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About this Blog
While sitting around having coffee with a friend of mine, Jim Headley, the subject of the Fort Ground Tavern's remodel came up. We talked about this establishment and how our lives had been touched by its history. One thing led to another and before long Jim was talking about the various bars that had been in Coeur d'Alene, and I began to write them down.
The rich memories that are dug up when we talk about these establishments always bring smiles and far off stares. We cannot for loose this bit of our past, so I have established this blog to try to document this information before it is lost for ever.
The posts are in no particular order. I will post new watering holes when I get pictures or historical information about the location. Photos have been taken off other web sites and reposted here. I have established a 20 mile radius of the Cd'A area and will post any drinking establishment that resides within that circle. If you feel any images here are published without permission or violate any copyright, please contact me and they will be promptly removed.
As you read through, or look at the photos, feel free to comment. If you have a digital photo and would like to share it, email it to canyonwren@roadrunner.com and I will post it and give you credit. Contact me if you have a bar photo, but don’t have a scanner and I will help you digitize it. Take a moment and write down a memory and together we can collect the History of the Bars of Coeur d'Alene. If the bar or tavern you frequented is not listed in the blog, visit my map of the Bars of Cd’A and see if it is posted there.
The rich memories that are dug up when we talk about these establishments always bring smiles and far off stares. We cannot for loose this bit of our past, so I have established this blog to try to document this information before it is lost for ever.
The posts are in no particular order. I will post new watering holes when I get pictures or historical information about the location. Photos have been taken off other web sites and reposted here. I have established a 20 mile radius of the Cd'A area and will post any drinking establishment that resides within that circle. If you feel any images here are published without permission or violate any copyright, please contact me and they will be promptly removed.
As you read through, or look at the photos, feel free to comment. If you have a digital photo and would like to share it, email it to canyonwren@roadrunner.com and I will post it and give you credit. Contact me if you have a bar photo, but don’t have a scanner and I will help you digitize it. Take a moment and write down a memory and together we can collect the History of the Bars of Coeur d'Alene. If the bar or tavern you frequented is not listed in the blog, visit my map of the Bars of Cd’A and see if it is posted there.
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- Athletic Round Table (2)
- Beauty Bay Resort (1)
- Boots and Saddle (2)
- Boulevard Club (1)
- Capone's (1)
- Charlie's Acres (1)
- Charlies Acres (1)
- Coeur d'Alene Brewing Company (1)
- Corner Pocket (1)
- Cove Bowl (1)
- Cricket's Steakhouse and Oyster Bar (1)
- Desert Hotel (1)
- El Patio (1)
- Elkhorn Tavern (1)
- Elks (1)
- Fish Inn (2)
- Fort Ground Tavern (1)
- Garwood Saloon (1)
- Gibb's Tavern (1)
- Gibbs Tavern (1)
- Happy Hour (1)
- Hard Luck Charlie's (1)
- Hydroplane Room (1)
- Iron Horse (1)
- Kon Tiki (1)
- Leahy's 300 (1)
- Marine Room (1)
- Night Light (1)
- Pappy's Pizza (1)
- Rainbow Cigar and Tavern (1)
- Rathskeller Inn (1)
- Red Rooster (1)
- Regina (1)
- Saddle Sore Inn (1)
- Silver Spur (1)
- Slab (1)
- Sundown Saloon (1)
- Sunset Bar (1)
- Tee Pee Room (1)
- Templins (1)
- The Boat (1)
- The Falls Club (1)
- The Pub (1)
- The Rock (1)
- The Shanty Bar (1)
- The Sourdough Club (1)
- The Sundown Saloon (1)
- TW Fishers (1)
- Twelve Ten Tavern (1)
- Union Bar (1)
- Union Hall (1)
- Wolf Lodge (1)
- Woos Cafe (1)
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- Cricket's Steakhouse and Oyster Bar
- Saddle Sore Inn
- Road Runner - Capone's
- Iron Horse - Tee Pee Room
- Fort Ground Tavern
- Gibbs Tavern
- Templin's - Marine Room
- The Slab Inn
- The Falls Club
- Charlie's Acres
- The Sourdough Club
- Coeur d'Alene Brewing Company - TW Fishers
- Shady Rest
- Boots & Saddle
- Desert Hotel - ART
- The Fish Inn
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Hi Dean is the Sourdough Club still in operation? My mother and I went to a restaurant in the early 60's.The entrance was a mine shaft. It was called the Sourdough Inn.Is this the same place? If so,where is it located? Geri
ReplyDeleteSadly, It is not there any more..It was a great place...I'm happy you got to enjoy the place.
ReplyDeleteLaurie
My dad owned the Sourdough 1954-1969. It closed a couple of years after that. It was an awesome place.
ReplyDeleteYou must be the progeny of Jeanne and Norm Goede! When I was a child, growing up in Calgary Alberta in the 50's our family used to drive to Coeur d'Alene so that my father, Art Bradshaw, could play the organ and piano in the evening for entertainment. In exchange, we were given a cabin (?). They were wonderful times, and the Goedes were super folks. Good memories!
DeleteDianne Bradshaw (now living in Montreal)
Where's Peabodys and the Cotton Club? Too many great momories.
ReplyDeleteSadly they are both gone! Lots of good times in both those places!!
DeleteI remember a special dinner when I was a boy in the late 1950s. We went to the Sourdough and I was, of course fascinated with the mine entrance. I had the spaghetti. Another place I have fond memories of is the Red Rooster Smorgesborg, at State Line. I think my folks liked to take us to these Idaho bars because children (minors) were allowed with adults. Another place I remember was Curley's, I think in Hauser. Does anyone recall these places? Oh, and the original Paul Bunyan burger joint, as well.
ReplyDeleteCurly's is still there! Bigger and better, I suppose! Also Paul Bunyan is still in CoeurdAlene and one in Post Falls also but the one in Cda is original. This area has changed so much! Not the same at all anymore! All the famous landmarks are gone!
DeleteAll the information here is great! I just took the most memorable walk back in time. The map of the area is amazing! Brings back the best and happiest memories of my life. Thank you for sharing!
ReplyDeleteI just found an ashtray from the Sourdough in a box of stuff from an auction. When looking it up online, I found your comments.Sounds like it was a pretty cool place!
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely!
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