Dress it up!

The long-awaited Barbacoa has finally opened in East Boise and it is Haute! My iPhone could shave my face if I asked it to, but the camera sucks. So, this is all ya get. But take my word, this place is pretty nice. There's no cocktail menu as of yet, so we'll see if their bar prowess matches that of their decorating, but I suspect they'll go after some heavy-hitter, LA Barman and produce something pretty good... although it's rumoured that they're after my Markazark, and some eyes may have to be clawed from some heads if that's true.

Californian Owner Robert Castoro told me, (and like, everyone who walked through the door,) that his interests in local art and "antiquities" led him to open Barbacoa in the old Jaker's space and build what I describe as some of the most progressive restaurant decorating I've seen in this area. In the bar, anyway... The dining room is sort of an Aztec/Sun Valley/Victorian Group Sex nightmare with bright lighting. The food is okay, the service okay, the painted cow skulls above the urinal are okay... you know, the usual.

I like Barbacoa and I'm crossing my fingers for it to find its clientele in Boise. Check it out at www.barbacoa-boise.com or in person, off Park Center right next to Red Robin... you know, right on the "lake".