Super 1 Foods store opens on Boyer in Sandpoint
This is the first week for the new Super 1 Foods store at the intersection of Larch Street and Boyer Avenue in Sandpoint. On the site of a former lumber mill, the $5 million store is 54,000 square feet, about the same size as the company’s original store in Hayden and smaller than the Coeur d’Alene store.
Open 24 hours daily, the store offers large selections of fruits and vegetables, fresh Northwest seafood, USDA Choice beef, a natural foods section, pharmacy, bakery and deli in 16 aisles. Steve Furin manages 106 employees.
Originally from Eastern Washington, owner Ron McIntire opened his first store in Hayden in 1970. The company now has 11 stores in Washington, Montana and Idaho (CdA, Hayden, Post Falls, Rathdrum and Sandpoint). Check www.super1foods.net.
Pazzo’s Deli plans August opening
A building that has housed a wide array of fast food stores over many years will have a new one in August when Pazzo’s Italian Deli plans to open.
Patterned after delis in New Jersey, Pazzo’s will feature specialty hoagies with meatballs, chicken cutlets, cheesesteaks, sausages and peppers. Other items will include strombolies, panzarotties and antipastas.
“We chose to name the deli Pazzo’s because it means ‘crazy’ in Italian and this is how the quality of our products will be,” explained Patrick Hander, owner with his wife Crissy and her uncle Ron Baker. “We’ll have products no one else in town carries. We’ll be known as the home of the ‘crazy hoagies.’ ”
A market area will offer pastas, breads, olive oil and specialty catering platters. Beverages will include soft drinks and ice teas with beer and wine to be added later. With the place having limited seating, customers will order at the counter, primarily for takeout.
Originally from Bellmawr, N.J., and Las Vegas respectively, Patrick and Crissy joined Baker in North Idaho last year from Seattle. Patrick’s family has been in the food business since the 1950s.
“You don’t need to go to the East Coast anymore for this type of food,” Patrick said. “One of our ‘Pazzo’ visitors on Facebook said, ‘I can already hear Sinatra crooning.’ ”
Papillon in front
of CdA Plaza Shops
With our granddaughter Eliza wanting a pirate theme for her seventh birthday, I visited the Papillon Paper Emporium, new in the “east” front section of the Coeur d’Alene Plaza Shops. I found a centerpiece, garlands, napkins, plates, cupcake stickers and nameplates, all in a pirate theme. It’s also my sister’s birthday. She’s really into dinosaurs, and I found a card comparing her to one.
These are examples of Papillon’s paper products. Although closed for July 4 (and Christmas), hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 10 to 7 Fridays and Saturdays and 11 to 5 Sundays. Owners Susan and Brett Sommer also own Figpickles toy store downtown. They also are the primary source of CdA resident Susan Nipp’s “Mudgy & Millie” children’s books. Phone (208) 664-0736.
This week’s tidbits
• Showing movies since the 1930s, the Rena Theater in Kellogg had its final movie Thursday. Neighboring Dave Smith Motors has bought the building and so far won’t disclose its plans for it. Selling company Polson Theatres has 10 other movie houses in Montana. Easily the biggest employer in the Silver Valley, Dave Smith Motors has 350 employees. We noticed company billboards all the way through Montana.
• The Inkwell stores in Coeur d’Alene and Sandpoint have closed.
• Offering services for hair and skin and massage and weight-loss help, Earthly Beauty Organic Salon has opened at 105 S. Fourth St., Coeur d’Alene. The store formerly was Eterna Bella on Bosanko Avenue. Phone (208) 664-1888. Check www.earthly beautyorganicsalon.com.