Walla Walla — Come and join in on the First Annual Feast Walla Walla, a celebration of fine food, wine and art! Walla Walla’s historic downtown will set the scene for an afternoon of fun, with more than 50 vendors to include 16 restaurants and food purveyors, 29 wineries and 10 artists! Don’t miss out on this event! Net proceeds from the retail sales of bottled wines will benefit the Downtown Walla Walla Foundation and their mission.

 

For more information about Feast Walla Walla, contace Jennifer Northam at the Downtown Walla Walla Foundation at:

(509) 529-8755

Forza Coffee Company recently opened a new coffee shop in the Lincoln Heights Shopping center at 29th & Regal. Forza is a locally owned franchise of a growing chain based in Gig Harbor. Check them out and let us know what you think by sending us a review on I Review on this Web site. We know there are great coffee shops out there that are NOT Starbucks! Support them in your neighborhood! Forza Coffee Company is located at 2829 E. 29th St., Suite B.

To find out more about Forza Coffee Company, call:

(509) 535-7179.

Taste the Washington countryside by attending the Taste Washington wine and food event at the Davenport Hotel this Sunday. Sample over 100 Wash. wineries and tasty tidbits from area restaurants. Learn about the fine offerings that make up the acclaimed wines that are coming from Washington grown grapes. This is one event that even a non-wineaux would love because the tasting range will suit almost any palate.

Find out more at the web site and/or purchase tickets here: Taste Washington Spokane

On a little side trip to Pullman… we were on the hunt for our “Taste worth the Trip” feature for the upcoming issue of the Idaho Cuisine. Hearing about Merry Cellars wines and Swilly’s we decided to embark on the drive to Pullman to check them out.

WOW! Not only are they both a taste worth the trip…. Merry Cellars is producing some real contenders for anyone’s fine wine list and Swilly’s is far and away the absolute top of the list for our taste worth the trip feature! The service was amazing and the food simply superb!

Our server Rosie, is a student at the Viticulture and Enology program at EWU and delightfully informed us of the happenings around Pullman. She is definitely working at the right place. She knows food, she knows wine… she has the perfect balance of being there at the table for our needs and being gone from the table without ignoring us.

This warm and romantic restaurant is popular for a good reason! The food was quite remarkable with every taste and the mood is French Cafe style… find out more in the upcoming issue of Idaho Cuisine!

Thanks to owner/chef Joan… for creating such a wonderful place, and thank you Rosie for such great service!

In spite of the resident ghost, Maggie, the beautiful and historic Jameson is a warm and welcoming place to enjoy great food! On a little Sunday road trip, my Mom and I escaped the humdrum and stopped in to check it out. She had not been in Wallace before and wanted to see the Dante’s Peak claim-to-fame film location.

What a pleasure to find it right where its been for over 100 years! Originally opened in 1892 by Theodore Jameson III as Jameson’s Steak and Billiard Hall, the Jameson has been restored to its original splendor. They have a dinner & theatre package with the Sixth Street Melodrama a block away… a great reason to make it a destination this year!

Our lunch was such a little treat along the way on one of the first beautiful sunny days in months! The service was excellent and the salads were just the touch of class a Sunday lunch should be.

Its just another day in the life of a publisher, when you find one more, two more, no… three more things to publish! As we pubish the Idaho Cuisine and Spokane Sizzle annually, we are always finding new things we would like to share in between the printed issues. This is the first of many to come as the Sizzle’n Cuisine saga continues to let you know about recent openings, great food, art and entertainment finds, and really HOT events not to miss. Please feel free to join in and keep us posted on your great finds too!!

Jeanette Dunn - Publisher - Idaho Cuisine - Spokane Sizzle