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Restaurants

Fork Restaurant

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Fort Street Station

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Forty-One South

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Fresh Off The Hook

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Grit 2C

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Honey Eatery and Social Club

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Hyde House Restaurant

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Ivano’s Ristorante

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Joel’s Mexican Restaurant

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Ketchum Grill

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La Plaza

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Leku Ona

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Lime and a Coconut

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Locavore

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Lulu's Pizza

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Mai Thai Restaurant

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Mojo Coyote Café

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Coffee & Tea Houses

Form & Function Coffee

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Moss Coffee & Tea

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Hotels, Inns & B&Bs

Fox Den Spa

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Galena Lodge

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Hotel McCall

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Gardens & Nurseries, Kitchen & Home, Services - Non-Food

Franz Witte

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Vineyards & Wineries

Fujishin Family Cellars

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Hells Canyon Winery

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Huston Vineyards

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Koenig Vineyards

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Koenig Vineyards

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Lindsay Creek Vineyards

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Bakeries & Patisseries

Gaston’s Bakery

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Guru Donuts

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Jan Jou Patisserie

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Janjou Patisserie

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Farms, Orchards & Mills, Flowers & Herbs

Giving Ground Seeds

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CSAs & Farm Boxes, Education & Food Literacy, Farms, Orchards & Mills

Global Gardens

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Juices & Juice Bars

Glow Live Food Café

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Love's Kombucha

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Breweries, Farms, Orchards & Mills

Gooding Farms

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Mill 95

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Breweries

Grand Teton Brewery

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Hunga Dunga Brewing Co.

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Idaho Kombucha Company

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Kootenai River Brewing

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Laughing Dog Brewery

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McCall Brewing Company

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Mother Earth Brew Co.

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Distilleries

Grand Teton Distillery

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Farms, Orchards & Mills

Greentree Naturals Certified Organic Farm

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Hen and Hare Microfarm

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Hoot ‘n’ Holler Urban Farm

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Idaho Grain and Flour Mill

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Jackson Hop Farm

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Jones Apple Orchard

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Kelley Orchards

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Killarney Organic Farm

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King’s Crown Organic

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Lava Lake Lamb

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Lazy JM Ranch

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Legacy Farms NW

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Meadowlark Farm

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Meadowlark Farm

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Morning Owl Farm

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Food Carts, Stands & Trucks

Grub Truck Wandering Kitchen

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Farmers Markets

Hailey Farmers' Market

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Thursdays, 2pm–6pm

Ketchum Farmers' Market

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Kootenai County Farmers Market

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McCall Farmers Market

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Meridian Farmers' Market

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June-Sept
Saturdays, 9am-2pm

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Moscow Farmers' Market

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May-October
Saturdays, 8am-1pm

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Gardens & Nurseries, Services - Non-Food

High Mountain Nursery

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Gardens & Nurseries

High Mountain Nursery

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Retail - Food

Homemade by Dorothy

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Homestead Natural Foods

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Ishtar Market & Restaurant

Sharing the same nondescript parking lot on Overland Road as the Country Club Reel Theatre sits a small Middle Eastern storefront, Ishtar Market and Restaurant. It’s the textbook definition of a hole in the wall. Reminiscent of a neighborhood corner store like Roosevelt Market, it’s stocked with everything from hummus to bleach. If you look deeper, you can also find pickled radishes, fresh samoon (a football shaped bread served in Iraq), a counter filled with desserts and an assortment of baklavas glistening with rose water and honey.

The market is self contained, but walk through a doorway off to the side and you’ve entered a cozy restaurant simple in its decor. And although its menu seems simple, there’s something to be said about generous portions of culturally authentic food.

Everything is cooked to order: The flatbread comes out warm to the touch, the hummus sprinkled with tangy sumac, the baba ganoush heavy with garlic, the falafel green with fresh herbs. There is also Shawarma chicken, a Levantine meat preparation using a roasting spit, either as a meal ($10) or as a sandwich ($5); and if you want to try a little bit of everything, there is the Ishtar Platter including a chicken and beef kebab, falafel and rice ($12). Not only is it delectable, but lovingly prepared food like this can also open your heart to a new culture.

Owner Asam Mujili moved from Jordan to Idaho in 2009 to pursue the American dream, on the recommendation of a friend who talked up Boise’s reputation as a safe place to raise a family. Visiting, Asam favored the weather and Boise’s city growth. He also noticed a lack of Middle Eastern foods.

It seems fitting the store’s name was inspired by one of the ancient Seven Wonders of the World, the Ishtar Gate of Babylon. The original gate was said to be an entrance to the whole Middle Eastern civilization. Ishtar Market and Restaurant acts as one of Idaho’s best gateways into Middle Eastern food.

Alexander Milles

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King’s Crown Organics

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Vineyards & Wineries, Wine, Beer & Liquor Shops

House of Wine

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Coffee & Tea Houses, Coffee Roasters

Hyde Perk Coffee House

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Java, Wake Up and Live Inc.

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Non-Profits & Organizations

Idaho Center for Sustainable Agriculture

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Idaho Preferred

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Farm Markets & Stands

Idaho Indoor Farmers Community Market

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Bars, Pubs & Wine Bars, Breweries

Idaho Pour Authority

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Media, TV & Radio

Idaho Public Television

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Co-Ops

Idaho’s Bounty

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Moscow Food Co-Op

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Event Venue

Jack’s Urban Meeting Place

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Hotels, Inns & B&Bs, Travel & Leisure

Jug Mountain Ranch

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Farm Markets & Stands, Farms, Orchards & Mills

Kraay's Market & Garden

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Ice Cream Shops

Leroy's Ice Cream

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Wine, Beer & Liquor Shops

Liquor Market

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Retail - Non-Food

Lithia Ford Lincoln of Boise

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Ranches & Livestock

Little Cow Mountain Farm

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Cider Mills & Cideries

Longdrop Cider Company

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Meriwether Cider Company

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Flowers & Herbs, Gardens & Nurseries

Madeline George Nursery

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Catering & Meal Delivery, Restaurants

Manfred's Catering

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Coffee & Tea Houses, Retail - Non-Food

Maude’s Coffee & Clothes

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Breweries, Restaurants

MickDuff’s Brewing

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Bees & Honey

Miller Honey Farms

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Specialty & Artisanal Shops

Mixed Greens

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