Steam Plant Kitchen and Brewery

The restaurant at one of Spokane’s most iconic properties is reopening after a $4 million renovation – with a new name, new look, new menu and new executive chef.

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Fri., Jan. 19, 2018

The taproom and downstairs and the restaurant upstairs at the Steam Plant Kitchen and Brewery, shown Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2018.

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Chef Steve Leonard, a Cordon Bleu-trained chef from Chicago, stands by his kitchen, Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2018, just before the opening of the Steam Plant Kitchen and Brewery in the old Steam Plant in downtown Spokane. Formerly the Steam Plant Grill, Leonard has put his stamp on the menu and the kitchen and restaurant has been completely remodeled.

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Chef Steve Leonard, a Cordon Bleu-trained chef from Chicago, has redesigned the menu for the reopening of the Steam Plant Kitchen and Brewery in the old Steam Plant in downtown Spokane. Formerly the Steam Plant Grill, Leonard has put his stamp on the menu with dishes like the beef filet, foreground, the chopped salad and the grilled steelhead.,

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A new menu item at the new Steam Plant Kitchen and Brewery is the beef filet, with wood-roasted mushrooms, spinach, vanilla celery root puree and red wine sauce.

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Grilled steelhead with piquillo romesco sauce, fresh broccolini and fire-roasted potatoes is one of the new menu items at the newly revamped Steam Plant Kitchen and Brewery.

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A popular menu item at the new Steam Plant Kitchen and Brewery is the Inland Chopped Salad, which has greens, rotisserie chicken, cherry tomatoes, crispy bacon, avocado, granny smith apples, bleu chees and charred lemon vinaigrette dression.

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At the newly-remodeled Steam Plant Kitchen and Brewery, a wood-fired grill and rotisseries tempts diners with the smell and sound of grilling meat, shown Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2018 at the Steam Plant in downtown Spokane.

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At the newly-remodeled Steam Plant Kitchen and Brewery, a wood-fired grill and rotisseries tempts diners with the smell and sound of grilling meat, shown Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2018 at the Steam Plant in downtown Spokane.

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A newly remodeled Steam Plant Kitchen prepares to open, Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2018, at the Steam Plant Square in downtown Spokane.

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The kitchen staff prepare to open, Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2018, at the Steam Plant Kitchen and Brewery in place of the old Steam Plant Grill in downtown Spokane.

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The Steam Plant stacks glow with red and green lights for the holidays in downtown Spokane, Wash. It's an effect made possible by a high-tech, expensive LED lighting setup that's controlled from a desktop computer.

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Steam Plant shops.

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