Anyone watching Spokane’s Restaurant Monopoly game board will notice one already successful player continues to expand and buy properties. That would be a Spokane-based partnership that recently bought Geno’s, a north Spokane restaurant that closed this year, damaged by a fire that started in a nearby building. The acquisition of Geno’s helps the group of four partners earn the title of Neighborhood Pub Conglomerate of the Inland Northwest. Their foray into restaurant ownership started 17 years ago, when the original three partners pooled their savings to buy a funky Coeur d’Alene restaurant that was converted into a hip restaurant and pub. That restaurant, Moon Time, is still doing well. Over the next 15 years the partners acquired five more eateries, including Geno’s/Tom Sowa, SR. More here. (SR photo: From left, Brad Fosseen, John Grollmus, Jeff Meagher and Marshall Powell laugh as they plan for sixth bar)

Question: Do you dine at Coeur d'Alene's Moon Time often?