Spokane, WA

I was meeting my Uncle for lunch on a sunny afternoon. When I picked him up I asked him where he wanted to go for lunch. When we meet for lunch we usually go to the same place but this time he said “you choose”. I thought for a second, since I am from Sandpoint and do not come to Spokane often, where we should go. My friend always raves about this pizza place in the Browns addition. I called her up and asked her where it was exactly. The directions were “Pacific avenue near the roundabout”. My Uncle was not familiar with the Browns addition, however I sort of knew where the roundabout was so I headed in that direction. After driving around for a few minutes looking down the cross streets I spotted the roundabout. We parked around the corner and walked into the Pacific Avenue Pizza. There was only one worker, and it was lunchtime, so service was a bit slow. After we were acknowledged by the one man show, he let us know menus were at the tables and we could seat ourselves. Although there was outside seating with umbrellas, it was a very warm day so we decided to sit inside. As we looked over their reasonably priced menu, I noticed that they offered not only pizza but calzones, baked sandwiches and salads. I selected a baked sandwich and my uncle picked a calzone. As we waited I enjoyed a beer from their bar, which was filled with wines and micro brews on tap. We took in the ambiance of the restaurant where the walls were covered with neon beer signs and the bar faced the industrial style kitchen. There were TV’s on around the restaurant with sports and news on, but my Uncle and I mostly spent the time catching up.

Once our food arrived my uncle was amazed by the size of the calzone as was I with size of my sandwich. The food was delightful and we left not a scrap of food on our plates. Our meal was about $30 total and was well worth the trip over to the Browns addition. If you would like to eat at the Pacific Avenue Pizza, the easiest way to get there is from Maple Street. Turn on to W Pacific and go about 0.3 of a mile. They are located on the corner at 2001 W Pacific Ave and S Cannon street. The roundabout is in the middle of the Pacific and Cannon intersection.