We wandered over to The Steam Plant, an excellent restaurant in Spokane's old,... steam plant. It was originally built in 1916 and was coal fired, and over the years it was powered by wood, natural gas and oil. It provided Spokane with heat until 1986 when it finally shut down.
Some brilliant entrepreneur turned it into an amazing restaurant, almost like a small museum. You can still wander the cat walks that are high over the tables, and peer up into the smoke stacks. There are what seems like old metal staircases and corridors everywhere, most of them you can explore, but I'm not sure if I'd like to be there after hours or not, it almost feels like it could be haunted.
The menu is pretty extensive and they have what appears to be a great micro-brew onsite, with a pub. We didn't check that out, we just had dinner, which was a fantastic pasta with mushrooms (all sorts) and asparagus in a wine sauce. Really tasty.
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It was nice to see these pix of Spokane, we've not been there for a few years now. Rod and I would often visit the Steam Plant, it was within walking distance of an apartment we kept close by, that LONG year of 2004...whether for a meal or a cocktail and snack, we always enjoyed the place. Your little getaway sounds like good fun, glad you are "re-discovering" Spokane, seeing it in a better light :).I know it took me awhile.
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