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Food trucks making the jump to “brick and mortar” restaurants has become something of a trend lately.  I can think of four so far this year.  Unfortunately, about half the time they seem to junk the trucks when the restaurant opens, which surprises and saddens me.  I mean things are just starting to get more […]

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I like sandwiches.  A lot.  The convenience factor is nice of course (assuming it’s a sane sandwich, if I need a knife and fork it’s hard to think of it as a sandwich…I’m looking at you, open-faced “sandwiches”), but it’s the sheer versatility that is the best thing about them.  The possibilities are basically endless. […]

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Okay, so I know my last review was of a brewpub as well.  Sue me.  The roommate and I hit two pretty much back-to-back.  Crooked Fence Brewing Co.’s Barrelhouse is a little closer to home and with plenty of parking, so that made it a little easier for us to make it to.The Barrelhouse is […]

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You may have noticed that I don’t make it downtown much.  It’s not that I don’t want to (though there are things about it that annoy the hell out of me), but I just rarely have cause to be there.  I don’t work there, I don’t live there, and there generally isn’t much going on […]

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Just to show you how much I suck at this sometimes, I’m going to share a little story.  A while back, a reader by the name of Cameron dropped me a line to say that there were fries I needed to try in Boise.  The exact words used were “They are absolutely the best method […]

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Seafood in the Treasure Valley is kind of hit and miss, which results in a lot of imported, previously frozen fish on local menus.  Now I love fish and chips and sushi as much as the next guy, but I love a good piece of simply prepared fish just as much.  So, when I heard […]

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Well, this should show you just how far behind I am on my reviews:  I actually visited Sun Ray Cafe on a lovely Autumn afternoon just before Halloween.  To be honest, I was kind of putting off writing it up in hopes that I would get to go back first but, as so often happens, it seems […]