Big changes to swallow at Boise’s downtown food hall: 5 new restaurants so far this year
If your taste buds crave variety, the Warehouse Food Hall has you covered.
Not only does the downtown Boise destination at 370 S. 8th St. typically offer roughly a dozen places to eat or drink, its lineup gets shaken up semi-regularly.
This year, the pace of vendor changes gives new meaning to “fast” food. Five new concepts have been announced so far.
Here are the latest comings and goings:
▪ Totally Smashed, a burger concept from food hall operator Geronimo Hospitality Group, has replaced grilled-cheese vendor Totally Toasted. The new menu offers smash burgers, fries and shakes.
▪ Mazzah Mediterranean Grill, which operates a Boise restaurant at 1772 W. State St., will bring “authentic Greek and Middle Eastern flavors to the food hall,” according to a media release, “… with its delectable menu featuring savory gyros, falafel, kababs, baba ghannooj and more.” Mazzah will open in a new build-out next to KB’s Burrito.
▪ Driftwood Fry House will revive seafood at the Warehouse with “Alaskan cod, shrimp, lobster bisque and other fish-and-chip options.” It will take over the former home of Freshie’s Lobster Co., which closed in March. Driftwood is owned by Justin Arroues, who co-owns Don & Charly’s sandwich shop in downtown Boise, according to the release. (He also ran the prior, short-lived vegan restaurant in that space, Frondescence.)
Totally Smashed is open now. Mazzah and Driftwood are slated to debut this summer. They’ll join two previously revealed vendors on the way to the Warehouse Food Hall soon.
The former Piedaho spot will be transformed into the first brick-and-mortar location for Foy’s Franks, previously a local hot dog cart.
And Poppy Seed Bakery and Cafe is slated to open its third Boise location at the Warehouse Food Hall. It will be in the former Paddles Up Poke space. Paddles Up — which recently opened a new Eagle restaurant — closed its Warehouse spot the same weekend Freshie’s did.
Foy’s is targeting an early July opening, and Poppy Seed should come shortly after.
“With each new vendor, The Warehouse continues to raise the bar,” Robert Rourk, general manager of The Warehouse Food Hall, said in a statement. “The diverse offerings cater to every taste, and we can’t wait to welcome guests in to savor these exciting new concepts.”