The Treats and Tragedies Archives

on

Anyone who’s lived in the Boise area for any length of time likely knows Pojo’s.  For the longest time, they were THE video arcade in town, for a while even expanding to a second location in Nampa’s Karcher Mall.  And like most large arcades, they had a café/snack counter where you could buy gummy pizza, […]

on

I actually visited Red Robin several weeks ago, and while it’s true that I’ve been somewhat remiss in my posting lately, in this case there’s a little more to the delay.  Red Robin is one of those restaurants that gives incentives for signing up for their e-mail list, and a few weeks before my most recent […]

on

Well, I hate to say it, but due to a somewhat ill-advised (albeit in retrospect and entirely contextual) stop at The Egg Factory for breakfast, not as much munching took place at the Western Idaho Fair as I was expecting.  The heat and Sun didn’t help either.  I didn’t eat thisThe ladies had pizza from […]

on

Just in case you weren’t aware, The Melting Pot is open again as of November 2010!This is another long one, so I hope you’ve set aside some time.  I apologize for the quality of the pictures, but trying to get pics on a camera phone in far from ideal lighting conditions is not easy.My girlfriend […]

on

– Nothing stops the march of time.  All rational people know this to be true.  The best we can do is to learn and experience as much as we can in the short time we have.  I like to think that not a year passes that I don’t learn a valuable life lesson.  This year’s […]

on

The only place on the truck where the name & logo are easily visibleTo be honest, my loved ones don’t understand my fixation with truck food.  Especially my girlfriend.  I guess that’s fair, since I don’t really understand their desire to eat at places like Taco Bell.  So, I usually hit up trucks alone or […]

on

When it comes to Idaho Pizza Company, there are a few strange things about my relationship with it.  First of all, aside from one time where I got a personal-sized one for lunch, I’ve never eaten their pizza.  The second odd thing would be that I’ve only ever gone there for lunch.  And third would be […]

on

This is going to be another post without even a sideways review in it, but I just had to share.  This blog gets a pretty decent amount of views, but not a lot of comments.  Last night, there was one waiting back on my first Boise Fry Company review:sourgarlic said… You are a DORK. Stay […]