Spokane chef Jeremy Hansen says his new French-themed restaurant, the Ridpath Brasserie, is on schedule to open early this summer on the first floor of the Ridpath Club Apartments building, at 514 W. First in downtown Spokane. The word brasserie is Frenc

Spokane-based Rosauers Supermarkets Inc. has started construction of a project that will add an Ace Hardware store to its Nine Mile Falls supermarket, at 5912 state Route 291. Rosauers President and CEO Jeff Philipps says, 'We'd been talking with Ace

The Coeur d'Alene Resort is expected to wrap up an extensive round of renovations by the beginning of May, says Todd Gillespie, director of sales and marketing for the resort. Gillespie declines to disclose a project cost other than to say it's a mul

Between an ever-globalizing world that makes traveling to exotic locales easier and increased marketing, the tourism industry has changed dramatically in the last five years. Hospitality, travel, and tourism managers and marketers are now faced with the c

The former Safeway grocery store at 1441 N. Argonne Road, in Spokane Valley, is being remodeled into Spokane's first Altitude Trampoline Park gym. Kenda and Branden Gadish are the franchisees for the 32,000-square-foot Valley gym, which they say likely w

Anchored Coffee, a new drive-thru coffee shop, has opened in what was once Orlando's Mexican Drive Up, at 451 W. Dalton in Coeur d'Alene. The shop is co-owned by local coffee enthusiasts Kassi Allen and Stephanie Cramé. 'Both Kassi and I had

River City Guitars, at 2910 E. 29th, on the South Hill, is Spokane's newest vintage guitar shop. Co-owned and operated by local musicians Bobby Kluss and Joe Chamberlain, the store specializes in the buying and selling of vintage electric, acoustic,

Sweet Peaks Ice Cream, of Whitefish, Mont., plans to open its first Spokane shop in May at 415 W. Main downtown. Company owners Marissa and Sam Dauenhauer started the business in 2010 and currently operate six shops. One is at 108 N. Fourth, in Coeur d