Our local merchants plan exciting, engaging in-store events including food and beverage tastings, local art exhibits, retail trunk shows, live music, family activities, and entertainment in a special and unique way you'll only find in Downtown Boise. Stop into your favorite establishment or check out someplace new!
Events typically run from 5–9pm, but each merchant creatively plans their own event so check each listing below for individual hours and details.
Acero Boards and Bottles
801 West Main Street • 208-801-6896
Food & Beverage
Board & Bottle is making its First Thursday debut! Join us at Acero from 5-9 PM for our Board & Bottle special: enjoy a bottle of wine from our curated selection and a delicious bruschetta board of your choice for just $35. Sip, snack, and celebrate the night with us!
Barbarian Downtown Beer Bar
1022 W Main St • 208-387-2739
Music Food & Beverage Activity
Two dark and malty beers and a new non-alcoholic beer headed your way for November First Thor's Day!
ROCK'N BINGO starts at 7pm. Free to play for paying customers.
Prizes for the winners. Must be 21+ to enter Barbarian Downtown.
~ MAPLE BAR STOUT 2025~
This imperial stout lounged in bourbon barrels before we hit it with 50 pounds of rich maple syrup and a swirl of vanilla. The result? Sticky, smooth, and just boozy enough to keep things interesting.
12% abv
Draft & 500ml Bottles available
~ GERMAN CHOCOLATE CAKE 2024 ~
Imperial Stout aged in Bourbon barrels for a year. The barrels were blended with chocolate, pecans, vanilla and coconut. It's like a slice of rich German Chocolate cake in a glass!
12% abv
500ml Bottles available
~ NON-ALCOHOLIC WIT BIER ~
N/A German style Wit beer with orange peel, coriander and grains of paradise.
0.3% abv
Draft available
Art Source Gallery
1516 W Grove St • 208-331-3374
Art Shop Music Food & Beverage Kid-Friendly Activity
Join us for the opening reception of "Wood You Believe" by featured artist, Cheri Henney, on Thursday, Nov. 6, 5–9 p.m., at Art Source Gallery, 1516 W. Grove St., Boise. The exhibit runs through November.
Cheri will be showcasing wood sculptures that reveal the hidden stories within both exotic and local lumber. A longtime Idaho artist and educator, Henney is known for her craftsmanship and expressive design.
Meriwether Cider House
224 N 9th St • (208)972-6725
Art Food & Beverage Activity
Join us for Downtown Boise Association's November 1st Thursday!
Our Boise famous Hot Mulled Cider will be back for the season, Boheme Bakery will be there with sweet treats, and we will provide all the supplies you need to bring it back old school (kindergarten) to make your own fabulous hand turkey!
Saltbrush
506 W. Grove • 208-717-2588
Food & Beverage
$10 Specialty Cocktails
Voodoo Cellar Boise
200 N Capitol Blvd • 2089180881
Food & Beverage
$5 Craft Beer Flights Every First Thursday!
Hemlock
500 S Capitol Blvd •
Food & Beverage
Join us at Hemlock for Happy Hour, every day from 3 to 6 PM!
Pull up a seat at the bar and enjoy $7 drafts, $9 wines, and $10 classic cocktails. Hungry? Go for the Hemlock Happy Meal, featuring Boise’s Best Burger and a cold beer for just $20.
Prefer something else? We’ve got plenty more snackable bites and small plates on the full happy hour menu.
Plus, free valet parking for all guests!
Prost! Boise
274 N 8th St • (208) 336.9395
Music Food & Beverage
Prost! will be offering $1 off Liters and providing live music on the patio between 5pm-8pm
Pine Coffee Supply
175 N 14th Street • 986-256-2476
Food & Beverage
JOIN US FOR A DELIGHTFUL EVENING FEATURING MOCKTAILS, NON-ALCOHOLIC WINE, AND A SELECTION OF CHARCUTERIE. THE FIRE PITS WILL CREATE A WARM AND INVITING ATMOSPHERE, PERFECT FOR UNWINDING AND SAVORING A FINE BEVERAGE
FROM 5PM TILL 6PM
8 Horses Lounge
199 N. 8th Street • 208-433-7800
Music Food & Beverage
LIVE MUSIC AT 8 HORSES LOUNGE!
The Old Time Harvest is an acoustic music duo playing a
unique blend of Traditional, Old Time, Bluegrass, Appalachian, Gospel, Irish, Fiddle Tunes and Original Music!
NO COVER, MUST BE 21+. 6:00PM-8:00PM.
BE SURE TO COME EARLY FOR HAPPY HOUR 4:00PM-6:00PM. CHEERS!
Lee's Candies
805 w Bannock •
Shop Food & Beverage Kid-Friendly
Its First Thursday! And a great time to start some early Christmas shopping, come check out our deals!
For First Thursday we will have,
~A prize wheel that can be spun with every purchase (guaranteed win)
~FREE samples of our handmade chocolates
~15% off all gift boxes
~ 50% off of all remaining Halloween items
We hope to see you there!
