Opening Doors
Moving and expanding from their 14-month-old catering business, cousins Nancy Bryntesen and Jaynine Pfahler will open Country Cousins Cafe on Thursday at 846 N. Fourth St., Coeur d’Alene.
Offering breakfasts and lunches from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. weekdays, Country Cousins has grown from the women’s catering business relocated from Government Way in Dalton Gardens. Coeur d’Alene residents since childhood, the owners are the daughters of twin sisters.
With table seating for 22 customers, the cafe offers continental-style breakfasts and full lunches with soups, salads, sandwiches, desserts and a children’s menu. Country Cousins Cafe is across the street from the Suzuki dealerships and a block south of Safeway. Phone 765-5660.
Land kitty-corner from the southwest corner of Kootenai Medical Center will be filled with a three-story, 34,000-square-foot building by year’s end.
Construction should begin next month on Ironwood Professional Plaza just west of Interlake Medical Building. The brick-facade structure, with sloping roofs and 124 parking spaces accessible from Ironwood Drive, will replace a house and apartment facility. The property is bordered by Medina Street to the south, but it will not be accessed by Medina.
G.D. Longwell Architects of Coeur d’Alene designed the building, which will be built by Crescent Construction. Marketers are Stephen Ridenour and Chad Dwyer of Coldwell Banker/Schneidmiller Realty. Owners are a group of out-of-state investors.
With square footage of about 10,300 for the three floors, the building will include a full basement with storage areas and maintenance equipment. Spaces, available by lease or purchase, will range from 1,500 square feet to full floors. The third floor will be occupied by surgeons Bret Dirks, Jeffrey McDonald and Michael Drager.
Everything needed for designing nurseries and a variety of items for infants is available at The Baby Train, which opened this week in Mill Town Center, 306 Spokane St., Post Falls.
A selection of new, used and collectible Little Tikes toys are a main feature. The 1,100-square-foot store, across from the Department of Motor Vehicles office, also offers baby clothes and furniture.
Store owners are Denice Maguire, who came to North Idaho 15 years ago from Thompson Falls, Mont., and Pamela Penley, who came here about 10 years ago from York, Pa. The Baby Train’s hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. weekdays and 10 to 4 Saturdays. Phone 457-1922.
Three-dimensional sculptures on pedestals are featured at the Olivetree Gallery at 323 N. Fifth Ave. (across from the Cedar Street Bridge), Sandpoint. Different local and regional artists are showcased in the 1,300-square-foot store each month.
Shop owners are Matt and Pamela Elbaum (German for olive tree), who came to Sandpoint from Houston in November. Matt said they looked for the ideal location and returned to North Idaho several times after vacationing here three years ago. The beauty of the area and the friendliness of the people convinced them to move here, he said.
Pamela is a graduate of the Glassel School of Art, affiliated with the Fine Arts Museum of Houston, and Matt’s background is in the precious metals business.
Store hours, to be expanded in the summer, are 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and 11 to 4 Sundays. Phone 255-7449.
Returning to the dry-cleaning store he managed 34 years ago, Leo Hall has purchased Westco Martinizing at 302 E. Spokane St., Coeur d’Alene. He’ll be changing the name to Coeur d’Alene Martinizing and will be changing to a more gentle cleaning solvent this month.
Originally from Cascade, Idaho, Hall has been affiliated with the drycleaning business for many years. He has seven employees in the 2,800-square-foot Coeur d’Alene store, which formerly was called One-Hour Martinizing. Phone 664-9705.