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113 Main revitalizes classic location

Justin Dick’s latest restaurant (he owns Trinity at City Beach and is a co-owner of Jalapeno’s) is 113 Main located at, you guessed it, 113 Main St. downtown. The cozy, historic, downtown Sandpoint corner location offers delicious scratch cooking, a full range of beer, wine, and premium hand crafted cocktails, and entrees including a housemade citrus pesto gnocchi with Chilean sea bass. Open Tuesday through Saturday, 3 p.m. to 9 p.m., it’s the perfect place for an evening with friends and family, or to use as a launching pad to downtown’s nightlife.

The former home to Truby’s Health Mart, Dick said, “I always loved the building when it was Truby’s. It used be our spot to hang out between lunch and dinner shift when the old Cafe Trinity was in business on First Avenue.” After purchasing the building, he added, “We were able to get it opened as a bar on the first day of Lost in the ‘50s, 2022. It took a long time to get our food equipment with supply chain issues, but we soft opened for food service in January 2023.”

The restaurant is almost an extension of Trinity. “I have an amazing and long-tenured staff at Trinity and everyone has been working shifts at 113 Main to help fill the gaps with the lack of labor force,” Dick explained, which is why you’ll see familiar faces at both restaurants. “It’s been great to see the positivity from everyone as they move between restaurants and learn new things from each of our chefs. My hope in the future is to change into a hospitality company versus having several different restaurants, and allow all of our staff to move between locations.”

The building is somewhat limited in space, but future plans do include adding breakfast and lunch service. That small size, said Dick, means it “also has that old Cafe Trinity feel, where you’re going to know most of the people in the building, customers and staff.”

The building, as evidenced by its restored old sign outside, honors its history, with further art installations planned. When done, “My hope is to change the name to capture the historical significance of those who came before us,” said Dick.

– Trish Gannon