“I think we got a rainstorm coming in,” Peggy Paul said, pointing to the ominous band of clouds rolling our way on a blustery, mid-November day. She led me into the shelter of her nearby orchard as icy rain began to tick against the dry leaves and bristled burrs that clung to some 500...
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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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On the hipster-satirizing sketch comedy show Portlandia, a couple sits down in a restaurant, scans the menu then asks about the chicken. The server rattles off that it’s a heritage breed, woodland-raised chicken that has been fed a diet of sheep’s milk, soy and hazelnuts. When the couple asks even more about the fowl’s...
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While the word “potential” is commonly slapped on to crumbling bungalows or career-less boyfriends, it takes on an entirely different meaning at Messenger Pizza and Brewery in Nampa. The high-ceilinged eatery opened in the former Stockman’s Press Building in October 2010. Scanning the vintage couches that line the natural-light flooded front dining room, it’s easy...
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La Belle Vie is a charming new restaurant housed in a nearly century-old, former downtown Nampa home. The fact that it sits across the street from a sprawling brick warehouse only heightens the charm. After all, that contrast of urban nicety and industrial funk gives Nampa and much of Canyon County a kind of...
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A restaurant that kicks off its big-city high heels and slips into more comfortable small-town shoes is one way to describe the refashioning of Nampa’s Market Limone into Darby’s at the Market. Where Market Limone was all high-style and aspiration, Darby’s is low-key and casual. Even the name above the entrance seems to proclaim...
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