New Boise bar, restaurant, game lounge to open in former Old Spaghetti Factory building

Less than two years after opening in Garden City, a brewery plans to launch an all-day, multifaceted destination in downtown Boise.

Western Collective, 111 W. 33rd St., will branch out this spring with a higher-profile Boise hangout: Western Social. The new restaurant, bar, entertainment center and music venue will take over the former Old Spaghetti Factory building, a 10,500-square-foot space at 610 W. Idaho St.

Western Social will be an “all-day gathering space,” according to a media release, “featuring a full-service restaurant, two full bars with liquor and Western Collective beers, a coffee bar, a social game lounge including bowling, and a music stage, with various types of seating and an outdoor patio.”

Co-owner Cary Prewitt, a Texas transplant who moved to Idaho in 2018, said “... we are creating a place where people can always expect to have a great time, excellent drinks and awesome food, with the same sense of adventure found in our Garden City brewery.”

Open seven days a week at 7 a.m., Western Social will serve coffee beverages in collaboration with Idaho roastery Doma Coffee. It also will feature a social game lounge, which will include “four mini-bowling lanes, Skee-Ball, mini-basketball, foosball, shuffleboard and more. The space is also a 400-person venue that will bring live music to Western Social.“

Western Social’s concept is to be a spot where customers can work and play, eat and drink. Along with comfy, living-room-style seating, there will be large communal tables with laptop plug-ins.

Online: westernsocial.beer, @westerncollectivebeer.

This story was originally published January 16, 2020 at 5:04 PM.