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BARS & NIGHTLIFE
Bistro The patio looks all grown up.
Best Example of a Bar maturing
Main Street Bistro’s new patio The Main Street Bistro, aka the “bro ho,” has long been the place for the newly 21 set to swig cocktails and chase skirts/muscle T-shirts. But this year, the iconic downtown locale gave its best asset a reboot and gutted its patio, the scene of so many 21st birthdays and videos projected on the wall above the outdoor bar. The result: a cool, swanky place where you can enjoy a cocktail and some of the most primo people watching in the city—after you win the beer pong competition, of course. 609 W. Main St., Boise, 208-3459515, boisebestbars.com
Best Way to Get your week Off to a Crummy Start
Sunday Funday series Boiseans were treated to a glam foam and pretty people party series this year when Nightology Live presented its Sunday Funday series, which brought national headliners to the city for a day of foamy fun. The first installment was held in June in the parking lot at 105 S. Sixth St., and despite rapper Asher Roth missing his plane and consequently his headlining gig, the series endured, at various locations around town. sundayfundayseries.com
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Best Way to Bring a Party to a Sleepy Suburb
The Gathering Place Nightlife in Eagle has, for a long time, been nearly nonexistent, leaving its young and hip suburban residents to make the long trek down State Street toward downtown and either crash on a stranger’s couch or endure a spendy cab ride after a few too many adult beverages. But that changed with the opening of The Gathering Place—a real bar where you can get your drink on, play some shuffle board, throw some darts, butcher your favorite karaoke song, and listen to live music, all housed in an Eagle landmark—the historic Orville Jackson building. 50 E. State St., Eagle, 208-629-4369
Best Place to Watch a Game and Feel a Little Chic, Simultaneously
The Huddle Sports Grill A great many Boise diners were sad to hear that The MilkyWay was shuttering its doors, leaving the fate of the modern chair-laden, twolevel location on 10th Street uncertain. The space took a tropical turn as Sweetwater’s Tropic Zone for a bit, and then, oddly, became a kid-friendly sports bar. The Huddle Sports Grill now fills the constantly transitioning space with big HD TVs, and sports fans can watch whatever they please in arguably one of the brightest, almost-chic sports spots in town. 205 N. 10th St., Boise, 208-338-5454
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