Idaho

Fry sauce is basically an Idaho food group, and the best versions almost never come from a big…

By Blake Sullivan · Oct 2

Some restaurants chase trends, and others simply keep doing what they have done well for decades. In the…

By Blake Sullivan · Oct 1

Some places earn their reputation one hand-cut order at a time, and a certain drive-in on the west…

By Blake Sullivan · Sep 30

Some mornings just call for a breakfast that tastes like someone actually cared while cooking it. Tucked along…

By Blake Sullivan · Sep 29

Some corners of Idaho stay quiet even when the sun is high and the parking lot is full.…

By Blake Sullivan · Sep 28

Some of the best cooking in eastern Idaho hides in a town so small you could roll through…

By Blake Sullivan · Sep 27

Root beer used to mean something different. It came from a frosty mug or a batch made right…

By Blake Sullivan · Sep 26

Some sweets stick around because they are trendy. Others earn their place by lasting more than a century…

By Blake Sullivan · Sep 25

Some mountain towns have a place where the morning slows down and everyone seems to know exactly where…

By Blake Sullivan · Sep 24

There is a spot in Ketchum where people happily wait an hour or more just to sit down…

By Blake Sullivan · Sep 23

There is a stretch of Idaho shoreline where the water shifts through shades of blue that look almost…

By Blake Sullivan · Sep 22

Some restaurants earn a nickname, and the ones that do usually deserve it. In a small mountain town…

By Blake Sullivan · Sep 21

Some roads just get you from one town to the next. Others feel like the whole point of…

By Blake Sullivan · Sep 20

A tiny cottage in downtown Idaho Falls has quietly become the spot pie fans keep talking about. The…

By Blake Sullivan · Sep 19

Some desserts are worth a short drive across town, and a few are worth an actual road trip.…

By Blake Sullivan · Sep 18

Idaho might be famous for potatoes, but the state also runs on trout, salmon, halibut, and a surprising…

By Blake Sullivan · Sep 17

Thousands of drivers zip across a southern Idaho freeway every single day without knowing a deep volcanic canyon…

By Blake Sullivan · Sep 16

Idaho has a soft spot for diners that stick around, feed families, and keep their menus honest. Some…

By Blake Sullivan · Sep 15

Some places invite you to slow your pace, park the car, and let a whole afternoon disappear on…

By Blake Sullivan · Sep 14

Idaho is full of little towns where the best meal in miles comes from a family-run diner that…

By Blake Sullivan · Sep 13

Some of the best morning meals in Idaho hide in towns you might blow right past on the…

By Blake Sullivan · Sep 12

A smothered burrito is a simple idea done right: a big rolled burrito buried under sauce and cheese,…

By Blake Sullivan · Sep 11

North Idaho hides a stretch of clear water so wide it seems to hold the whole sky, with…

By Blake Sullivan · Sep 10

Some Idaho cafes have been feeding the same families for so long that regulars barely need a menu.…

By Blake Sullivan · Sep 9

Some trails demand sturdy boots and a whole lot of grit. Others invite you to slow down, follow…

By Blake Sullivan · Sep 8

Idaho might make you think of potatoes first, but the state has quietly built up a barbecue scene…

By Blake Sullivan · Sep 7

There is a tiny counter in downtown Coeur d’Alene where the menu fits on a postcard and the…

By Blake Sullivan · Sep 6

Rainbow trout is one of Idaho’s true food treasures, and finding it cooked right is worth turning off…

By Blake Sullivan · Sep 5

Somewhere in eastern Idaho, there is a spot where a little coin drops into a table jukebox and…

By Blake Sullivan · Sep 4

Some places make you check your watch three times and still lose track of an hour. This one…

By Blake Sullivan · Sep 3

Some of the best food finds in Idaho are not tucked inside big stores with fluorescent lights and…

By Blake Sullivan · Sep 2

Some of the best meals happen in the smallest buildings, the kind you might drive past without a…

By Blake Sullivan · Sep 1

Some spots hold onto a slower kind of fun, and a small Idaho town keeps one of those…

By Blake Sullivan · Aug 30

Some places make you promise yourself you will only stay twenty minutes, and then the clock quietly betrays…

By Blake Sullivan · Aug 29

Idaho is known for potatoes and mountains, but small towns across the state hide some of the best…

By Blake Sullivan · Aug 23

Some breakfast spots earn a following one plate at a time, and this little cafe west of Boise…

By Blake Sullivan · Aug 22

A small Idaho town holds a lodging spot where the wooden floors gently creak and the rooms carry…

By Blake Sullivan · Aug 20

If you have ever daydreamed about swapping traffic jams and long work weeks for lake views and easy…

By Blake Sullivan · Aug 19

There is a certain kind of morning that only happens in a small town, where the coffee never…

By Blake Sullivan · Aug 18