Real Beer

This comes by way of Dave Player. . .
For those hankering for a REAL beer festival, the long wait is almost over! The Boise Nordic Foundation is staging the October Brewers Festival on First Thursday October 2nd at Donnie Mac's Trailer Park Cuisine, 1515 W Grove St. The event will start at 4:00 p.m. and run until 9:00 p.m. in the parking lot at Donnie Mac's. Confirmed brewers participating include: Snake River Brewing (Jackson, WY)Beer Valley Brewing (Ontario, OR)Table Rock Brewing (Boise, ID)Sockeye Brewing (Boise, ID)Widmer/Redhook/Kona (Portland, OR) There may be up to two more brewers participating. Each brewer will be bringing at least two brews to sample. Entry into the event is $10, which will give the beer lover 5 tickets to sample the beers. Additional tickets can be purchased for $1 each. Donnie Mac's will be preparing a special plate of German food as well as the well-known regular menu items. All proceeds go to benefit the Boise Nordic Foundation, an organization that supports Nordic skiing and snowshoeing activities at the Bogus Basin Mountain Resort. Questions about the brew fest can be directed to organizer Dave Fotsch - 331-9266 or email knklhed@q.com.

Is it a rumor?

What if a former Blues Bouquet bartender and a former Blues owner teamed up to open a location in Meridian? We are takin' about serious MoJo!

Liquid to make big splash

Jeremy tells Boisee.com that his new bar Liquid has jumped almost all of the big construction and government hoops and should be open the 18th. He has hired staff and is booking music. The walkabout downtown used to mean running from the Lux to Charles. Now instead of a mostly straight line we will be a very long triangle.

disclosure alert

My daughter will be one of the above staff!

Full bar for lease.

Here's another one. . . Fully stocked and operating Boise restaurant with full bar for lease/sell. 20,000 down and monthly lease with option to purchase.

Bouquet-Soon!

We hear from staff and others that the remodel is almost done ant the bar will open shortly. Can't wait to see what has been done.  

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B! and the Boys from the olden times at 1010 Main.

November 1st?-update

Despite Taco Toms efforts at marketing. The liquor license he claims is available at the still a bit to high $175,000.00. No terms-no lease. Not gossip, just the truth!!!

Dad & Daughter First Thursday

My daughter Elissa and I will be sharing the spotlight at City Grill this Thursday the 4th. Elissa will be making her first real appearance as a singer/songwriter. I will presenting a very exciting new line of images. Both the kid and I are excited to get honest reactions to our work.

More about Elissa performance. Elissa songs come from her heart, and she sings with a light yet powerful sound that matches her stories. She plays solo with only her guitar. Nothing fancy just to get in the way of her message.

About the Metal Series. The Metal Series

Over the years, David Day of American Photo Source has striven to stay on the edge when it comes to imaging and presenting his work. The Metal Series is a major step forward in this journey.

The Metal Series uses a painstaking process to place David’s photography directly on metal sheets. A variety of, sheet, stainless, and aluminum up to 40 inches wide are used. These sheets are often taken from from the recycle bin, each piece has a unique patina and look. Making every image distinctly different.

Sold in stickily limited editions, this art will almost certainly become collectable and increasingly valuable.

Please come by and see us. 7-9pm Thursday, September 4*CITY GRILL*199 8th Street-Downtown Boise

Gusto? -Not Gonzo!-update

Gonzo!Boisee.com reader Don O found locked doors last night. Will post his full report soon as soon as I get to a real computer.

Here is the new  info on Gusto. Thanks to Ryan for the quick update comment

From Ryan Steinbroner's comment. . .

Gusto is part of Mack and Charlie's and no it is not Gonzo... the Gusto side of the bar is only open on Friday and Saturday or for private parties.  Sadly, we had to scrap our Jazz night on Wednesday nights.  We had a great band, and a small loyal following but the bottom line wasn't working.  For now we still have live DJ's on the weekends.

MotorFlower Tour tune up pics

Caught the Motor Flower guys before they left to the Wiskey a Go Go. It was wonderful to see such a solid crowd show on such short notice. Been working my new camera to the limits on low light photography. Here are a few captures from Monday night.

Motoflower tour-begins now!

From Nathan Jay Moody
Hey everyone,

There has been a slight change in our tour plans and we are leaving one day later.  So....... we will be doing a special engagement at the REEF tonight at 9:00 to start our tour.  FREE!!!!! Come down and check out our show and tell some friends so we can get some people through the door.  We were bummed that we werent going to be playing a Boise show and happy that we are now.  It will be fun considering we dont have time to promote, it will just be the people getting this message.  Then its on to Big Sur and eventually the Whiskey - A - Go - Go in Hollywood this week.

  Steve Hall from House of Hoi Palloi

  Steve Fulton from House of Hoi Palloi and The Hi Tops

  Nathan Jay Moody from all your nightmares

  and John Paul from Sound of Lo