With bright sunflowers painted up the exterior walls, Patera Lounge, the first and only temperance lounge in Spokane, is hard to miss.
The owners of Patera, Annie McGuiness and Darold Miller, said their goal is to have a place for people of all ages to enjoy and feel safe. McGuiness said the lounge gives people an option to have a night out that does not involve alcohol.
“Temperance does not mean sobriety or abstinence from drugs or alcohol. It just means balance and moderation,” McGuiness said. “We don’t ask that people are sober when they come to Patera, we just want to give them the option of having a hangout or a date, or a night with friends that doesn’t involve alcohol.”…