Historic Roxy Site Gets New Look
Moving from one historic building to another and adding a specialty tea shop, 4th Street Loft & Tea Leaves will open Friday, Nov. 24, in the old Roxy Theater building at 115 S. Fourth St. in Coeur d’Alene.
The site previously housed Boondoggles coffee shop and retro clothing store.
Tea Leaves will open first in a 500-square-foot tea bar area. With seating for about 20 people, Tea Leaves also plans to offer a variety of muffins, scones, sandwiches and soups.
The “Mr. Tea” of the business is Randy Myers, who claims that he and associate Yvonne Pettit will sell no tea that the owners have not tried and approved. Tea Leaves products include bulk and packaged teas and tisanes, tea-based items and tea-inspired personal care products.
The majority of the 5,000-square-foot space, in the open areas of what once was the Roxy Theater, will be the 4th Street Loft.
Moving from its perch in Wiggett Antique Mall in the old Montgomery Ward building two blocks up Fourth Street, the Loft portion of the business should open Dec. 1.
Owners Mark and Sandra Bechthold offer home furnishings and decorating items, ranging from vintage furniture to upscale products such as candles, gourmet foods and bath accessories. Items are described as “shabby, chic, cottage and retro.” Items from local artists will be featured, with a plan to offer artists in action in a program called “Live at the Roxy.”
Originally from Chicago, the Bechtholds came to Coeur d’Alene from San Diego in 1995. They describe the Loft as a “decorating and lifestyle marketplace.”
Taking advantage of a handy location and prime empty space, four Idaho institutes of higher education are combining forces for “one-stop shopping” at Northern Lights Mall. The 4,000-square-foot space formerly was the site of Check-It-Out video, with the official address of 408 W. Haycraft (at Highway 95).
With an opening planned for early December, the spaces will include two classrooms and offices for three employees and two advisers. It will be a cooperative information center for North Idaho College, the University of Idaho, Lewis-Clark State College and Idaho State University.
Called NICHE, the North Idaho Center for Higher Education, the center will provide students in the five northern counties with information on registration, academic advice and financial aid.
Offering colon therapy, vitamins and nutritional supplements, Nature’s Health Center has opened at 5900 W. Seltice Way, Post Falls. The 1,000-square-foot facility is next to Mully’s Hockey Hut west of the Pleasantview exit on Interstate 90.
With several post-graduate courses and accreditation, owner Linda Bews offers colonics, which she describes as “cleansing of the bowels.” Her assistant is Patsy Bissinger.
Originally from LaGrande, Ore., Bews came to North Idaho after 24 years in Alaska. She purchased the business three years ago when it was Hoye Naturopathic Center at 5250 E. Seltice Way. Bissinger came from Nampa, Idaho.
The business opens at 9 a.m. Mondays, Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturdays. Phone 777-9700.
Offering affordable prices on hair services, Head Quarters Salon has opened in Appleway Square in the former Surecuts space near Albertson’s at Highway 95 and Appleway, Coeur d’Alene.
Services include haircuts, perms, coloring and highlights with discounts for senior citizens and North Idaho College students.
Owners are Cathy Hurd and Debbie DeShazo, both licensed and previously employed with other salons.
Opening their own salon is their “dream come true,” DeShazo said. She is originally from Columbus, Mont., and Hurd came from Orlando, Fla.
Hours are 9 to 5 weekdays, 9 to 4 Saturdays and evenings by appointment. Phone 765-0809.
Don’t include Coeur d’Alene’s new Olive Garden Restaurant in your holiday plans. It won’t open until Jan. 28. About 150 employees are being recruited through Job Service and will be trained during January.