Dalton Gardens antique mall opens Monday, marking business comeback

Govt Way Antique Mall will open its doors at 7352 N. Government Way in Dalton Gardens, giving the small city another specialty retailer and marking Glenn Gatherer’s return to the collectible business after years away. The store is set to welcome shoppers at 11 a.m. Monday, June 8.

Gatherer said the mall will carry a wide mix of inventory aimed at more than just hard-core collectors. The shop will offer furniture, glassware, handmade jewelry, gold and sterling jewelry, purses, vinyl records, advertising and automotive posters, sports memorabilia, yard art and collectible dolls. That broad selection matters in a town like Dalton Gardens, where a single storefront can serve decorators, resellers, casual browsers and longtime antiquers looking for something unusual without driving far from Coeur d’Alene or Post Falls.

Gatherer is hardly a newcomer to the trade. He said he has been in the antique business for more than 30 years, and the previous Government Way Antique Mall operated for 15 years before closing in 2019 as the COVID-19 pandemic hit and discretionary spending dried up. During the gap, he ran a pizza shop, keeping his business presence alive while the antiques side sat on hold.

The reopening also fits a corridor that has quietly added more specialty retail. The Thrifty Gift opened at 6176 N. Government Way in 2026, and Grain & Gather Mercantile operates at 6288 N. Government Way, adding furniture, home decor, apparel and apothecary items to the stretch. For a city of 2,496 people spread across about 2.4 square miles, those additions give Government Way outsized visibility as a local shopping strip rather than just a pass-through road.

Gatherer’s return comes with some local business credibility already attached. His New York Pizza Department was named the Post Falls Chamber of Commerce Small Business of the Year in 2025, underscoring that he remains an active North Idaho operator with a proven customer base. For Dalton Gardens, the antique mall is more than a nostalgic storefront: it is another bet that browsing, discovery and one-on-one service still have a market in Kootenai County.