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The and Now: Wilson’s restaurant

1932: Wilson’s Restaurant No. 3, in White’s Hotel, is pictured on the northeast corner of Sprague Avenue and Stevens Street. The block is where city father James Glover’s home once stood. Stuart D. Wilson owned three downtown waffle restaurants between 1918 and 1951, serving reasonably priced food. The 1905 hotel building belonged to Joseph A. White, Wilson’s father-in-law. (Eastern So / The Spokesman-Review)
1932: Wilson’s Restaurant No. 3, in White’s Hotel, is pictured on the northeast corner of Sprague Avenue and Stevens Street. The block is where city father James Glover’s home once stood. Stuart D. Wilson owned three downtown waffle restaurants between 1918 and 1951, serving reasonably priced food. The 1905 hotel building belonged to Joseph A. White, Wilson’s father-in-law. (Eastern So / The Spokesman-Review)
1932: Wilson’s Restaurant No. 3, in White’s Hotel, is pictured on the northeast corner of Sprague Avenue and Stevens Street. The block is where city father James Glover’s home once stood. Stuart D. Wilson owned three downtown waffle restaurants between 1918 and 1951, serving reasonably priced food. The 1905 hotel building belonged to Joseph A. White, Wilson’s father-in-law. (Eastern So / The Spokesman-Review)

Fueling early Spokane downtown crowd was a trio of waffle houses owned by Stuart D. Wilson. He was one of the little remembered downtown businessmen of early Spokane who had a main business, lunch counter restaurants, and dabbled in other avenues, including real estate, a tavern and building supply business. His restaurants were for the budget-minded, with filling meals rarely costing more than 40 cents in the Great Depression.

Read Wilson’s story here.

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