Fresh Sheet: Coffee Roboto crowdfunding effort underway

It’s not too late for coffee drinkers to back a new mobile espresso business.

Husband-and-wife owners Young and Michal Bennett have about a week left for their Kickstarter campaign to fund Coffee Roboto. Donations go toward start-up expenses – such as brake pads, ingredients, cups and lids – as well as marketing materials and an espresso machine.

Slated to operate out of a 1979 Ford E-350 truck in Coeur d’Alene, Coffee Roboto plans to feature coffee beans from Doma Coffee Roasting Co. in Post Falls, where Young Bennett worked for four years. He plans to offer a minimalist menu of classic espresso drinks in 8 and 12 ounces, drip coffee, cold brew and shrub sodas.

Search for Coffee Roboto on www.kickstarter.com. Also on the Web: www.Coffee Roboto.com.

Five-course beer dinner

Europa is hosting a No-Li Brewers Dinner on Friday.

The $55, five-course dinner pairs dishes with beers from Spokane’s No-Li Brewhouse. Look for scallops with Crony Brown Ale, halibut with amber ale, a pork chop with Born & Raised IPA, a rib-eye with Rise & Grind Ale, and bananas Foster with Brass Monkey.

The dinner starts at 6 p.m. at Europa, 125 S. Wall St. Call (509) 455-4051.

Lobster boil

Clover’s second annual lobster boil is Tuesday night.

Dinner includes wine, corn, potatoes, Andouille sausage and Maine lobster in a broth.

Tickets cost $95 per person. Reservations are required. Seating – on the restaurant’s patio – is limited to 30 guests.

Dinner is at 6:30 p.m. at Clover, 913 E. Sharp Ave. Call (509) 487-2937 or email info@clover spokane.com. On the Web: http://clover spokane.com.

‘Bake Happy’

This new, hardcover, 240-page book by Judith Fertig features 100 desserts that focus on fillings and frostings. Find a couple of recipes inside today’s Spokesman-Review Food section.