The NIC Culinary Arts program provides students with entry-level skills in the food service industry, and Emery’s restaurant and Lakeview Sip and Study are our students’ lab to practice their skills in the front and the back of the house – and to provide delicious, creative and industry-quality meals to our community.
Emery's
Small Plates
$5
A hearty tomato base, combined with vegetables, traditional herbs and spices, and chickpeas.
$5
A robust blend of North African spices, cod, butternut squash, in a savory broth.
Roasted, spiced beets, goat cheese, chermoula marinated skirt steak.
Eggplant and tomato dip, bellpepper and tomato salad, shrimp skewers, flatbread.
Large Plates
Savory chicken pie, wrapped in a phyllo crust, topped with powdered sugar—with carrot, date, and mint salad.
Shrimp gently cooked in a spiced tomato base served with roz bil khodra pilaf; aromatic rice and vegetables.
Slow cooked lamb stew with earthy aromatics and dried fruits served with couscous pilaf.
Thick cut cauliflower steak, eggplant puree, medjool date and caper salsa, and zhoug.
Dessert
Pomegranate and orange curd in an almond crust, topped with flambéed meringue.
Deli
Breakfast
Breakfast 9 A.M. - 11 A.M.
Pita, house-made sausage, egg, harissa ketchup, feta, cucumber, pickled shallots, preserved lemon crema.
Moroccan doughnuts with comforting fall spices.
Greek yogurt, housemade lemon curd, granola, macerated berries.
Lunch
Lunch 11 A.M. - 1 P.M.
$5
A hearty tomato base, combined with vegetables, traditional herbs and spices, and chickpeas.
$5
A robust blend of North African spices, cod, butternut squash, in a savory broth.
Roasted, spiced beets, goat cheese, chermoula marinated skirt steak.
Fresh crusty bread, vibrant chermoula sauce, and tender chicken—with tabbouleh salad.
Roasted and smashed eggplant and chickpea patties, greens, and tahini -with tabbouleh salad
Sweet Treat
Sweet Treat
Shaped and fried sesame pastry, soaked in honey.
Emery’s is open for the 2026-27 school year Opening most Wednesdays and Thursdays September 23rd through November 19th from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on the second floor of the Hedlund Building on NIC’s main campus in Coeur d’Alene. Access Emery’s and Lakeview Sip and Study from the south entrance facing Rosenberry Drive.
Reservations are recommended; call (208) 769-7763.
Diners will enjoy gastronomic delights prepared and served by NIC Culinary Arts students. Based on the students' subject of study, the menu will vary from week to week over the school year. Prices will vary also.
Emery’s and Lakeview Sip and Study are both cashless and will accept credit or debit cards only.
Note: This is a learning program and some items/ingredients may change on the day of service. Please be patient with us but expect great food!