This popular Mexican market on the Boise Bench will move. Here’s where, and why
Campos Market, a grocery store, butcher shop and lunch counter on the Boise Bench, is planning a move to West Fairview Avenue.
Owner Aaron Campos, who has operated the shop at 413 N. Orchard St. for 16 years, will relocate at the former Salon Eden, a predominantly Spanish-language event center at 6125 W. Fairview Ave., a mile and a half away.
“Right now, the space is a little small,” Campos said in a phone interview. “My restaurant does not have enough tables.”
At lunchtime, a line forms at the counter at the back of the store as hungry customers order tacos, burritos and flautas. Six tables that hold four people each fill up quickly, and other customers are forced to wait or take their orders to go.
The new space will have tables to seat 44 people. Campos hopes it will be ready sometime later this year or next year.
The Salon Eden building, which Campos has owned since 2012, will be enlarged, according to an application filed with the city of Boise. He is seeking to expand the floor space from 5,660 square feet to 8,785 square feet. The event center, which Campos owned, closed a few years ago.
Over the years, before Salon Eden, the building housed other restaurants, including Burger ‘N Brew, Rendezvous and The Office Bar & Grill.
One of the drawbacks to the current location is a lack of parking space. Three businesses share parking space for fewer than 20 vehicles. The new spot, which sits against Fairview, will have nearly 80 spaces.
“It will give us a lot of space in back,” said Campos, who also operates a second Campos Market at 3302 Caldwell Blvd in Nampa.
The current Boise location for Campos Market was formerly the home of the Crescent Bar, now known as the Crescent No-Lawyers Bar-Grill. The bar, which for years had a “no lawyers allowed” placard on its road sign after a dispute with a lawyer over parking, is now located at 5500 W. Franklin Road.
The Campos Market road sign still includes the martini glass from the Crescent days.
Idaho Statesman reporter Nicole Foy lists Campos Market as one of her favorite places in the Treasure Valley for tacos.
“Carne asada tacos are my go-to here, and the seasoned carne asada and al pastor meat available for purchase in the carnicería is perfect if you decide to make your own,” Foy wrote last fall in a survey of 29 eateries.
