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We made the northern trek that day with the idea of investigating a new Mexican place suggested to me by a work friend. We got out of the truck and looked around, soaking in the historic charm of downtown Spirit Lake. “Cute” is an adjective which I seldom-to-never let escape from my lips or typing fingers, but I can’t think of a better word to describe Spirit Lake’s tiny-but-impactful collection of multi-sized and multi-colored restaurants, bars, and massage therapists. It’s cute like a Danbury Mint series of old-timey miniature light-up ceramic buildings ordered through the mail in fun, once-a-month packages until the entire town was complete/OrangeTV, Get Out! North Idaho. More here.
Question: When did you last stop for a meal in Spirit Lake?
D.F. Oliveria is a columnist and blogger for The Spokesman-Review. Huckleberries Online was judged the best 2008 Idaho newspaper blog by the Idaho Press Club. And the best 2007 news blog in the Pacific Northwest by the Society for Professional Journalist. Print Huckleberries is a past winner of the Herb Caen Memorial Column contest by the National Association of Newspaper Columnists. The Readership Institute of Northwestern University cited this blog as a good example of online community journalism.
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wheels on February 23 at 9:48 a.m.
Never have except at a friends lake home.BTW GRUMPYS opens today for lunch and dinner.Joe gave me the tour yesterday.
Lynne on February 23 at 10:10 a.m.
Haven’t been to the Hog and Jog for years.
I’ll be at Grumpy’s after work today!
Joker on February 23 at 10:12 a.m.
I hit a raccoon and I scooped it up, took it home and fried it up. YUMO.
florined on February 23 at 10:38 a.m.
Ok, takin’ a survey. Am I the only one who’s never even heard of deep-fried pickles? OTV, are they, like, batter-dipped? Stuffed? And here I thought I was “current .”
Incognito on February 23 at 3:04 p.m.
This is dating me, but the Missouri Mule in SL use to have the best beer-cheese soup around. Haven’t been to Spirit Lake in probably 15 years. Went to Curley’s after a Basketball Game and was blown away with the lack of the Biker Crowd. I wonder if they have moved out of Spirit Lake too.
meghannc on February 23 at 3:51 p.m.
Thanksgiving morning. Thanks, Taryn!