Eats aplenty at Highland Crossing
Food and beverages won’t be hard to find in the Highland Crossing development planned for the southwest corner of Highway 41 at Mullan Avenue behind the Del Taco Restaurant. The 23,188-square-foot, two-level building’s probable tenants include a Pizza Factory, San Francisco Sourdough Restaurant and Thomas Hammer Coffee Roasters.
The Pizza Factory will have 3,600 square feet and 25 to 30 employees. With 125 restaurants in eight Western states, the company began in 1979 in Oakhurst, Calif. North Idaho stores are in Prairie Shopping Center, Bonners Ferry, Wallace and St. Maries.
Post Falls owners are Bart and Tanya Chamberlin and Jan and Julie Spellman. The Chamberlins came from Milton-Freewater, Ore., and San Francisco respectively. Originally from Albuquerque and St. Maries, the Spellmans came here in 1994 from Salt Lake City and also own Pizza Factories in St. Maries, Hayden, and Medical Lake and Tri-Cities, Wash.
Post Falls will be San Francisco Sourdough’s third North Idaho store with the original restaurant in downtown Coeur d’Alene and the second in Riverstone Development. Owner Robert Lenhart also has stores in Liberty Lake and Meridian and will be opening two soon in Nevada. The Highland Crossing store will have about 10 employees in 1,500 square feet.
The Thomas Hammer Coffee store would be the 12th of the 13-year-old company. Its headquarters are in Spokane, with stores in Spokane and Boise. Its products include a variety of coffees, baked goods and Thomas Hammer gear. The 1,500-square-foot store would have indoor and outdoor seating, a drive-through and eight or nine employees.
Although the deal isn’t absolute, business owner Thomas Hammer said, “We do have a lot of interest of going into that site.”
The building should be complete in May or June. North River Development is seeking other occupants. Phone 664-2966.
Donut House open 24/7
A variety of freshly made baked goods and Doma coffees in a relaxing atmosphere are the specialty of The Donut House at 9551 Government Way, next to the 7-Eleven store in Hayden.
Open 24 hours with four employees, the store offers a wide selection of doughnuts, muffins, bagels, croissants and fruit burritos. Matt Gross, who owns the store with his wife, April, has baked the goods in shops with his father for 15 years. They came from Mesa, Ariz., six months ago.
Snuggled into a farmhouse built in 1905, the store has seating for about 20 customers in each of the two stories with the second featuring a lounge area. Phone 772-5771.
Treaty Rock plans
Three to five buildings ranging from 5,000 to 11,000 square feet are planned for a three-acre site at 414 W. Seltice Way off the northwest intersection of Interstate 90 and Spokane Street in Post Falls. The development probably will be called Treaty Rock Plaza.
Owner Mark Doerfler said he’s looking for a mixture of tenants with the sizes of the buildings depending on their needs. Construction has begun on the first building and should be complete in April. He came to North Idaho from Arizona. Phone 661-0135.
Roger’s Ice Cream sells
Although the business is 65 years old, Rogers Ice Cream has had only three owners. The fourth set of owners will be Andy and Lisa Getas and Gary Kruk. Although the burger-and-ice-cream store has been seasonal, it will open year-round Feb. 17 with “winter” menu additions.
It will include MSG-free soups and chili in sourdough bread bowls, teriyaki chicken rice bowls, hot chocolate and hot cider and monthly specials such as BBQ steaks and Caesar and garlic salads. Since adding a drive-through isn’t possible, customers who place phone-ahead orders on wintry days can have the grub brought to their cars outside the place.
Roger’s Ice Cream began in 1940 in Moscow and moved to Coeur d’Alene in the 1980s. In 1992 it moved from its former home at Fourth and Sherman (where Java on Sherman is now) to its current home at 13th and Sherman.
Lines form there all summer despite the “remote” East Sherman location.
The sellers are DJ and Debbie Edmiston and her sister Sherry Morrison. The women have Morrison Accounting in Post Falls, and DJ works with Utility Locating Services and is a playwright and theater director.
The Getas will divide their time between Coeur d’Alene and their jobs in Carson City, Nev. Kruk will manage Roger’s with hours of 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday and until 10 p.m. in the summer. They’ll keep the Roger’s name, prices and menu with its famous huckleberry ice cream.