High Note Cafe ★ 4.1
High Note Cafe is Boise's best-value plant-based meal, with fully scratch-made nachos, gyros, and burritos at prices that undercut most downtown restaurants.
Pie Hole is a pizza budget eat in Downtown, Boise.
Pie Hole sells oversized New York-style pizza slices for the most budget-friendly downtown eat on 8th Street, open until late on weeknights and weekends.
Editorially verified June 24, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Address: 205 N 8th St, Boise, ID 83702
High Note Cafe is Boise's best-value plant-based meal, with fully scratch-made nachos, gyros, and burritos at prices that undercut most downtown restaurants.
Ansots Basque Chorizos serves house-made chorizo sandwiches as Boise's most authentic cheap lunch on the Basque Block, with a walk-up format for under $12.
Bar Gernika Lunch offers Basque pub food at accessible prices, with the solomo sandwich and pintxo plate among the best-value authentic Basque eating.
Capital City Public Market Hot Food at Grove Plaza on Saturdays has a dozen-plus vendors selling tacos, crepes, and fresh pastries for $6-10 per item.
High Note Cafe is Boise's best-value plant-based meal, with fully scratch-made nachos, gyros, and burritos at prices that undercut most downtown restaurants.
Ansots Basque Chorizos serves house-made chorizo sandwiches as Boise's most authentic cheap lunch on the Basque Block, with a walk-up format for under $12.
Bar Gernika Lunch offers Basque pub food at accessible prices, with the solomo sandwich and pintxo plate among the best-value authentic Basque eating.
Capital City Public Market Hot Food at Grove Plaza on Saturdays has a dozen-plus vendors selling tacos, crepes, and fresh pastries for $6-10 per item.
Big Jud's serves one-pound hand-pressed burgers from $13 and a free challenge version to anyone who finishes the full-pound meal at budget pricing.
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