Fresh Sheet: Allie’s opening new location

Allie’s Vegan Pizzeria and Café plans to open on the South Hill in mid-September. Renovation has already started on the new location at 1314 S. Grand Blvd., Suite 6.

“My hope is that we will be well-received at this site and when the Nevada location is ready I will be able to keep both spots and better meet the needs of our market,” owner Atania Gilmore said.

The original eatery at 4803 N. Nevada St. isn’t expected to reopen until the end of the year. It was damaged by fire June 5.

“Community response was overwhelming,” Gilmore said, noting a customer started a crowdfunding campaign and raised about $5,000.

Initial estimates put damage at $30,000. But Gilmore said lost inventory totals more than $15,000 and structural damage as well as damage to furnishings and equipment exceeds $300,000. She and one of her chefs suffered smoke inhalation. Gilmore also sustained second-degree burns.

On the web: alliesvegan.com.

Healthy-eating tour

The “Get Up and Grow North American Tour” will be visiting Spokane and North Idaho from Saturday through Monday.

Participants can create a personalized pledge to eat healthier and receive giveaways. They can also sample recipes, such as Refresh and Café Banana Frappé and Brussels Sprouts and Grilled Pineapple Salad.

The tour, organized by the Dole Food Co. to promote a plant-based diet, will stop in 42 cities in 26 states from May through September. Here’s the schedule for local stops:

• 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Rosauers at 2610 E. 29th Ave., Spokane
• 3 to 6 p.m. Saturday, Rosauers at 10618 E. Sprague Ave., Spokane
• 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday, Super 1, 305 W. Kathleen Ave., Coeur d’Alene
• 3 to 6 p.m. Sunday, Super 1, 15837 N. Westwood Drive, Rathdrum
• 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday, Yoke’s Fresh Market, 1233 N. Liberty Lake Road, Liberty Lake

On the web: Dole.com/GetUpandGrow.

Olive Garden manager wins award

The general manager of the Olive Garden in Coeur d’Alene has achieved Diamond Club status.

Mandi Luce is one of 42 general managers from more than 800 Olive Garden restaurants to receive this year’s recognition. Diamond Club status recognizes excellence in hospitality. Olive Garden is a chain of casual, Italian-American restaurants. The CdA location is at 525 W. Canfield Ave. Call (208) 762-9300.

Meadery wins awards

Hierophant Meadery won several medals in the recent Northwest Wine Summit Competition in Hood River, Oregon.

Its Lemon Balm won gold as well as two distinction awards: Best of Category and Best Mead. Two more meads – traditional, off-dry Chrysopoeia and Matricaria Chamomile – won bronze.

Hierophant Meadery is owned by husband-and-wife herbalists and mead-makers Jeremy and Michelle Kyncl. It’s located at 16602 N. Day-Mt. Spokane Road in Mead. Call (509) 294-0134.

On the web: hierophantmeadery.com.

Bakery start-up

Twenty-Seventh Heaven Scratch Bake Shop is trying to raise $30,000 by the end of August to open a new bakery on Spokane’s South Hill.

Pastry chef Lydia Cowles specializes in coffee cake, fresh breads and cupcakes. She graduated from Whitworth College in 2005 and recently received her baking certification from Spokane Community College.

On the web: indiegogo.com and facebook.com/TwentySeventhHeaven.