The Treats and Tragedies Archives

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What:  Taste208When:  Saturday, May 12th, 6:00-10:00 PMWhere:  Riverside Hotel, 2900 W Chinden BlvdWhy:  To showcase regional craft beers, wines and spirits (so 21 and over, obviously)Who:  This is where it gets fun…BEEREpic Brewing Co. (UT)Payette Brewing Co. (ID)Crooked Fence Brewing (ID)Salmon River Brewery (ID)Alaskan Amber (AK)Cascade Lakes (OR)Deschutes (OR)Elysian Brewing (WA)Sierra Nevada (CA)WINECoiled Wines (ID)Telaya Wine Company […]

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My roommate has lived in Eagle most of her life, and the one thing she complains about over and over in regards to my site is the fact that I’ve done very few reviews of Eagle eateries.  In particular, she’s been fixating on The Blue Moose Café for a while now, despite the fact that […]

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If you follow the local street food scene at all, there’s a good chance you’ve heard about West Coast Weiner Company.  Proprietor Mike Grim recently made the move here from Spokane and started working the social networking scene pretty quickly.  I was lured by posts about big coils of Italian sausage and meatball sandwiches on […]

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What follows is a long-winded diatribe regarding a couple of responses to what I do (or do not do) on here.  It is not a review of an eatery or a dish.  You’ve been warned.  Click below if you’re so inclined.It’s been far too long since I’ve gone on one of my angry rants, which I […]

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Once again, here are the rules: I will only be reviewing pork burritos because, well, it’s me. Also, it saves me from having to take places like Taco Time and Taco Bell into consideration. I will not be purchasing any premium add-ons; if it isn’t available as a standard choice, I ain’t getting it. I’ll […]

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Update – Oleg and Lana have packed up and moved a little closer to the heart of Eagle.  Their new place is called Restaurant Rendevous and more details can be found here.Bear with me here, I’m so used to cramming my thoughts into 400-500 words now that it feels strange to do my usual rambling.  […]

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I’ll just be honest here.  I know I’ve been doing a lousy job of updating this site for a while now.  In the last couple of months I’ve gotten sick, moved, gotten sick again (but with something else), dealt with the holidays, and been running around town doing my pieces for BoiseWeekly.com (by the by, here are […]