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I’m expanding my ‘recession restaurant’ list for Spokane while waiting to hear yours for the Inland Northwest or wherever you call home. Post on your list the five or ten places you absolutely DO NOT want to go out of business if the economy settles at the bottom of the pickle barrel for an extended time.
I was talking with one friend and restaurant owner yesterday who said that they felt very fortunate that their business was only down 5% thus far. Already he has heard of so many others that have taken much deeper hits.
To my first four (China Garden, Moxie, Luna, and Tacos Tumbras), let me now add three more:
- Donut Parade up on Hamilton. Though the Parade building has looked like it has been ground zero for a recession for years, Darryl’s maple bars are beyond words. Try one hot and just frosted with a glass of milk or a cup of coffee and you can see why they don’t need a sign on the building to stay in business (literally there is no sign on the building and hasn’t been for years).
- Chicken-N-More downtown. Several bites of a chicken dinner at Bob Hemphill’s BBQ spot at “you begin to feel right as rain” (bonus points if you can identify the quote). The more at Bob’s includes among other things: ribs, catfish, pulled pork, greens, and red beans & rice.
- Mizuna on Howard near Riverfront Park. Mizuna was the first place I ate in Spokane nine years ago and it has remained near the top of my list of favorites through both ownership changes and a shift from an exclusively vegetarian spot to a bistro with great vegetarian and sustainable carnivore options. Angela Parris puts Mizuna on her list and I agree.
