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👋 It’s been ten years since we bid farewell to Spokane, but that doesn’t mean we’re not around. Nor does it mean we don’t write about Spokane now and again. Check out our newsletter, The Awesomeness Digest, which you also can subscribe to. And below, for your convenience, find the ever-updating Liquor License Stalker™ and the current going-ons in Spokane’s blog world. The latter also posts to Bluesky.

The Spokane Posts

Apr 23, ’25On Spokane’s Cult Fast-Food Chain, Zip’s Drive-in, and Recipes for Their Tartar and Fry Sauce
Jan 31, ’25Picabu Bistro’s Fire Pasta Copycat Recipe
Jan 08, ’24The Spokane Mini Food Tour: Chapter III—The Coffee-ing

The Awesomeness Articles

Jun 20, ’25Eggs Montana™: A Regional Take on Eggs Benedict
Jun 13, ’25On Emerald City Fish & Chips, and the OXO Reamer
Jun 06, ’25Two+ Scandinavian Bakeries: Byen Bakeri and Midsommar…

The Liquor License Stalker™

The man—aka the Liquor Board—keeps all the secrets of places opening around Spokane. We snoop on their information. View full listing.

DateBusinessAddress
Jun 18Downtown Quick Stop Iii501 W Sprague Ave
Jun 17Ruby's3011 E Diamond Ave
Jun 17Churchill's Steak House165 S Post St
Jun 17Walgreens #058171708 W Northwest Blvd
Jun 17Walgreens #0220512315 N Division St

Latest From Spokane

The latest from Spokane blogs and other relevant sources. View all links.

DateSiteArticle
Jun 23, ’25RANGE MediaSpokane Regional Health District’s Treatment Services Division could be expanding
Jun 22, ’25Inland Northwest Business WatchSoulful Soups to return, at a different location in Downtown Spokane
Jun 21, ’25Spokesman.com: Food storiesAt memorial for Anne Burrell, people gather to give karaoke tribute
Jun 20, ’25RANGE MediaWhere are the protesters’ phones?
Jun 20, ’25RANGE MediaPOD: Protest to Politics
Jun 20, ’25Inland Northwest Business WatchEats on Spokane Street opens in Post Falls
Jun 20, ’25The Awesomeness DigestEggs Montana™: A Regional Take on Eggs Benedict
Jun 20, ’25Inland Northwest Business WatchEllie Mental Health expands to Post Falls with new clinic at Millworx
Jun 19, ’25Trending NorthwestJuneteenth: Honoring the Legacy of Black Americans and the Pursuit of Racial Equality
Jun 19, ’25Trending NorthwestSober Summer Fun in the Inland Northwest