The Nook Lounge
206 N 9th St • 208-577-0537
Food & Beverage
Thirsty Thursday: Espresso Edition!☕️🍂
All your favorite cocktails with an incredible coffee flavored twist! Come by to try our espresso forward cocktails:
- Espresso Old Fashioned
- Biscoff & Spice
- Holiday Spiced Carajillo
- Autumn Affagtao
JD's Bodega
161 N Capitol Blvd • (208)519-5516
Shop Food & Beverage Kid-Friendly Activity
Stop by on your First Thursday adventures and grab a free popcorn and play a free game of pinball. While your here check out our selection of local vendors and products.
Cactus Bar
517 W Main St • (208) 342-9732
Food & Beverage Activity
Bingo Nights every First Thursday and every 3rd Thursday of every month. Free to play. Multiple games played in a night. Starts at 7 and ends roughly around 9 pm. Prizes to be won.
Liquid Lounge
405 S 8th St • (208) 287-5379
Art Music Food & Beverage Activity
Free comedy! Liquid Laughs has Free Comedy! Treasure Valleys funniest comedians and some first timers! Free Comedy! Free Laughs! Sign ups at 9pm Show starts at 9:30pm
House of Wine
1008 W Main St • 208-297-9463
Shop Food & Beverage
Come join us at House of Wine for our exciting “First Thursday” event in September!
For this night we’ll put aside our regular wine by the glass options and offer a free three wine tasting with glasses of wine available from local favorite Veer Wine Project!
The festivities begin at 5pm and last until 8pm. This is a free event and no registration is required. We look forward to welcoming you!
Chandlers Prime Steaks | Fine Seafood
981 W Grove St • (208) 383-4300
Food & Beverage
Gather. Sip. Socialize.
Join us at Chandlers for Social Hour.
Monday through Friday at the bar/lounge from 4-6pm.
Gather and relax with handcrafted cocktails like
our Cosmo or Champagne Cocktail and savor with a
selection of sociable dishes, all offered at $10.
Matador Boise
215 N 8th St • 208-342-9988
Food & Beverage
HOURS OF OPERATION
Sun-Thurs 11:00am-11:00pm
Fri & Sat 11:00am-Midnight
HAPPY HOUR 4pm-6pm & 10pm-CLOSE (daily)
NATIONAL NACHO DAY - Celebrate with $7 Nachos available ALL DAY LONG on Thursday November 6th, 2025.
Come in and be enveloped by our passion for the most daring of spirits. For brave, fresh Mexican flavors, and beautiful scratch-made cocktails. For the people and the culture of Mexico, where we forge friendships with tequila makers, listen to their stories, and bring them home to share with you, as we guide you through your tequila experience.
The Matador uses all-natural ingredients only, and that includes our carne, pollo, carnitas and seafood. We source the freshest, in-season vegetables and fruits available. Then we take those ingredients and cook them up into creative dishes that taste a bit like Mexico, a bit like the local area, and a bit like nothing you’ve ever tasted before.
Our newest Seasonal Menu features the following items:
* BUTTERNUT SQUASH QUESADILLA - Chile-roasted squash, goat cheese, hibiscus-pickled onions, toasted pepitas, avocado crema
* BEEF TAQUITOS - Ground beef picadillo, serrano slaw, avocado crema, queso dip, fried corn tortillas
* CHILE BUTTER MUSHROOM TACOS (veg) - Wild mushroom blend, French fried onions, chimichurri mayo, avocado, grilled red pepper, cotija, cilantro. Served on flour tortillas with Mexican black beans and rice.
* CHICKEN MOLE ENCHILADAS - Rich mole poblano, braised chicken thighs, chile-achiote rice, hibiscus-pickled onions, guacamole, garlic crema, corn tortillas.
* ORANGE CREAMSICLE MARG - Lunazul blanco, orange, vanilla, ginger, lime, whipped cream
* SMOKED CINNAMON OLD FASHIONED - Redemption Rye, Koch Elemental mezcal, cinnamon, orange bitters, flamed cinnamon stick
* GINGER-ORANGE AGUA FRESCA - Ginger, orange, vanilla, whipped cream, soda water
Situated on historic 8th St in energetic downtown Boise, the Matador has been a part of the city’s restaurant and happy hour scene since 2010. Within easy walking or biking distance from all downtown shops and sights, as well as the Greenbelt and the scenic Treasure Valley foothills, the Matador offers adventures in Mexican-inspired food and tequila when you need a retreat from your adventures outdoors or in town.
Bar Please!
620 W Idaho Street •
Food & Beverage
First Thursday Special: Get any specialty hot dog for $5 with purchase of a drink! Seattle Dog, Frankie Style, K-Dog or Classic!
Solid Grill & Bar
405 S 8th St • (208) 345-6620
Art Shop Music Food & Beverage Kid-Friendly
SOLID GRILL & BAR has LIVE MUSIC, HAPPY HOURS from 4-6 & 10-MIDNIGHt! 1/2 off Draft Beers & Well Drinks $2 off all wines and $1 off all Appetizers!
Trillium Restaurant
245 S Capitol Blvd • 208-333-8002
Food & Beverage
Join us every First Thursday in Downtown Boise to experience Live Jazz performed by The Ohadi Trio inside the lobby of The Grove Hotel from 6pm-8pm!