Triple the view

Café Trinity, formerly located on Sandpoint’s busy First Avenue, recently moved eastward to Bridge Street to take over space inside the Best Western Edgewater Resort. Now known as TRINITY AT CITY BEACH, the restaurant is moving away from its original foundation of Southern-inspired cuisine to a more diverse menu that suits the new digs.

With nary a hitch nor interruption in service, owner and general manager Justin Dick transformed Trinity into a full-service daily restaurant serving not only the hotel clients, but also folks who flock to City Beach.

“Can’t pass up the view,” quips award-winning chef Edsol “Eddie” Sneva, whose extensive pedigree includes Sawtooth Grill, Brix, Cedars and Crickets.

Now with triple the staff, Sneva’s kitchen is serving up biscuits and andouille sausage gravy or West Coast benedict ($9) with smoked salmon for breakfast, and a dozen egg scrambles, combos or hash, like the prime rib hash with red peppers and green onion remoulade ($10).

Lunch could be corn/crawfish chowder ($8) or a salad with pecan-crusted chicken ($11), a few of the Southern-inspired dishes carried over from Café Trinity. How about a soft shell crab po’ boy ($9) with a tall glass of Laughing Dog or Blue Moon Belgian White?

For dinner, the menu is plentifully stocked with seafood: lemongrass-marinated prawns with tamarind glaze ($25), Gorgonzola scallops with prosciutto, garlic and cream ($25) or cedar-plank salmon with thyme-infused jasmine rice ($21).

Trinity offers an appetizing and affordable assortment of small plates, including gumbo, salad caprese with mozzarella and tomato, steamed manila clams, and grilled Korean short ribs ($4-$12).

Many lunch and dinner items are available on the “deck menu,” which features fun little nibbles like peel-and-eat shrimp ($12), chips and salsa ($2.50) and jalapeño poppers breaded in Idaho potato flakes ($6).

The breathtaking view and an expanded menu with prices that seem more reasonable than comparable hotel dining establishments means Trinity at City Beach has made all the right moves. — CARRIE SCOZZARO

Trinity at City Beach, 56 Bridge St. (at Best Western Edgewater Resort), Sandpoint, Idaho, is open Sun-Thu 7:30 am-9 pm, Fri-Sat 7:30 am-10 pm. Visit cafetrinitysandpoint.com or call (208) 255-7558.