New Downtown Experiences

A new whiskey bar opened in Boise and we met up with Phoenix and Stacey for a date night before Valentine’s Day weekend to check it out.

 

The James Whiskey & Cocktails is an indoor/outdoor establishment that will be great place to visit during the warmer temps with the open garage doors and rooftop outdoor seating.  It is small with limited seating and an even smaller parking lot.  We were able to find street parking and snagged the last table for four.  We also made it in time for happy hour which meant good pricing for food.  As a Beer Buddies member, we get happy hour pricing on drinks all day as The James is the newest Beer Buddy Hub.

 

I tried one of the happy hour drinks, The Cobbler’s Mule, and Stacey tired the other, The James.  This allowed us to at least try them both in one visit.  While the others aren’t discounted on happy hour the entire drink menu looked amazing.  We will have to come back.  We shared the meatballs and the burger, both $8 on happy hour about half off the regular price.  Both were exceptional and you can’t beat that price.

 

Since I had a random Friday night off and we had a DD (thanks Kenyon) we attempted to visit the new Mother Earth Brewing downtown location but it was packed with no parking so we continued to The Handlebar, another Beer Buddy Hub.  This was a really fun bar with a great atmosphere.  There is pool table, bike races, popcorn, and THE BEST pizza that delivers inside the bar.  YES!

 

With a hop, skip, and a jump we were at our third Beer Buddies Hub for the night, Hops & Bottles.  This is always a fun place with great atmosphere.  The only downside is they allow dogs.  No Thank You.

 

We decided to venture back to Meridian and found our first two stops packed with absolutely no seating.  We found a table at Pauly’s but since the food was limited, we had our one drink and moved on.  The final stop was Firehouse Pub & Grill, which I have not been to.  We ordered some food and one more drink and then headed home.

 

What an epic night but oh man…I am not as young as I once was and all the fried food at the end of the night tore me up.  Oh well, we had fun.