Big Jud's is an american burgers restaurant in Bodo, Boise.
Big Jud's is a Boise institution serving one-pound hand-pressed burgers since the 1960s, with a free-burger challenge for finishing the full-pound meal.
Editorially verified June 24, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Must order: The one-pound burger with house sauce -- finish it and it is free
Address: 1289 S Protest Rd, Boise, ID 83706
Pengilly's Saloon is a Main Street institution since 1980, a dim and authentic Boise dive bar with cheap wells, live music most nights, and a back-bar stage.
Order: Well drink during the noon-to-19:00 daily happy hour and any live music set at the back stage
Bar Gernika on the Basque Block has served Idaho's Basque community since 1991, pouring kalimotxo and plating solomo in a worn-wood downtown pub.
Order: Solomo (marinated pork loin sandwich) and a side of Basque chorizo
Leku Ona, Basque for 'good place', opened in 2005 by Jose Mari Artiach from Spain's Basque Country, pairing cuisine with imported wines on two patios.
Order: Txakoli white wine and the lamb stew with white beans
Fork on 8th Street is Boise's farm-to-table restaurant, sourcing Idaho and Northwest producers to build a menu that shifts with the Treasure Valley harvest.
Order: Asparagus fritters in season and the Idaho trout preparation
Alavita is a brick-walled Italian trattoria making fresh pasta from Northwest flour and local eggs, turning Idaho seasonality into agnolotti and tortellini.
Order: House agnolotti or whichever handmade pasta uses that week's market produce
Kibrom's has introduced Ethiopian and Eritrean communal dining to Boise, serving spiced lentil stews, doro wat, and injera on West State Street.
Order: The combination plate on injera with doro wat and vegetarian lentil dishes
