The theme of a classic Victorian pub is obvious in The Crown & Thistle, opening this week downtown at 107 N. Fourth St.

The “menu” includes 14 taps of old-world and local beers, beer engines for real English-style cask ales, a wine list focusing in regional wineries, classic pub-fare foods with fish and chips, bangers, mash, Scotch eggs and meat pies. Breakfast will be added later on weekends.

Seating includes a comfortable lounge area for 74 people, three snugs (private drinking booths) and a hand-carved bar from a Seattle pub in the 1800s. Owners are Jennifer and Benjamin Drake.

Hours are 11 a.m. to midnight weekdays and until 2 a.m. weekends. Phone 208-758-8357. Check www.crownandthistlepub.com. The grand opening will be this Saturday.

White Brick Interiors opening in Riverstone

Offering expertise in interior design, staging and decor, White Brick Interiors will open Friday at 2055 N. Main St. in Riverstone.

Griffin Turnbull’s store specializes in small designer trends, BOHO home fashions and modern decor working with local makers, designers and artists with seasonal products. The store includes custom women’s tees, handmade pillows, blankets, dishware, smaller furniture and signs.

Hours will be 10:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Phone 208-755-8641.

Bookishly Happy on Government Way

Hundred of used books are offered at Bookishly Happy, now open at 2145 N. Government Way.

Previously Browsers Uncommon Books for 33 years with John Hillard, new owners David Poteet and Jessica Harrison-Poteet have hours of 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Check Bookishly Happy on Facebook.

Hayden office building has new owners

San Marino Retirement Villas LLC has purchased a 27,534-square-foot office building at 8382 N. Wayne Drive in Hayden from the partners of Longwell, Coleman and Trapp.

The building has 3,317 square feet available for lease to join the tenants of Total Wellness Dentistry, Local Labs, Longwell Trapp Architects, Coleman Engineering, Jackson Dean Construction and Physio 1 Physical Therapy. Check Cory Turnbull of CDA Commercial Real Estate/Select Properties.

Now for the Tidbits

- Black Lodge Brewing will open in July at 204 N. Third St.

- Shiki Sushi will be on Sherman.

- 765Tech moved from Government Way to Third and Annie.

- The Bier Haus will be in the former Camera Corral building on Sherman.

- The Glo Bar has moved from Riverstone to Kathleen Avenue.

- Nurturing Nest Daycare will open soon at 4152 Sonic Drive in Post Falls.

- The Dinner Party shop moved at 5370 Government Way.

- Parker Toyota will build a new accessories building taking up property parking spaces. So the new parking spaces will be across the Fred Meyer access road beside Bear Paw Plaza.

- A Benjamin Moore Mallory Paint Store will be at 2611 N. Government Way.

- Locker Room Men’s Salon will move from 2942 Government Way to 2405 N. Fourth.

- A new Jitterz Espresso stand will be at 7795 Heartland Ave.

- Wake Up Call Coffee will be in the former Taco Time building at 2517 N. Fourth.

- The new Bakery by the Lake will be on Coeur d’Alene Lake Drive.

- Aesthetica Skin & Beauty Bar will be at 1111 E. Sherman.

- Alpine Animal Hospital is building a new clinic at Kathleen and Player Drive.

- Watch for several new places in the Rockford Building at 504 E. Lakeside.

- A Maverik gas station-convenience store is under construction at State Line. And a new Maverik will be built on the southwest corner of Government Way and Dalton Avenue.

- Credit unions under construction in Rathdrum are P1FCU and STCU.

- HuHot Mongolian Grill will occupy the former Payless Shoes space and more in Ironwood Square.

- AutoZone is building a new place at Highway 54 and Sylvan Lane in Athol.

- An “at home” store plans to open June 5 in the former Kmart building at Neider and Highway 95.

- Inverness Salon is opening at 5624 Government Way.

- New places coming are Pokeworks and Union Coffee.

- Release Float Spa will be at River City Plaza off Highway 41.

- Consign Furniture will build a new structure in Riverstone.

- Roger’s Ice Cream & Burgers, already with two places in Coeur d’Alene and one in Post Falls, is planning to open a fourth May 20, this one at 8833 N. Hess St. in Hayden.

- Franz Bakery will move from 1220 Government Way to 500 W. Dalton.

- East County Guns will open May 20 beside the Government Way liquor store.

- Coeur d’Alene Vision Source is building a new place at 3879 N. Schreiber Way.

- Velvet Hammer Boutique will be a new retail clothing store in Riverstone.

- Staybridge Suites hotel is under construction in Riverstone. A Marriott Fairfield Inn is planned for nearby on Ironwood.

- A new building for Idaho Central Credit Union is under construction at 1327 W. Appleway.

- North Idaho Eye Institute has a building under construction across from the Hayden library.

- Bi-Mart will open a new store in the former Stein’s Family Foods building at 16102 N. Highway 41 in Rathdrum.

- Someone in an older white pickup ahead of us in a fast-food drive-through paid for our stuff. The clerk said this person claimed to have caused my baldness. Thank you.

- Happy Mother’s Day to my wife, Mary, and my daughters, Cory and Mariah, all fantastic mothers.

- Contact Nils Rosdahl at nrosdahl@cdapress.com.