The Otis Grill

Otis Grill is a new favorite on the breakfast scale for Geo and I.  Have you been here?

This restaurant, located in the Otis Orchards area, might be a little far for you if you are not looing to take a drive, but it just a hop, skip, and a jump from the freeway if you are traveling between Spokane a Coeur de Alene, (or anywhere in-between.)  Otis Grill, located at 21902 E. Wellsley Avenue... in Otis Orchards, WA, specializes in "hometown" cooking... and is open for breakfast, lunch and dinner and in the spring summer, autumn or winter, too.

The day we went for breakfast, there was snow on the ground.

It was indeed a beautiful biscuit and gravy, eggs and bacon... and pancake day, 

 made complete with maple syrup.

And who does not love Rosie the Riveter, Marilyn Monroe and old cars?

I did say, "hometown"... right?
It's not a fancy spot.  In fact, when you arrive, they invite you to pick your own seating, (in other words, seat yourself...) and evidently the people here feel right "at home."

 If you are wondering about the menu.... here's an idea of what is served:

 And.. if you are adventurous, like James T. Kirk, pictured here on the menu, you can order the quadruple Otis Burger....

 ...at the Otis Grill.

Colbert Trading Company

The Colbert Trading Company is a convenience store, selling milk, bread, candy, beer and things like that, as it has been for years, but now it has a new twist.  Recently remodeled,  they now offer Take and Bake pizza along with espresso, ice cream, hot dogs, and soup and sandwiches as well as indoor and outdoor seating.  It's a little off the beaten path, but it is sure aims to please both locals and visitors to the area.  They really do have something for everyone.

 There is not a lot of seating indoors, but there is more outside.

 Pictured here is the Veggie Pizza Sandwich, only $2.99 with cheese green pepper, mushrooms and red onion:

Satellite Diner and Lounge

Where will YOU go out for food when you are out and about and it is after... say, "10:00 PM" in Spokane?  Well, just when you thought you'd just go home and have a bowl of cereal... you can think again about going out.  You can try the Satellite Diner, located at 421 E. Sprague Avenue;   they are open till 4 AM!  They have great food and a fun menu to-boot!

The Satellite Diner, while new to me is not the new kid on the block either.  I was told by my server that it has been in business about 15 years.

It wasn't too late when we found ourselves there, but it's wan't the breakfast hour either.  Still all repent had breakfast foods and it was great.  The service was great, the food was great...and the crowd was friendly that lingered outside.  The only problem we  had was in having a hard time finding the door on the way in! We almost found ourselves in the lounge! we discovered that the lounge and diner have separate entrances.

(You can order the same great food from inside the lounge.. you just will be carded going in.  You won't be carded walking into the diner though.) 

One highlight for me was reading the menu.  It is truly very clever.  For example... instead of "milk" they offer Cow Juice... (even our family's favorite pink kind!)

They offer to cook your food to order... anyway you like .. and give you adequate warnings about the risks you take in that:

  There is a lovely selection of Omelets....

 And they offer some "EXTREME EATING OPTIONS" of interest too:

We ordered....The Satellite Stacker...

 With some super thick (and yummy) pancakes!

One of the EXTREME Eating Options...The Biscuit Stacker...which is "cheesy hashbrowns, homemade biscuit, sausage parry, bacon, two eggs and gravy.  Yes, it was served like this!

Our other dish was one of their yummy Omelettes.... The Meteorite.  Boeing here, loved the German Sausage.

Loved that diner!
How about you?

Morning Sun Bakery

Need a little sunshine?

The Morning Sun, located at 5602 N. Wall St. is a pleasant spot for sure.  I just love this little north side neighborhood it is in, mainly because I think it rather "Rockwell" that the neighborhood itself is like a miniature city with little businesses in it.  On Wall St. one can find many nice little shops.

Street view from the window...

I have seen or visited personally, a couple of restaurants, including pizza, a book store, hair and nail salons, a pet parlor, an optical care shop, a Scottish Highland dance studio, chiropractor offices and most certainly, coffee stops. and that is just south of Francis Avenue!


I like a good latte and pastry once in a while, or a place to meet up with friends... and on my long list of great places to go... this is definitively one!  It's warm and roomy inside, homey even.  I like that.

The people who work here are welcoming and friendly, the music is pleasant, and the signs make me laugh!

The coffee is made to order and the pastries... which along with the coffee might be your reason for coming here... are divine! There are some neat creations!

They are pretty big too, like this cookie, but big is always great and fun to share between friends!

Chairs Coffee

Chairs...
           ...is a little coffee shop near the downtown area  It is on Indiana just west of Division St on the south side of the street.  I was tipped off by my ds to go and give this place a try.  I did, and it was great.  The buisness as well as the coffee has a bit of a political flavor to it... (or is it religious?)  Interesting it's a bit of both... but this is America, land of the free... home of the brave.  We Americans actually have freedom to to do such things...

Got to love that!

that reminds me, I love the concept of taking and ordinary thing and celebrating it, as the owners have done here with "chairs."  There are chairs... all over the place... even taking the place of the letter "h" in the name.  Clever!

Chairs is located at 113 W. Indiana.  See their webpage at  www.chairscoffee.com.  

The coffee was great and the food delicious!  The people working there were helpful and as nice as could be!  

Needless to say, it was a great little coffee and lunch stop for me and a friend that day.  

We ordered coffee and lunch but simply gazed at the desserts.... 







 and we decided to sit outside on a sunny day.




Our sandwiches came with chips or salad.  We had one with chips and one with salad.  One was turkey and the other veggie.

 Current promotions (9.12.12) include:

- Happy Hour! 8am-9am & 2pm-3pm get $0.50 off your drink Monday-Friday!

- Ride the bus to Chairs! Show your valid bus pass or transfer ticket and get 10% off your order!

- Ride your bike to Chairs! Show your helmet (promoting safe bike riding) when ordering and get 10% off your order!

- Bring your own drink cup and get $0.10 off your drink!

Art offered for sale by local artists is a feature of the wall at chairs.

It's a rather creative place...  

Something Else Deli

Ever think about eating something else??  We did!  In case you did not know, Something Else is a sandwich shop and coffee shop on the corner of Second Ave and Sherman.  It is actually housed in two buildings.  On second  is the uniquely styled  coffee shop part... with  a drive through window, serving Panache coffee...



....and on the Sherman side of the corner, is the "deli" style restaurant.

I made the mistake of referring to this place as Someplace Else instead of Something Else.  Someplace Else, which used to be on Sprague is closed.  This is a different eatery... and it is Something Else!

I think I have passed by it at least three hundred times in my life and now I can say I have finally stopped by.  I am glad I did.  I liked the home-like friendly neighbor atmosphere of the place, and the "homemade" food.

One cool thing that I have discovered about this place is that if you'd like to, you can place your sandwich order online and then pick it up!

152 SOUTH SHERMAN AT 2ND AVENUE
SPOKANE, WASHINGTON   99202
509-747-0949     http://somethingelsedeli.com/

We ordered our blended coffee from the coffee shop and sat in the Deli side to order and eat some lunch. Our coffee was delivered to our table for us when it was ready.

 We were interested in the special advertised outside, but there was a lot of selection inside.

 We tried the Beef and Barley Soup and the Spicy Chili and we each had a half of the Triple Treat Sandwhich, along with some delicious carrot cake.

What is a triple treat?  It's ham, cheese and pineapple with lettuce and mayo.  Personally, I never thought of putting pineapple on my sandwich, even a ham sandwich but as advertised, it was a treat!