hospitality and his other affiliated companies, like GVD Commercial Properties Inc., Dicker owns multiple Spokane hotels, event venues, and restaurants, including Hotel Ruby, Montvale Hotel, Steam Plant Hotel, Bing Crosby Theater, Steam Plant Restaurant & Brew Pub, and Caruso’s Sandwiches & Artisan Pizza.

Rosie’s will be located in the GVD-owned space that previously housed Incrediburger & Eggs and, most recently, de España—both of which were owned by prominent chef and restaurateur Adam Hegsted.

The new eatery will be open 7 a.m.-2 p.m. and will serve a variety of breakfast items, including breakfast burritos, pancakes, and breakfast sandwiches.

For lunch, Rosie’s will feature some familiar offerings.

“We’re going to have some lunch items that come from Caruso’s,” says Myers, who also is the general manager at the affiliated restaurant. “I’m co-branding Caruso’s in here.”

Many of the same sandwiches, wraps, and salads from Caruso’s will be on the menu at Rosie’s.

The bread used for sandwiches will be baked at Caruso’s and delivered to Rosie’s, but all of the Caruso’s items on the menu will be made on site at the new restaurant, Myers says.

In addition to the food items, Rosie’s will have a coffee and espresso station, a juice bar, and a full liquor bar.

“We will be doing boozy shakes, boozy coffees, boozy hot chocolates, boozy lemonade, bloody marys, mimosas, daquiris, and margaritas,” Myers says.

For those unfamiliar with boozy shakes, Myers recommends the Mudslide, which is made with coffee liqueur, vodka, vanilla ice cream, and chocolate syrup, topped with whipped cream and a cherry.

Rosie’s will be a fast-casual operation, similar to the model used at Caruso’s, where patrons will place their orders at the front counter, and the food will then be delivered to their tables.

“We’ve built our menu toward speed, so people get in, have their food, and get out and enjoy their day,” Myers says.

There also will be grab-and-go options available at the front of the restaurant, with pre-made items like sandwiches, salads, and wraps in a large fridge, he adds.

The fast-casual model will be more suitable for the downtown area, particularly for the people working in the area on their lunch breaks, Myers says.

The proximity to multiple downtown hotels, including the neighboring Hotel Ruby, also is expected to drive more people into Rosie’s, he predicts.

“We have three hotels locally here—the Montvale, the Ruby Hotel, and the Steam Plant Hotel, which are part of our company as well,” Myers says. “They’re all (within) walking distance, so we’re hoping that we’ll get them for breakfast, and then maybe lunch as well.”

Rosie’s will employ about 25 people—a mix of part-time and full-time workers.

The restaurant seats nearly 100 people, Myers says. Eventually, third-party delivery and catering services will be made available.

Myers, who previously was the general manager at Steelhead Bar & Grille, in Spokane, has been working at Caruso’s since 2015. He will serve as general manager for both Caruso's and Rosie’s. 

Small Bites

*Summit Kitchen & Canteen, located at 1235 S. Grand, will close its doors May 26. The South Hill restaurant will be replaced by an Old European breakfast establishment after a couple months of renovations, says Summit Kitchen co-owner Kevin Pereira, who declines to comment further about the closure.

Pereira and his business partner, Jhon Goodwin, opened Summit Kitchen in 2021, filling the void left behind by the longtime Lindaman’s Gourmet-to-Go bistro. The two restaurateurs also owned Lost Boys’ Garage Bar & Grill, in North Spokane, which closed last year.

*A new restaurant, dubbed The Griffin’s Tavern, is being planned at the former Brooklyn Deli space inside the Montvale Hotel building, at 1001 W. First, according to a permit application on file with the city of Spokane. Site plans for the proposed restaurant show kitchen and bar areas, as well as a self-serve beer wall.