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Metro Express Trust us, it’s time to wash your car.
Best Local Car Wash
Metro Express Washing your car may be great summertime fun for kids, but trust us, Metro Express will do a better job. In one-tenth of the time. Choose your own car-washing adventure, pre-pay on the automated machine and let the swishing and swirling commence. Vacuuming is a DIY deal at Metro Express, so take as much time as you want to suck out all the dirt or just drive right on by the vacuum station. Multiple locations, metroexpresscarwash.com Second Place: J’s Ultimate Hand Car Wash, ultimatehandcarwash.com Third Place: Like Nu Car Wash
Best Antique Store
Antique World Mall Antiquing has gone from a torture device inflicted by grandmothers on their grandchildren when they’re supposed to be spending quality time to a weekend activity enjoyed by multiple generations. The Antique World Mall provides all the vintage apparel, home decor, china, jewelry and the like that any antiquer could hope for, and keeps browsers buzzing with complimentary coffee. 4544 W. Overland Road, Boise, 208-342-5350, antiqueworldmall.com Second Place: Blue Moon Antiques Third Place: Atomic Treasures
Best Local Bookstore
Rediscovered Books A good bookstore is a lot like the products it sells: It has to grab you, then settle into a comfortable place, all the while building upon itself, opening up new aspects and ideas with each chapter until you’re ultimately hooked. It has to envelope you in a world you can get lost in and can’t wait to get back to once you’ve left so you can find out what happens next. It’s a formula Rediscovered Books has mastered, creating a place where bibliophiles can indulge in the written word—whether it’s in the form of a new book or joining others at a book reading, signing or a discussion group. The store has earned the loyalty and love of Boise book lovers for years, as evidenced by the fact that BW readers have voted it tops in this category for the past five years. We’re just happy we have a place where we can go to breathe in the intoxicating scent of a real book. 180 N. Eighth St., Boise, 208-376-4229, rdbooks.org Second Place: Boise Public Library, boisepubliclibrary.org Third Place: Hyde Park Books, hydeparkbookstore.com
Best Local Ethnic Market
The Basque Market When Boise’s Basque transplants are looking to whip up a meal just like ama used to make, they swing by The Basque Market for hardto-find Spanish imports like Picuezo whole red piquillo peppers, Serpis anchovy-stuffed green olives, Piment d’Espelette and Gutierrez Colosia Vinagre de Jerez. And those who need a Basque food fix but are in a pinch for time stop by to load their plates with piles of pre-made pintxos. 608 W. Grove St., Boise, 208-433-1208, thebasquemarket.com Second Place: Campos Market Third Place: Orient Market
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