Dining Reviews
Dining Reviews
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DINING REVIEWS
Dining review: Seafood in Idaho that’s worthy of the coast
I wasn’t sure it was fair to review a new seafood restaurant in Meridian immediately after spending 10 days in Key West, Fla.
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DINING REVIEWS
Dining review: O’Michael’s Pub & Grill: It’s a Boise thing
O’Michael’s Pub & Grill on Bogus Basin Road has been open for 45 years, and while well-known by its loyal following, it is underrated outside the neighborhood. Especially in recent years, it has been serving bar food that is consistently good, and sometimes great.
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ENTERTAINMENT
Two new pizzerias offer irreverent slices of Boise life
Pepperoni may be the people’s choice when it comes to pizza, but two new restaurants enthusiastically are pushing the envelope.
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DINING REVIEWS
Sofia’s is Greek food at its simple best in Boise
One night at Sofia’s Greek Bistro, owner and chef Litsa Manolis overheard two proud parents talking about their son’s music. An instant later, she sat down at their table, handed the young man her guitar and gave him an unprompted audition, where he confidently seized the room with...
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DINING REVIEWS
Pho Tam: Vietnamese-style comfort food
Pho Tam is an unheralded, highly affordable Vietnamese cafe on the Boise Bench.
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DINING REVIEWS
Ono Hawaiian Cafe has its highs and lows
When Ono Hawaiian Cafe opened in winter 2007, it was unlike anything I’d had in Boise. Here was a menu made entirely of appetizers, matte black plates of stacked food resplendent with soy, sugar and edible orchids. Of all the restaurants to survive the economic nosedive of the past few years...
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DINING REVIEWS
Sockeye: Beer, pub grub, friends
Here is something that the folks who live up on the Boise Bench near the corner of Ustick and Cole probably would rather I not tell you: Sockeye Grill and Brewery is a pretty nice little neighborhood joint.
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ENTERTAINMENT
Chiang Mai in Boise is a gift that keeps on giving
On the wall behind the front counter at Chiang Mai House are ceramic elephants and sleek-limbed, golden Thai Buddhas arranged among offerings of tea and food. Each time I see it, this symbolic gesture reminds me how being served the cuisine of another culture is like receiving a gift.
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DINING REVIEWS
Ethnic gathering place offers great food, prices
One day at Bosnia Express, a crowd had gathered for a soccer match streamed over the Internet and projected on a screen. Young men in team jerseys drank beer, families had small children playing at their feet, and old men hunched at the bar, stealing worried glances at the game.
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ENTERTAINMENT
Uncle Giuseppe’s brings the Big Apple to Boise
“First time here?” the man shouts, with that thick, Italian-New York accent most folks in Boise only hear on TV.




