Spokane International Airport has opened its first restaurant in a series of Inland Northwest-based establishments that are planned to operate in the airport's expanded Concourse C gate area in the next year.

Aloha Vintage Mercantile LLC has reached full vendor capacity a month after opening its doors to the public at the Trent & Argonne Plaza, in Spokane Valley.

Just a month after opening, Fratello’s Inc., an Italian sandwich shop in Kendall Yards, has exceeded expectations. The shop has had lines wrapped around the block and the business is already operating at full capacity, says owner Lauren Blumenthal.

Dodo’s at the High Spot LLC, a restaurant and passion project between two lifelong friends, is expected to open Nov. 15 at 17416 E. Sprague, about a mile west of Barker Road in the Greenacres area of Spokane Valley.

Less than 10 miles south of Spokane Valley, a cozy new community restaurant has opened its doors at 12212 E. Palouse Highway, in Valleyford.

Spokane’s culinary scene will warm up just in time for winter with the addition of a new ramen restaurant in the Washington Cracker Co. building at 304 W. Pacific, in downtown Spokane.

Wienerschnitzel plans to open four new locations in Spokane.

Crêpe Café Sisters is getting ready to open its second brick-and-mortar location in an area where the company got its start 23 years ago: Liberty Lake.

Smoking Monkey Pizza, an award-winning restaurant founded in Renton, Washington, has expanded to the Inland Northwest with the opening of its third location — this one across from The Davenport Hotel.

Deb and Bill Weisgerber’s latest business venture brings a new nightlife destination to the Indian Trail neighborhood.