(SpoCOOL) A Spokane Blog

It is block party season. An “Off Government Way” Neighborhood held a block party to celebrate Cinco de Mayo. They had Qdoba cater and two kegs delivered. Qdoba is not a bad idea for a block party set up.

Do you know of any upcoming block parties?

We don’t discriminate here at the ol’ Spokane Food Blog. Why does a beer need to be alcoholic? Of course it doesn’t! And if you want a non (or “low”) alcoholic beer, you don’t go much better than with a Kaliber.

Kaliber is manufactured by Harp, of Guinness fame, and really, this isn’t a horrible tasting beer. Very malty, and pours with a good head. Now if you haven’t had a non-alcoholic beer before, you might be surprised, or, as it is, your body will be surprised. Even those with a fairly high tolerance will expect some sort of effect after one beer, but with the Kaliber that effect just doesn’t come. And your body doesn’t quite understand why not.

Granted, that effect might be something you want from a beer, and fair enough. But the Kaliber is refreshing, and can easily be enjoyed on a warm summer’s day.

One World Spokane: if you haven’t been there yet, you should move it to the top of your to-do list. The food is served buffet style as you pick what you want to eat, and how much you want to eat. It is a unique restaurant as there isn’t a formal menu.

Check out the One World Spokane Twitter account to follow their daily offerings. Find out more information about their mission, garden, volunteer opportunities, and more on their website.

One World Spokane is a non profit Organic Community Kitchen with a purpose, where you customize your meal by choosing your own portions of creatively crafted food & then you price your own plate based on what is fair and respectable for what you’ve eaten. Additionally patrons will have the opportunity to pay a little extra to help provide for those in need.

I emailed a special order to One World Spokane to purchase a birthday cake. They exceeded my expectation. It was beautiful and delicious.

There are things to like about Charley’s, but I’m not sure the food is one of those things. It’s not downright disgusting, just not very well thought out.

Take my buffalo chicken salad for example. It just seemed a bit random. Some romain lettuce, on the bottom, a few pieces of chicken in hot sauce on the top, and bleu cheese dressing on the side. Well… OK? I might be out of my element here, but shouldn’t the salad either be tossed, or maybe have some other vegetables in it? The decorative salad that comes with the hot wings at Northern Lights is more exciting.

The grilled cheese sandwich seemed pretty random too. A couple of pieces of bread with two different cheeses, stuffed with more fried onions than anything? Huh… Might have been better had the products used have actually been decent.

 

The smoothie, however, were delicious. And the interior—lots of old film posters—were fun. Charley’s might be worth a visit for the drinks, but that’s about it.