The West Wing

4334 S Regal St

Spokane, Wa 99223

The West Wing is another branch of the White House Grill in Post Falls, ID.

I'd have to give this restaurant 4 out of 5 stars. Their a bit on the pricey side, to me, for what you get, but worth it in the long run. 

If you do not like garlic or just mildly like it, DO NOT GO! Everything except for their fries contain massive amounts of garlic in it and it's amazing!

This was my going away 'party' and I went out with my mom and my dad. 

I miss them so much :(

When you enter you can see the kitchen. It's not too big so you're pretty close to the people at the next table but far enough away that they'll mind their own business. 

I'm in the patio and they have massive open doors into the restaurant.

Other side of restaurant.

Patio.

The best appetizer EVER! It's a Balsamic Vinegar inside olive oil with crushed garlic on top served with sliced French Bread. This garlic packs a punch, but its oh so good!

I got the gyro with fries and pasta salad. The pasta salad was a bit too much on the mayo-y side, but I'm not a fan of mayo, so I'm biased. The gyro was delicious! The meat was so tender and flavorful with a tzatziki sauce that topped it off into perfection.

My mom got a Balsamic Spinach salad. It's pretty big, and pretty garlic-y. There are chunks of garlic inside, along with croutons and Romano cheese.

My dad got the same thing as me, but vegetarian. They put mixed veggies inside along with feta cheese and tzatziki sauce. 

Update: This restaurant is now closed. You can still visit the main branch in Post Falls, ID.

Savory

Today, I went to Savory located at 1314 S Grand Blvd.

Which, I discovered, that every first Friday of the month they hold a mini Cirque de Soleil from 5 pm to 9 pm. I was so sad hearing this because I'm leaving this Sunday back to New Mexico. So next time I come up, I will have to come!

Savory once was a Blockbuster, but ya know, due to Red Box and Netflix, who needs Blockbuster? I am surprised Hastings has lasted this long! So when I walked in, I was shocked to see....

This! 

Straight ahead is the lounge. The atmosphere was very chic.

The waitress we had was so nice! She talked briefly to me about being a military wife and thanked me and my husband for my sacrifice and his service. She came around and checked on us frequently (not too-too much) and when we had questions she patiently answered all of the ones she knew and the ones she didn't she didn't hesitate to ask. 

Here are a couple of pictures of the menu's:

Whole Menu

Close Up at Afternoon Appetizers

Close up of Specials

Martini List

Wine List

We were seated in the Lounge. 

I love how you can see the kitchen from the restaurant and that there was seating right in front of it! This told me that they weren't afraid to show what they are doing/making back there and they are up to par of cleanliness. 

We were starved, so we got an appetizer. We ordered the Mediterranean Tappas Platter, which included: Hummus, Tzatziki, Roasted garlic, Olive Relish, Pickled Cucumbers, and Sweet Peppers served with Grilled Baguettes and Flat bread Triangles. 

What is another word for amazing? Astonishing, blow one's mind, awesome? Yea. Pick any of those. It was deliciiiiiousssss!!!!! 

Before I get started on this beautiful salad, I must say this: We ordered two specials which were $14 ($15 for dinner), little pricey for lunch, I know, but it came with either a house salad (above) or a caeser salad and after you've had  your meal, you get dessert too! So All in all, not a bad price.

Ok. The salad. This salad came with beautiful spring mix, candied apricots, Gorgonzola cheese, Dried Chic Peas and Pecans. There may be a few other things in here as well, I can't remember. 

Oh! Salads also come with this muti-grain bread and herbed butter. 

I ordered Chicken Picata on Angel Hair Pasta. It entailed Lemon-Caper wine sauce, garlic, shallots, butter and soft herbs.  

I was a bit disappointed with this, but not because of the chef, because I didn't see the caper part and I'm not a caper fan, which you can see there are capers everywhere. BUT! the chicken was SOOOO moist! I didn't even need a knife to cut through it and it was pretty good!

My mother got some fish and chips. The cod was fresh, not frozen, and breaded in Parmesean cheese, garlic and ginger Panko crumbs with a hand made tartar sauce. 

So, I didn't take photo's of dessert. I'm sorry. :(

My mom had Creme Brulee. It was pretty good.

I had the Chocolate Decadence. Which... there are no words for how amazing it was....

So. What I love the most about this restaurant is that the chefs try to incorporate fresh local fruits and veggies as possible. Which is just amazing.

I don't understand why only 68% of the people who have gone to Savory like it, I was very impressed.

 This is a perfect date night restaurant. Service was great. It's pricey, but delicious. 

I rate it as a 5 out of 5.

The Elk Public House

(Photo taken from here)

Located at 1931 W Pacific Avenue in Spokane (Browne's Addition), this restaurant has very college-y atmosphere. There isn't much to the menu, but from the options they give you, it's pretty good!  

I didn't get a chance to take a picture of the menu, but it was one page that included Appetizers, Sandwiches and Specials. All the burgers and sandwiches come with either Corn pasta salad, potato salad, regular potato chips or jalapeno chips. 

I took my mother out before I leave to New Mexico. She got a Black Bean Burger (She's a vegetarian) with the corn salad and I got a Grilled Lamb Sandwich with the corn salad as well. 

(I know it's dark, sorry!)

Here is the inside. The place is packed in the patio and it was almost closing time, so no one was inside. 

The bar is on the other side of the wall. 

Service was not the best. Our server barely came by. We had to hunt him down for the check!

As I said earlier, I felt the options were limited, but were good. 

My favorite part of the whole experience was the corn pasta. So good! 

All in all, I would go back. I give it 3.5/5 stars.