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): The Press Pickleball Club
- Best local collaboration: Heritage Bar & Kitchen / Whistle Punk Brewing
- Most inspirational business owner: Lydia Cowles (Twenty-Seventh Heaven Scratch Bakery)
- Best place for wellness or relaxation: Anam Cara Healing Center
- Best place for a quick lunch break: Soulful Soups
- Best social media presence: RenCorp Realty
- Best locally-owned fashion spot: Garland Resale Boutique
- Best spot for a study session or work meeting: Indaba Coffee (518 W. Riverside Ave.)
- Best place to take your out-of-town guests: Numerica SkyRide at Riverfront Park
- Best place for a first date: Wooden City
For a full overview of the third annual Best in BID Awards, click here.
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.