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...  

Rice and Spice (Seattle)

This one is not local to Spokane.  Sorry.   Rice and Spice can be found in both the Seattle and Bellevue areas.  We went to the one in Seattle.  The address is 101 John St and it was good Thai food!    We found this place while walking around one day.

But even more than yummy... it was a work of art!  This deep fried basil was an original for me.

It was also definitely rice and spice!  The coconut milk soup was great.

Anthony's

Anthony's... at Spokane Falls.

One lovely summer day, while walking the bridge in Riverfront Park with some friends, we spotted it...Anthony's.  One friend said, "Oh, wouldn't it be lovely to sit under those umbrellas outdoors and watch the rapids on the river?" Well, all present agreed and the next thing we knew, we had an outing planned for lunch at Anthony's.  

Anthony's is located at 510 N. Lincoln, in downtown Spokane.  Their specialty is seafood.    I just learned that Anthony's is a chain of restaurants and while each is said to be unique, there are 22 of them.

I have often heard people talk fondly about this place and was kinda excited that finally I would get to go and see it for myself.

It was a great lunch, although even before making group reservations I had reservations... for the reviews I had read on the internet about this place were not exceptionally flattering.  I did feel better when I asked one man in the parking area how his lunch was.  He answered saying,  "Great!  I had the fish."

I laughed.

The place was busy and parking was a hassle.  I thought that they had valet parking, but they only have valet parking for dinner, although their webpage that I looked at did not tell me this.  It simply said, 
"""Anthony’s at Spokane Falls offers complimentary valet parking while dining at the restaurant."   
So, we had to spend a lot of time looking for a parking spot.  If your there for lunch and you do not park in their lot... the only parking around is parking you have to pay for.  It's a downtown thing, you know.

We had a large group and they had sat us indoors.  This was actually fine for us because we did go outsides and it was a rather hot day and it was cooler indoors.  But so much for sitting under one of those little green umbrellas overlooking the Spokane river for lunch.   We did go outside afterwards and enjoy the spectacular view.

Now for lunch....  did I mention, "It was great!"?

This is a soup bowl and salad... clam chowder.

 Fish Taco and Chips.. with salsa.

 Shrimp Alfredo....

 Chicken Caesar

Here is a beautiful salad.

 and did i mention, "It was great!"?

We also had some desserts.  Anthony's other specialty is peaches.  Pictured below is ice cream and cobbler.... both featuring fresh peaches.

And, if you are looking for that view...

S P E C T A C U L A R !