Lunch Downtown Spokane

[Tripper]

We will be in downtown Spokane for lunch mid-week. What is good? Open to any cuisine and price range. Thanks in advance for any suggestions you may have!

[ritabwh]

Santes. then go browse at Auntie's Books next door.
:-))

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Sante
404 West Main, Spokane, WA 99201

[RetiredChef]

Here is my list - if any of these sound interesting check out the reviews on Yelp (I find yelp to me accurate in Spokane than Urbanspoon.)

$ Chicken-N-More - Southern style cooking - hole in the wall.
$ Domini Sandwich's - Old school sandwich shop, plain sandwich's with lots of meat
$ High Nooner - A good deli sandwich shop
$ Neato Burrito - Hole in the wall place that is attached to Baby Bar, they feature wrap style burritos.
$$ Europa - European style bistro, service/food can be a little slow
$$ Herbal Essence Cafe - Small cafe with good bistro style food
$$ Monterey Cafe - Although it's called Monterey cafe it features mostly Italian style food (pizza's, pasta, calzones, etc.)
$$ Queen of Sheba - Ethiopian cuisine that is very authentic and homemade. Small place and wait times can be long if they are busy.
$$ Santorini's Greek - Greek restaurant that is good - only drawback is they don't follow their posted hours very well.
$$ Taco's Tumbras - Hole in the wall type place but it is one of the top three Mexican restaurants in Spokane (Note I said "in Spokane" pretty average compared to places in LA)
$$ Thai on 1st - Nice atmosphere, good Thai food.
$$$ Mizuna - High end Bistro that features vegetarian and non-vegetarian food
$$$ Sante's - High end bistro featuring mostly organic and locally grown items. Fresh charcuterie items

If I were to rate the top three restaurants on the above list using quality of food they would be

#1 (tie) Sante's
#1 (tie) Mizuna
#3 Queen of Sheba

Other popular places that I think have sub-par food or not worth the money

Clinkerdagger - too expensive
Italian Kitchen - too expensive and sub-par food
Linnie's Thai - sub-par food
Moxie - too expensive
O'Doherty's - terrible food
Raw Island Grill - sub-par food
Satellite Diner sub-par food unless you are drunk and it's 3AM and you HAVE to eat)
Scratch - too expensive
Steelhead - sub-par food
Taaj Indian Food - sub-par food
The Peacock Room - Too expensive and sub-par food
Twigs - too expensive and sub-par food
Wild Sage - Very hit and miss and unfortunately to many misses - sub-par food and too expensive

Good luck and let us know where you went and what you thought of it please.

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Sante
404 West Main, Spokane, WA 99201

Clinkerdagger
West 621 Mallon Street, Spokane, WA 99201

Satellite Diner
425 W Sprague Ave, Spokane, WA 99201

Neato Burrito
827 W 1st Ave, Spokane, WA 99201

Herbal Essence Cafe
115 N Washington St, Spokane, WA 99201

Chicken-N-More
11808 E Sprague Ave, Spokane Valley, WA 99206

Italian Kitchen
113 N Bernard St, Spokane, WA 99201

Mizuna
214 N Howard St, Spokane, WA 99201

High Nooner
410 E Holland Ave Ste G, Spokane, WA 99218

Queen of Sheba
621 W Mallon Ave, Spokane, WA 99201