Heat up kitchen with goods from Chile Headz!
A new Spokane Valley deli is offering authentic Tex-Mex sauces, cooking bases and rubs to go.
Chile Headz! opened two weeks ago at 1510 N. Argonne Road, Suite B. The shop offers fresh, homemade hot sauces, meat rubs, chili bases and salsas (including a pineapple-jalapeno relish) for people who enjoy authentic southwestern foods but are too busy to cook from scratch.
Other tasty items are available for those who don’t want to cook at all.
“I cater to chili heads – people who like hot, spicy food. Mine is kind of an adaptation between your Texas-style of sweetheart barbecue and your Mexican sauces,” said P.J. Burgess-Derrick.
Burgess-Derrick spent years developing the recipes that she sells through the shop that she owns with her husband, Scott Derrick.
Samples are available for people who want to try before they buy. Pints of salsas and sauces cost $4.95 to $6.95 and are perfect for Texas Hold ‘em and tailgate parties, Burgess-Derrick said.
Her Tex-Mex chili base makes a quick meal for family dinner or parties. The base sells for $5.95 a pint, which serves four, and $7.95 for a quart, which makes 10 servings. Customers just add browned beef and beans.
The shop has a limited menu that gives people a chance to grab lunch and try the sauces. Menu items include her signature cow pie, made in a jalapeno corn bread rolled dough that’s filled with chili burger sauce or vegetarian chili and melted cheese, a barbecue meatloaf sandwich and southwest seasoned wraps. Prices range from $2.25 to $5.95.
A chipotle baking sauce is poured over a roast, which is then baked and shredded for tacos. The flavorful beef is a welcome alternative to tacos made with ground beef and packaged taco seasoning. Chile Headz! sells sandwiches and wraps from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Fresh sauces and cooking bases are available from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Special orders are available. For more information, call 926-5620.
Apartments ready in Liberty Lake
A Liberty Lake apartment complex with a panoramic view is open and renting units.
Country Vista Apartments has completed 36 of 192 rentals, resident manager Angel Shipley said.
The apartments offer views of Mount Spokane and Spokane Valley, with corner apartments featuring panoramic scenes.
“We do have incredible views from almost every apartment. That’s very unique,” Shipley said.
Amenities include outdoor barbecues, a pool and Jacuzzi (completed in the next two weeks), exercise room, gathering room for meetings and private parties and a lounge with a fireplace.
Apartments include full-sized washers and dryers, and patios and balconies with outdoor storage sheds.
One-bedroom units are 700 to 800 square feet and rent for $615 to $730. Two-bedroom apartments are 1,028 square feet and cost $855 a month.
Three-bedroom units have two baths and go for $1,030. Townhouses, with two-and a half baths, rent for $1,425. Garages and covered parking are available for an additional fee.
The office at Country Vista Apartments, 21200 E. Country Vista Drive, is open Monday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday, noon to 5 p.m. For more information, call 928-2189.