Idaho Eats · Sandpoint, Idaho
Sandpoint restaurants: huckleberry, historic saloons and oldest places
In and around Sandpoint: 2 places for huckleberry, 2 historic saloons and supper clubs and the oldest restaurants (back to 1952). The Idaho lists were checked by hand in October 2026 against 2025–26 sources. The Idaho Eats app and the web search include 70 restaurants, cafés, bars and bakeries in Sandpoint, closest first once you share your location.
A place outside Sandpoint is listed here only when Sandpoint is the closest of our 17 city pages and it's within 15 miles, so each place is on one city page. Sandpoint is in the North Idaho region, where Panhandle Health District inspects restaurants.
Huckleberry in and near Sandpoint
Places in Sandpoint first, then others closest to Sandpoint. Each one was read against a 2025–26 menu or news story in October 2026. The whole state: 23 huckleberry spots in Idaho.
Panhandle Cone & Coffee
216 N 1st Ave, Sandpoint
Huckleberry On the menu: buttermilk huckleberry ice cream
Downtown Sandpoint ice cream and coffee shop that makes its ice cream in-house; a September 2026 huckleberry road-trip guide names its buttermilk huckleberry ice cream, and the Sandpoint Reader noted its huckleberry ice cream in 2016.
Sweet Lou's Restaurant & Tap House
477272 US-95, Ponderay · 3 mi from Sandpoint
Huckleberry On the menu: huckleberry cobbler
Sports-bar style restaurant on U.S. 95 in Ponderay, one of three Sweet Lou's in North Idaho (also Coeur d'Alene and Athol), whose menu lists a huckleberry cobbler.
Historic saloons in Sandpoint
Places in Sandpoint. Each one was read against a 2025–26 menu or news story in October 2026. The whole state: 14 historic saloons and supper clubs in Idaho.
Tervan Tavern
411 Cedar St, Sandpoint
Historic saloon
Downtown Sandpoint tavern known locally as the Tam O'Shanter or 'the Tam', which hosted a weekly open mic night in early 2026.
The 219 Lounge
219 N 1st Ave, Sandpoint
Historic saloon
Bar at 219 N. First Ave. that the Greater Sandpoint Chamber honored in June 2025 for its long history; owned by Mel and Claudia Dick since 2005, with karaoke and weekend live music on the Bonner County calendar in early 2026.
Oldest restaurants in Sandpoint
Oldest first, each dated at the address it has now from its own account or a published history; the note under each one names the source. The whole state: Idaho's oldest restaurants.
Connie's Cafe & Lounge
323 Cedar St, Sandpoint
On the menu: prime rib dinner (Fridays), prime rib dip, eggs Benedict · Since 1952
Downtown Sandpoint cafe with a lounge in back that hosts trivia, bluegrass jams and live music; owned by Lars Hall and Chris Ankney since 2021.
The cafe's own history says it began in 1952 as a Conoco gas station with a five-seat lunch counter, which Fred Hartley remodeled into Fred's Diner in late 1954 before Conrad 'Connie' and Donna Balch bought it; it was closed for a stretch between December 2008 and April 2009 under changing owners.
What Sandpoint eats
The most common kinds among Sandpoint's 70 places to eat, counted from open map data.
| Kind of place | Places |
|---|---|
| Bar & Pub | 17 |
| Coffee & Café | 14 |
| Pizza | 6 |
| Sandwiches & Deli | 4 |
| Bakery & Sweets | 3 |
| Healthy & Vegan | 3 |
| Thai | 3 |
| Burgers | 2 |
| South Asian | 2 |
| Mexican | 2 |