The Boise area is a pretty good Beer town. Like most of the rest of the country, the craft beer scene exploded here in the mid 2000’s and the options are wide and varied.
About this time of year the temperatures really start climbing, the snow line in the foothills is receding, the Boise river levels come right up to and sometimes over the Greenbelt in places, having a beverage outside in the sun and fresh air becomes a real thing.
Some Boise area beer spots with good patio/outdoor seating are sprinkled all over, these are some of my favorites:
During covid a lot of places expanded their seating area to outside their walls, in order to improve spacing. The block on 8th st between Idaho and Bannock is a good example, with BitterCreek and its neighbors essentially commandeering the sidewalk. Since then it has been built up a bit and now offers open air seating when weather permits.
The Yardarm on 35th near the greenbelt has a covered bar area but otherwise exclusively open air seating, with a backyard/beach feel with lots of plants bordering the area. Another is Franklin House, a BnB tucked away in a mostly residential area on 15th and Franklin with a big backyard beer garden. Green Acres is at the end of 14th on the GreenBelt and hosts a couple of food trucks and several craft beers on tap.
A few spots are roof-top themed. Zees RoofTop Cafe has their outdoor seating set up for the season up on, well, the rooftop. They’ve great view of the city and foothills, on the penthouse of the CW Plaza building on 5th and Front. The James Kitchen $ Bar on Broadway has rooftop seating within site of Boise State’s football stadium.
Wepa Cafe, on 35th in Garden City features roof top seating and Purto Rican cuisine, and Green Acres is a food truck park on the green belt at the end of 14th with a craft beer bar and a nice grasy area full of picnic tables.
All are great spots if you like your beer and snacks “al Fresco” and all of them are also “Buddy Hubs” If you are not a card-carrying member yet, why not?!
-Cheers
