Handle on Business: New restaurant opening in Greenbriar Inn
Special foods and beverages in a special place should be the key to success for 315 Martini and Tapas. This new restaurant will open June 24 in the Greenbriar Inn at 315 Wallace Ave., Coeur d’Alene.
The specialties will be a variety of martinis and tapas, described as “small, savory dishes often served as a snack or with other tapas as a meal.” The menu will also include wines, beers, plated dinners, salads, soups and desserts.
The 315 will open at 3:15 p.m., of course, with a happy hour until 5:30, when the regular menu will begin. Each night will feature special events: “Group Therapy” on Tuesdays, “Chocolate Obsession” on Wednesdays, “Flight Night” on Thursdays and “315 Live” (music) on Fridays. Saturdays, Sundays and Mondays are reserved for private events such as weddings or corporate gatherings. The Greenbriar has had many events scheduled a year in advance.
The house dates back to 1908 and builder Harvey Davey, a Sandpoint bricklayer. It was a bordello in the 1930s, a residence for railway employees in the 1940s, the Wallace Apartments in the 1950s, the headquarters for Health, Education and Welfare in the ‘60s and a home for 30 Tridentine nuns in the ‘70s.
It was vacant for several years until Bob and Kris McIlvenna came from Boulder, Colo., and restored and decorated it with period and eclectic pieces. Since 1985 it has been the Greenbriar Bed & Breakfast and the home of the McIlvennas’ special event and catering business. In addition, cooking classes are offered on Monday evenings.
As the 315 Martini and Tapas, it will have seating for 60 in the dining room, 15 to 20 in the lounge and 60 under umbrellas on the deck. It will have about 20 employees. Call 667-9660.
Home Helpers offers at-home care
In-home services and companionship are available 24 hours a day through Home Helpers, which is now open in Coeur d’Alene. Nonmedical and personal care is offered for aging adults, new mothers and others in their own homes.
“I want to provide our clients with a safe and affordable way to remain active and independent in the comfort of their homes,” said owner Connie Clark, who discovered North Idaho while on vacation and moved here from South Florida. “The personal care services are tailored to meet the individual needs of each client.”
Clark said she learned the challenges when she cared for her own aging parents and an aunt.
The company is starting with six employees in North Idaho and plans to expand to 50 within two years. Clark said she is buying property for a 3,000-square-foot office building in Coeur d’Alene.
A 10-year-old company with headquarters in Toronto, Home Helpers has more than 500 outlets in North America. Call 769-9560.
Here’s this week’s tidbits
“This area will certainly miss the smile of Roger Hudson, who died in late May. According to daughter-in-law Julie Hudson, when the 35-year Hudson Hamburgers proprietor was on a vacation he chatted so amicably with all the gas station and food service employees that an accompanying child asked, “Does he know them?”
“This is the 101st anniversary of the Hudson business, which has changed names and owners a few times. Any guesses as to the oldest still-operating restaurant in the Coeur d’Alene area? How about the longest under ownership/operation by the same person or family?
“Bank CDA is moving soon from its 7,500-square-foot building at 1052 Mill Ave. to the 12,000-square-foot former Black Rock building at 912 Northwest Boulevard. An elevator and drive-through were added to the building, which will have about 25 employees.
“The New Jersey Mining Co. evidently has budgeted $1.7 million for the exploration for gold, silver and copper in the Revett geological formation near Murray. An article in the Sanders County Ledger of Thompson Falls, Mont., said earlier core drillings were not assayed for gold so the New Jersey company will dig a deep exploration hole.