Category Archives: Boise

Trocadero | Milwaukee, WI

By JWEBB | Published: January 25, 2009
I went three years without stepping foot in Milwaukee and the one weekend I get back, my pal Mr. PDO had coincidentally made his way north from his home of Chicago.  Not bad luck if you ask me. I called PDO and he told us a group of them were having drinks at some place [...]
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The Modern | Linen District, Boise ID

By JWEBB | Published: January 17, 2009
If Chandler’s is the swankiest, then The Modern is the hippest.  It’s a favorite of one of my friends who’s an interior designer and it looks just like its name.  The bar is small and can be loud as hell.  You’re either sitting or standing at the bar, sitting in the lounge area just to [...]
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Bardenay | Boise, ID

By JWEBB | Published: January 3, 2009
This, to me, is the current overall number one place in Boise. I say place, and not bar, because they’re more than a bar. Don’t get me wrong, I love the small joints that take pride in being there for nothing but drinks… but Bardenay nails it on so many levels that they claim the [...]
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The Martini Bar at Chandler’s Steakhouse | Boise, ID

By JWEBB | Published: December 30, 2008
It’s easily the swankiest place in town. If you just got out of some charity benefit, or the symphony, or some other affair that requires you to dress up and you’re looking for a martini, then the Martini Bar at Chandler‘s Steakhouse is probably where you’re headed. Beg your pardon… it’s probably actually called (deep [...]
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The Falcon Tavern | Boise, ID

By JWEBB | Published: December 27, 2008
The Falcon Tavern is just a bar. That might seem like an insult, or at the very least a mildly melancholy endorsement… but it’s not. Endorsement yes… melancholy no. It’s a corner bar that’s not on a corner. It doesn’t have more than seven or eight taps, but they’re good taps (mainly from the North [...]
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Pengilly’s Saloon | Boise, ID

By JWEBB | Published: December 13, 2008
Until recently, it was illegal to buy distilled spirits in any form in the state of Idaho on Election Day. That includes in a bar. Yes, you could get a beer, but forget the hard stuff when the polls were open. The antiquated law came from the early 1900s when saloons were polling places, and [...]
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