Treasured Valley

Bitner’s fat cab, Banh Chung, lasagna, reuben sandwich challenge and Judgment Day…

What’s for dinner:

• Behind the Menu: Au Pair: Bitner’s Fat Cab and an “Eye of Rib Eye”.
• Mundovore: Celebrate Lunar New Year Vietnamese Style with Banh Chung.
• Northwest Food News: Food, Up Close and Personal.
• Doin’ it all, Idaho Style: AMY & REE: Lasagna (week 5).
• Boise Foodie Guild: The “Reuben Sandwich” Challenge!
• Eat Boise: French Toast with Homemade Bread.
• The Coffee Guy: Part coffeehouse, part gift shop, part art gallery, part hangout: Flying M.
• Chadder’s seeks success in burger-chain world. “Where’s the beef?” yelled an old lady on the television screen located in a typical suburban household somewhere during the 1980s. Since then, Dave Thomas of the popular Wendy’s franchise has become a household name. Dave Thomas did it, and now Boise gets to experience the beginning stages of a little guy making it in the big burger chain world.
• Introducing Kuna Melba News Business of the Month: Peregrine Restaurant in Kuna.

Happy hour specials:

• Beer & Whiskey Brothers: Judgement Day!
• Indian Creek Winery: Valentine’s Weekend FUN FUN FUN!
• Orr: Black IPAs are a full-blown trend. Black is back. Have you noticed the large assortment of black beers, particularly black IPAs, that are showing up on the shelves of your favorite beer store or tavern?
• Idaho Brewing: A Great Brew Session.
• Treasure Valley Food and Wine Blog: Wine tasting with the Idaho Conservation League and Cinder.
• Caldwell may consider Sunday liquor sales. Bar owners in county seat say they are losing customers to other cities. At least two Caldwell bar owners want to approach the city to see if they can sell liquor-by-the-drink on Sundays — and some officials say they will look into lifting the ban on the sales if approached by businesspeople.
• Mad Men…and Martinis. If you visit the Modern Hotel and Bar in Boise on First Thursday for the next few months, you may feel as if you’ve stepped back in time…or at least onto a television soundstage. The women are in form-fitting vintage dresses. The men are sporting pencil-thin neckties…and there’s the occasional lipstick on the collar. Boise State Radio’s George Prentice visits the Modern for a preview of “Mad Men and Martinis.”