Top Drinking Spots In Downtown CdA

Item: A powerful thirst in Coeur d’Alene: Three downtown bars rank in Idaho’s top five for purchasing alcohol /Tom Hasslinger, Coeur d’Alene Press

More Info: In term of bars buying booze from the state, three downtown Coeur d’Alene watering holes are cracking Idaho’s top five halfway through fiscal year 2010. Not too surprising, since the same three locales having been hovering in Idaho’s top 10 for several years. Number one so far on the Idaho State Liquor Division’s list of top liquor bottle buyers is the Iron Horse bar and grill on Sherman Avenue. Down the street is the third-place finisher, The Coeur d’Alene Resort, while the Sherman Avenue hangout the Beacon pub and former Brix restaurant, currently the Icon, is fifth.

Question: Is this something of which to be proud — that three of the top five drinking spots in Idaho are all located within 3 blocks of one another in downtown Coeur d’Alene?