I just came across a great review and interview about the Fall City Roadhouse in the archives of one of my favorite local blogs, Cherie Picked. Cherie always uses just the right words to accurately describe the vibe of a place and also has a great photographic eye!

I too have an affinity for the Snoqualmie Valley having spent a considerable amount of time criss-crossing it, getting to know alot of the local businesses at a previous job. Cherie is spot-on when she says,
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Q: Speaking of pancakes: Is that Snoqualmie Falls Lodge mix really made or served at Salish Lodge & Spa?

A: Uh, no. The pancake/waffle mix with the falls pouring down the front is a product of Continental Mills, of Seattle. For many years, the stuff was ground in St. Louis by Bunge Foods. But Continental acquired the Snoqualmie Falls line of mixes in 2000 and mills some falls products in Kent.

Since you didn’t ask: Continental also makes baking mixes under another familiar brand: Krusteaz, a line whose roots, according to the company, date to 1932, when women in a Seattle bridge club came up with an idea for a simple pie-crust mix (“crust” and “ease” — get it?).
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With rains of almost biblical proportions here in the Pacific Northwest over the past month, Snoqualmie Falls is drawing increasing crowds of lookie-loos to ogle the fast-moving whitewater tumbling 286 feet from the Snoqualmie River into a 65-foot-deep pool below.

“We’re well over the 40-year average (for flow of water going over the falls),” says Salish Lodge & Spa manager Sam Johnson, from his vantage in the lodge, which is perched on a rock outcropping above the falls. At its closest, Salish Lodge is just 25 feet from the falls. That dramatic point is one of the most popular spots in the Seattle area — table No. 5 in the Salish dining room, in a little area they’ve dubbed “the proposal room. We have many marriage proposals a month there,” says Johnson, who says MSNBC recently named the Salish as one of the top 10 romantic hotels in the country.
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