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Yes, another barbecue post.  Why?  Because I love barbecue, and it’s my website!  Plus, Summer is drawing to a close, so why not?Bob’s Texas BBQ is a respectable-sized shack located on the corner of State Street and Gardener Lane in Boise (or Garden City, depending on who you ask).  I drive by the shack on my […]

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Okay, you should all really know the deal with the Boise Urban Market by now.  I’ve certainly mentioned it enough times.  So without further ado, here’s what I dug this time around…Pesto Roll by PamThis time the festivities were at the Periple Winery in Garden City.  It certainly didn’t have the beauty of the last Market’s locale, […]

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Earlier this month, I received a comment on my Campos Market review which pointed out that despite my constantly professed love for all the interesting and unique eateries on Orchard Street in Boise, a review of Tango’s Empanadas (not sure if this is their current website or if this is) was conspicuously missing from this site.  It wasn’t that […]

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Here’s some random food stuff that is interesting me at the moment…1)  There’s another, bigger food truck rally going on this Thursday (September 1st) downtown at 4th and Grove.  The festivities will be from 5-9 PM.  Unfortunately, I’m probably not going to be able to make it myself, but that doesn’t excuse the rest of […]

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Damn I’ve been having a hard time motivating myself to write lately.  It’s just so much more difficult when the food is mediocre.  I mean how many ways are there to describe food that’s more or less “just okay”?  I’ve had these things piling up because I don’t want to bother writing about them, so […]

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I never got a chance to write up the Osaka Grill in Meridian before they went the way of so many other independent restaurants over the last few years, and that’s really too bad because I was a fan.  Their stuff was a more oily, less healthy version of Asian grill food, but it was […]

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Gyros are not exactly a difficult food to find in Boise.  There are of course Mediterranean restaurants, but there are also drive-through shacks, sports bars and at least one burger joint that have them on the menu.  A while back I went on a bit of a gyro kick, writing up several of the available […]

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The more write-ups I do about the Boise Urban Market, the worse they seem to get.  Once you’ve explained how it works, there’s really nothing left to do but talk about the food.  This write-up in particular is going to be especially lame, because I went in solo and short on both funds and time.  […]