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The third annual Best in BID Awards are here! Over the course of a month, you, the public, got to nominate and vote for your favorite businesses within the Downtown Spokane Business Improvement District (BID).
Best in BID finalists & winners:
Best new business (opened in 2024)
- Le VERRE Wine Bar
- WINNER: The Press Pickleball Club
- Jade: A PNW Bar
- Rosie’s Restaurant
Best local collaboration
- Sweet Frostings / One Tree Hard Cider
- WINNER: Heritage Bar & Kitchen / Whistle Punk Brewing
- Wanderlust Delicato / Gander & Ryegrass
- First Avenue Coffee / Dry Fly Distillery
Most inspirational business owner
- Alyssa Agee (Symons Block)
- WINNER: Lydia Cowles (27th Heaven Bakery)
- Mirak Kazanjian (Skewers)
- Deb Green (Madeleine’s Café & Durkin’s Liquor Bar)
Best place for wellness or relaxation
- WINNER: Anam Cara Healing Center
- Davenport Spa
- Crafted Beauty
- The Space
Best place for a quick lunch break
- WINNER: Soulful Soups
- Cochinito Taqueria
- The Bagel Authority
- Method Juice Café
Best social media presence
- Pop Balloon Bar & Party
- 4AM
- WINNER: RenCorp Realty
- @stylinwithkat / Heartbreaker Studio
Best locally-owned fashion spot
- Teleport Vintage + Co.
- WINNER: Garland Resale Boutique
- Echo Boutique
- Fringe & Fray
Best spot for a study session or work meeting
- WINNER: Indaba Coffee (518 W. Riverside Ave.)
- Cedar Coffee (701 N. Monroe St.)
- Rocket Bakery (1325 W. 1st Ave.)
- Revival Tea (415 W. Main Ave.)
Best place to take your out-of-town guests
- The Small Biz Shoppe
- Clinkerdagger
- Wonders of the World
- WINNER: Numerica SkyRide at Riverfront Park
Best place for a first date
- Garden Party
- Swing Lounge
- Flatstick Pub
- WINNER: Wooden City
Voting closed on January 20, 2025. Winners have been announced here and via social media (be sure and follow @DowntownSpokane).
For a full overview of the third annual Best in BID Awards, click here.
Save the date for February 20 at nYne Bar & Bistro when the Best in BID winners will be recognized at the 2025 Annual Meeting of the Downtown Spokane Partnership and Business Improvement District.
Annual Meeting & Best in BID Awards
2024 Best in BID Award winners:
- Friendliest staff: First Avenue Coffee
- Most unique menu: Indigenous Eats (River Park Square)
- Best new business (opened in 2023): House of Brunch
- Most place to check out art: The Gallery at Entropy
- Most hidden gem: Chicken-n-Mo
- Most Instagrammable spot: Emma Rue's
- Best family friendly spot: Riverfront Park
- Most community-involved: Auntie's Bookstore
- Best Breakfast: Satellite Diner & Lounge
- Best late night hangout spot: Durkin's Liquor Bar
- Best gem for shopping: Boo Radley's
2023 Best in BID Award winners:
- Most epic comeback since 2020: Revival Tea Co.
- Most underrated: The Mango Tree
- Best Couple (neighboring businesses or block): Whistle Punk Brewing and Heritage Bar & Kitchen
- Most photogenic (exterior or façade, or interior): The Historic Davenport Hotel
- Most reliable (most likely not to change): Auntie's Bookstore
- Most likely to brighten up your day: Boo Radley's
- One of a kind (most unique): The Space
- Most likely to be in a music video: Durkin's Liquor Bar
- Favorite Freshman (best new business): Common Language Brewing Co.
- Best "glow up" (business expansion or improvements): Dry Fly Distilling
- Most likely to make Seattle jealous: Petunia & Loomis
- Most likely to become an influencer: The Woodshop
- Most likely to save the planet: Spokane Refillery
- Best dressed (for staff or for business marketing): Fringe & Fray
- Life of the party: Brick West Brewing Co.