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Business of the week: Vault Coffee, inside a 1904 bank on Sherman
The old bank vault is still in the room. Since 2014, it's been a coffee shop on the corner of Fourth and Sherman.
Vault Coffee, on the corner of Fourth Street and Sherman Avenue in downtown Coeur d'Alene.
Vault Coffee sits on the corner of Fourth Street and Sherman Avenue, in a building that opened in 1904 as the Exchange Bank of Coeur d'Alene. The shop takes its name from that start, and the bank's original vault is still in the room.
Danelle Reagan opened Vault in the fall of 2014, in the corner space that had been the Java on Sherman coffeehouse. She and her stepdaughter, Haley John, set out to restore the corner as a downtown landmark, with touches that nod to the bank's early days.
The bank's first president was William Dollar. The shop has leaned on that history from the start, from the old Exchange letters on the wall to photos of the bank's early years.
The espresso is DOMA Coffee, from a local roaster. The menu runs from lattes and coffee flights to Red Bull drinks, pastries, breakfast burritos and sandwiches.
Vault Coffee is at 324 Sherman Ave. in downtown Coeur d'Alene.
Inside Vault, with the windows onto Sherman Avenue.
Sources
- Spokesman-Review: Vault Coffee to take old Java spot · Aug. 6, 2014
- Inlander: Coffee currency · 2014
- Visit Coeur d'Alene: Downtown coffee culture · Nov. 7, 2019
- My Coffee Explorer: Vault Coffee · Sept. 2026
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