9-25-25. Take a beautiful drive along the CDA River to the Spragpole Bar and Museum in Murray; then enjoy the friendly service, tasty burger or other choices. Bring a warm sweater and prepare to be amazed after you open the simple door to the large museum and find a well kept world of the past. Mining, gemstones, logging history and more! So many items and well designed displays. Great work by volunteers. I find truth behind the stories my ancestors told me. My friends get a real kick out of this adventure then we drive home through the mountains to Wallace for another charming stop. Great day trip and fun stories to tell until next year's visit! read more

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You must visit this place!!!! First off, the bar.... Heavy pours, super friendly service, tasty fried bar food, and amazing history. Secondly, the museum... What to say about the museum?? You could get lost for hours torturing the personal collection of Walt Almquist. Everything from hand-made wood carvings, antique washing machines, and a mechanical one-man band. The best part is you can enjoy the museum learning about the local town history while sipping your frosty adult beverage. The bar and museum are owned by Walt's die-hard descents who work extremely hard to keep it all going so order lots and tip generously. You will not be disappointed! read more

You ever get recommended to check a place out by someone who forgot where it was? Happened to us on our way back home from a trip. Wife's mom recommended we check out Spragpole along the way, but when we were trying to get directions, she got her towns mixed up, resulting in a lot of searching out the window. After we'd decided to move on, a few miles later, we saw a sign for the Spragpole exit and pulled off to check it out. When you first walk inside, you're immediately hit with an old timey saloon vibe. A wood stove burns facing the entrance, heating the dining area. We were greeted by the bartender as we proceeded to an unmarked door with a sign saying to keep it closed. Taking in a breath, we opened the door and passed through the mining tunnel 10 degrees cooler than the bar. We emerged to find shelves, and shelves, and shelves of everything you can imagine. Geological samples, steins, baseball cards, old farming equipment, like three walls of old liquor bottles. Decades of history filled each corridor. Eventually, after plotting an elaborate scheme to make off with some steins, we walked into a much cleaner, more organized portion of the museum. Keep in mind, by this point, I thought we were literally underground. This exhibit dove into the area's mining history, complete with the equipment used, topography maps and articles about the region. Really cool stuff for those interested in geology. Our tour finished, we sat down in the bar for lunch. The menu was standard bar fare. I ordered fish and chips, and my wife got a burger. We also tried a huckleberry milkshake, because everything in this area has huckleberries. Everything was okay, and the milkshake had fresh huckleberries in it, but after finishing our trip, my wife's parents woke up to her experiencing the aftermath of food poisoning. (I slept through the entire thing. Men, am I right, ladies?) My food was okay, but one instance in a meal counts for the meal. An unfortunate incident that put a damper on an otherwise nice stop. Come to check out the museum, grab a shake and enjoy. read more

This place is cool. Located in a tiny North Idaho mining town in the Silver Valley the Spragpole has drunkified many a miner and tourist in it's day. It is a great stop on a hot day in July for a refreshingly chilled beer. While drinking the beer you are allowed to walk through a back door into a bit of Silver Valley history. The museum is a collection of nick knacks and artifacts from Murray, Idaho's heyday. It is a small museum but worth going to if you want to take a historic interest in your travels. read more

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I wish I could give 2 separate reviews. One for the museum and one for the restaurant. First the restaurant. The service was not very good. The were slow and did not answer questions about the food. We had the ribs and wanted to know how large the order was to see what else we had to order and she never gave us a good answer. Why is this important... The rib meal is HUGH. 4+ racks of beef ribs with 2 salad bars and 2 potato entrees. This could have fed my whole family of 2 adults and 2 kids but we ended up ordering 2 bacon cheese burgers too. First the ribs are great. I would recommend getting them again. But the burgers are even better. They are a good price, very large burger and one of the best burgers I have ever had. I hope to go back just for the burgers and the museum. Now about the museum... This is easily the best 'free' museum I have ever been to. it is over 9000 sq ft. and covers everything from mining to logging to old time towns. The carved items are amazing. We could have spent a lot of more time there. read more

Very pleasant employees and great customer service!!! We will def b back! The museum was very cool too!!!

I was very disappointed that I purchased a coupon to use at the Spragpole Restaurant. (from Restaurant.com) I read over the entire coupon many times prior to purchasing it looking for "exceptions" and there were none. So when I tried to use it this weekend I was told I could not because it was Murray Daze. This is information that should be noted on the coupon. Knowing that people drive quite a distance to visit their town. Also, they could have been much more friendly towards me vs. rude when I handed them the coupon. I am sorry I didn't know I couldn't use it, that really isn't MY FAULT. And if the "help" would have been friendly or polite about it, we would have been fine with that. read more

I frequent this place with my biking friends several times a summer. The museum is fantastic, you can feel the history from this old mining and lumber town. The restaurant is great, fresh seafood (had catfish and hush puppies one time!), steaks are too big to eat at one sitting, bbq ribs among the best I've had, and I've had a lot. Great prices, friendly staff. Once while there on bikes, the staff offered to put us up free overnight to avoid the 110 mile ride home in the rain. 5+ stars. read more

We loved the Spragpole Bar and Museum. Camping along the Coeur d'Alene River and riding our bikes on the old highway was a real treat but THEN came the Spragpole. The fish and chips were yummy. Friends had the burgers...so big one would serve two people. Then there's the ribs (just read the other reviews). We ordered a side of fries and they would have fed a family. Not cardboard chard potatoes like the chain fast-food places. Staff was very friendly and attentive. We were encouraged to tour the joining 4 building museum...free museum. All 6 of us were amazed and lingered for over an hour. This mining town is only 5 miles from the turn-off to Cedar Grove which is as lovely as those we found in New Zealand and the Olympics. Head east to Thompson Falls and you have a great road trip for a day and it's so close to the Kellog Gondola (biggest in the USA) and the Hiawatha Trail through 6 tunnels, the Coeur d'Alene Trailhead. All this is only 1-2 hours from Spokane. Did I mention the fly-fishing? read more