Koto has a great space in a building in what I assume is an older-but-reinventing-itself downtown area in Twin Falls. The windows out onto the street open fully, so there was an interesting combination of air-conditioned climate closer to the …

Sometimes, you just get lucky and end up at the place of your dreams. Philomath is a small-ish town and Dirt Road is in an old corner store in the middle of what might be the old downtown area. The …

This wasn’t my first choice, but it was open and I actually enjoyed it, so that’s all good! It was an interesting place with friendly people. I was a little about it being essentially a “university bar” given the proximity to …

For various reasons, just Daria and I visited here for lunch, but we took a shocking amount of beer back to the house with us for later and to leave for future consumption. Ghost Town has two locations; this one …

All of us stopped here after driving around the countryside for a while on the day we tried to go to the state park. Iron Springs has a nice grouping of outside tables right on the (Northampton-like) main street and …

Again, no pictures, just some descriptions of great brews I had in cans or bottles: Alameda Island Brewing Company Coastal Classic – a tasty IPA, not too hoppy, just very refreshing. Stieglbrauerei zu Salzburg Stiegl-Radler Grapefruit – This wasn’t my …

No photos, alas, but descriptions of four beers I’ve had here so far. #1 was a East Bay IPA by Ale Industries, a local brewery. This one really surprised me because it was so well balanced and tasty, without a …

TL;DR – The food and beer were good, but the service was sub-par. The short version on the service is that I was seated at a table where I sat and sat and finally got up and went back to …

I was telling the guy at Bewilder how much different SLC looked from the last time I was here (frankly, I’m surprised I can even remember back that far) and he was saying how many breweries have popped up here …

I’ll start with the food – because of the long drive, I actually ate lunch and had too much of it, so I just had a small appetizer (fried wontons with bacon, cheddar, and cream cheese with a ranch dipping …