Best in BID Awards

The third annual Best in BID Awards are here! Now is your chance to vote for your favorite businesses within the Downtown Spokane Business Improvement District (BID).

Voting is open to the public January 8 – 20, 2025. Four finalists have been selected in each category after a public nomination period.

Vote here

Best in BID finalists:

Best new business (opened in 2024)

• Le VERRE Wine Bar
• The Press Pickleball Club
• Jade: A PNW Bar
• Rosie’s Restaurant

Best local collaboration

• Sweet Frostings / One Tree Hard Cider
• Heritage Bar & Kitchen / Whistle Punk Brewing
• Wanderlust Delicato / Gander & Ryegrass
• First Avenue Coffee / Dry Fly Distillery

Most inspirational business owner

• Alyssa Agee (Symons Block)
• Lydia Cowles (27th Heaven Bakery)
• Mirak Kazanjian (Skewers)
• Deb Green (Madeleine’s Café & Durkin’s Liquor Bar)

Best place for wellness or relaxation

• Anam Cara Healing Center
• Davenport Spa
• Crafted Beauty
• The Space

Best social media presence

• Pop Balloon Bar & Party
• 4AM
• RenCorp Realty
• @stylinwithkat / Heartbreaker Studio

Best place for a quick lunch break

• Soulful Soups
• Cochinito Taqueria
• The Bagel Authority
• Method Juice Café

Best locally-owned fashion spot

• Teleport Vintage + Co.
• Garland Resale Boutique
• Echo Boutique
• Fringe & Fray

Best spot for a study session or work meeting

• 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 for a first date

• Garden Party
• Swing Lounge
• Flatstick Pub
• Wooden City

Best place to take your out-of-town guests

• The Small Biz Shoppe
• Clinkerdagger
• Wonders of the World
• Numerica SkyRide at Riverfront Park

Vote here

Voting closes at 11:50pm on January 20, 2025. Winners will be announced on this page 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.

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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

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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.