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Best in BID Awards

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

Check out the winners


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.

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