Breakfast, lunch offered at Fourth Street Cafe
Anticipating the renovation of Midtown Coeur d’Alene, Mike Kempf and Dana Musick are opening the Fourth Street Cafe this coming week at 726 Fourth St.
Located in the space of the former Bambino’s, the new eatery will offer breakfast and lunch in a relaxed, European atmosphere. The cafe holds 40 customers at tables with tablecloths, four at a counter fronting the open kitchen and a few in the “library” area with cookbooks (also for sale) and newspapers.
Including standard breakfast and lunch items, the menu offers eggs with O’Brien potatoes, hashbrowns cooked with butter, biscuits and gravy, fresh ground beef burgers, and soups, Monte Carlo and French-dip sandwiches, cookies and pies from scratch. Beer and wine also are available.
“People should be able to just sit, eat, drink and relax,” said Kempf, a New York native who previously had the Coeur d’Alene Cafe on East Sherman Avenue. Musick previously had the Veranda Restaurant in Kellogg. They’ll have six employees.
Hours will be from 7:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. (closed Mondays).
Second Mattress Outlet opens here
Coeur d’Alene’s second Mattress Outlet store opened last week in the mini mall at 405 W. Neider Ave. (at Highway 95). The 4,000-square-foot space originally was tagged for a Thai restaurant.
Owners Ken and Sharon Mullinax sell Serta mattresses, bedroom furniture and sleep-related products. They have two employees at each CdA store (the first is in Ironwood Center at Government Way and Ironwood Drive). It’s their 14th store in the Inland Northwest.
Hours are 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. weekdays, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturdays and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sundays. Check www.themattressoutletinc.com.
The neighboring 3,201-square-foot space that formerly had the Wheat Montana store is now available. Contact Marshall Clark at (509) 325-3333.
Grand opening at Island Ski & Board
Everything related to snow and water skis and boards is available at Island Ski & Board Shop, which is celebrating its grand opening at 101 Second St. (at Sherman Avenue) in downtown Coeur d’Alene.
The store sells and rents all types of water and snow sports equipment, accessories and apparel. Jet Ski rentals also are available. Owners Joe Lovell and Steve Bishop have five employees.
Hours are 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily. Phone 666-1626.
Bakery by the Lake in Parkside
With views of Lake Coeur d’Alene, Tubbs Hill and McEuen Field, Bakery by the Lake is open in the Parkside Condominium building between Sherman and Front avenues.
The menu includes baked goodies, breads, sandwiches, salads, Umbria coffees and new items each week. Delivery service to nearby locations will be added later this month, and beer and wine will be available in January.
The shop offers free wireless Internet, lounging chairs around the fireplace and opening glass doors to the terrace for additional seasonal seating. The Parkside and original Third and Lakeside location exchange baked goods and foods.
Owners Frank Pigott and manager (son) Andy employ 28 people at the two locations. The Parkside location opens daily at 6 a.m. and closes at 6 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays. Check www.bakerybythelake.com.
This week’s tidbits
•Kootenai County Farmers’ Market is host for an indoor winter market from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. today at the North Idaho Fairgrounds. Twenty-six vendors offer items including onions, garlic, cranberries, evergreens, jams, jellies, herbal vinegars and dried herbs.
•Volunteers are invited to participate in assembling wooden toys for children living in local shelters from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. next Saturday. Contact the CdA School of Woodworking at 755-9902 or drop by for any time you can donate at 4951 N. Building Center Drive (off Kathleen Avenue).
•The new commercial construction is great for builders and employment, but many, many spaces are open for lease in Coeur d’Alene. All the empty places combine for an ominous look.
•Watch for a big sale at Corral West, which is closing (with no definite date yet) at 291 W. Canfield Ave.
•Readers ask what’s happening with earth-moving activity north of the Mill River Development and east of the Stimson Mill site, both off Seltice Way. We need an informant. Shhhh.