Garfield City Council bolsters PDA restaurant

Garfield City Council authorized a payment of $5,000 to the town’s Public Development Authority in an effort to help a Palouse family hoping to open a restaurant in the organization’s building, the former long-time location of Cher’s Restaurant and more recently the location of Smokin’ Papas.

The PDA has been working since January to prepare the space for opening.

The investment by the city came after the discovery that current health department codes will require $10,000 to $15,000 more than anticipated.

Mayor Jarrod Pfaff and Councilman Daymon Marple, also the PDA president, informed the cit...