Restaurant reviews and profiles from the Boise Weekly, Idaho Statesman and others sources around the region
Because of their lack of parking or infrastructure requirements, food carts are perfect for urban areas. It’s strange, then, that some of Boise’s best are located not in its urban core but roadside in dilapidated fly-over neighborhoods. But for Brown Shuga Soul Food, a longtime favorite at festivals, the truck’s permanent home between a car...
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Chef Shige Matsuzawa has dominated the downtown Boise sushi scene for years. And despite a questionable expansion into French-infused red carpet fine dining at the Shige compound on Eighth and Idaho streets, the Shige brand has remained unwaveringly strong. But when I heard Shige had opened a teriyaki venture in Meridian–a short distance from...
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In the last decade, Hawaiian restaurants have become as numerous in the valley as Speedo-clad Japanese tourists at Waikiki Beach. I’ve been firmly planted on the Hawaiian food beat at BW since day one–I’ve eaten at and opined about every one of the valley’s island-themed restaurants within these pages over the years. And I’ve...
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Barbecue is best served roadside–a hot mess of meat marinated in exhaust and sizzling hot from the sun-baked asphalt below. It’s as much cult as it is culinary. With the rich aroma that wafts from its half-barrel barbecue, Bob’s Texas Barbecue, a wooden trailer covered with cattle brands that resides in a gravel parking lot...
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When you crave a dash of gastropub class with your dinner, Overland Road in Meridian isn’t often your first stop. But the R&R Public House–with its brick and hardwood dining area and ornate domed ceiling–may give you cause to reconsider. “One of the things we were looking for was to open a place that...
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It was Ed’s Abbey. It was Brews Brothers. After a marauder makeover, it became The Plank. Now the newest incarnation at 650 S. Vista Ave. isWoody’s. No matter what its name, the establishment has always been a laid-back neighborhood pub that seldom lacks patrons. Busy though it may be, Woody’s is visually quiet inside....
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A friend of mine once said that at most, you could add tomato or bacon to a grilled cheese sandwich. Anything further and you’ve got a different sandwich. The grilled cheese at B29 Streatery, the new food truck from the folks at Brick 29 Bistro in Nampa, is another sandwich altogether. Beyond the cheese and bread,...
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