Toledo, Ohio-based Marco’s Pizza took its first bite in Idaho in January with a shop in northwest Meridian at Ten Mile and McMillan roads. Now, the seventh largest U.S. pizza chain is looking for franchisees to add five more Marco’s ...
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Paddles Up Poké is on course to match founder Dan Landucci’s goal to open five shops in the business’s first three years. Paddles Up Poké gained instant popularity upon its May 1, 2017 opening in downtown Boise and followed with ...
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A New Zealand meat pie café will break the hex that has plagued The Afton condo developer since before construction started in 2015. Interest in the condos has been robust since groundbreaking, and the The Afton sold out as people ...
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April 18, 2018
Comments Off on Lucky Fins spawns new brand: Naked Fins – raw fish
Lucky Fins restaurant owners plan on unveiling a third restaurant concept, Naked Fins, in early August on Broadway near Beacon Street in Boise. Naked Fins follows Lucky Fins and Smokin Fins, the latter in Colorado, Arizona and, last fall, Idaho ...
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March 29, 2018
Comments Off on Frugals shakes, rattles and rolls in Nampa
The four-store Frugals 1950s retro hamburger chain opened its first new restaurant in 17 years March 5 in Nampa. The Nampa location, on the site of a former Squeaky Clean Car Wash, is also the first franchise operation for the Port ...
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January 29, 2018
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Nampa will get a second Arby’s on 12th Avenue at the former Pizza Hut site near Northwest Nazarene University. PETRA Inc. of Meridian started construction on Jan. 9 and the opening is expected in April. PETRA also built the Arby’s ...
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January 17, 2018
Comments Off on Marie Callender’s will close its only Idaho restaurant
The only Marie Callender’s Restaurant & Bakery in Idaho will close Jan. 26 after more than 30 years on Fairview Avenue between Milwaukee Street and Maple Grove Road. Marie Callender’s had owned the 10,132-square-foot restaurant on 1.726 acre until the ...
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November 27, 2017
Comments Off on Bleubird will fly off to the Bench with new plumage
Perennial lunchtime lines out the door at 10th and Bannock streets will cease Jan. 26 as Bleubird flies to the Boise Bench with a new concept. “We’re ready to move on to the next thing,” co-owner Sarah Kelly said. “(Bleubird) ...
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LongHorn Steakhouse expects to open its first Pacific Northwest restaurant in early 2018 in the Franklin Town Plaza in Boise at Franklin Road and Milwaukee Street, at the Interstate 84 onramp. LongHorn started construction June 19 on the 5,593-square-foot structure ...
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The first Tropical Smoothie Café in Idaho opened July 31, a second is on the way, and a third and fourth are in the works. All are the product of franchise holders Kory and Michelle Pukash, who have an agreement ...
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