WSU signs 'Roundtop' for Palouse Ridge space

The new eatery at WSU's Palouse Ridge Golf Club will be Roundtop Public House, operated by JW Links, LCC. The JW derives from the first names of Jim Harbour and Wade Dissmore, who also own and operate South Fork Public House in Pullman and Fork in the Road Catering.

Both Dissmore and Harbour grew up in Pullman and graduated from WSU.

Roundtop will replace Banyans on the Ridge, which operated at the golf club since it debuted in 2008. Its operators are planning on opening a new Italian eatery in downtown Pullman.

Stacy Pearson, WSU vice president for finance and administration, said the univers...