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120Events this week
22Free things to do
88New spots
85New stories

● Checked Friday, November 6, before the 6 AM send.

This week in Boise

Five picks from this week's calendar. See all 120 events, day by day →

Veterans Breakfast

Saturday 8am · Warhawk Air Museum

USPSA, Pits 7-16

Saturday 8am · Nampa Rod & Gun Club

Margie Barilla Foundation Top Golf Holiday Party

Saturday 9am · Topgolf

Eagle Holiday Bazaar

Saturday 9am · Eagle High School

2nd Annual Toys for Tots Car Show

Saturday 10am · Fred Meyer

New in Boise

Places that opened, reopened, or earned a mention this month — the ones we'd go back to.

Coffee Studio 208

Cafes

Where love meets local: Coffee Studio 208 pours a straightforward lineup of their finest coffees and teas that fits real Boise life, whether you’re fuel-shopping between errands or lingering with a friend.

coffeestudio208.com ↗

Big Jud's

Restaurants

Bring on the big burger: Big Jud’s is the Boise spot for locally sourced comfort food and its famous one-pound burgers.

bigjuds.com ↗

Wylie Records

Hobbies, Books, & Crafts

For the vinyl-obsessed: From Laser Discs and Criterion Closet Blu-rays to stacks of vinyl, CDs, cassettes, and gear, Wylie Records is the kind of Boise spot where you pop in to browse and somehow stay an hour.

wylierecords.com ↗

Boise’s best businesses

Every spot worth knowing, in one place.

The restaurants, shops, and services the newsletter recommends, all in one place — every listing checked, and paid pins marked every time.

Browse Boise’s best →

Most read in Boise

The five stories Boise readers clicked most this month, from the daily editions.

  1. Micron impacts all sectors of Treasure Valley real estate

    Micron's $50 billion investment in Boise is impacting all sectors of Treasure Valley real estate, according to a panel of company leaders.

    Full story at idahopress.com ↗

  2. Alaska Airlines Launches New 7-Hour Nonstop Boeing 737 MAX Routes: See Map Now

    Alaska Airlines has announced two new nonstop routes to Honolulu International Airport (HNL) connecting with Boise, Idaho, and Spokane, Washington.

    Full story at simpleflying.com ↗

  3. Alaska Airlines Launches 10 New Nonstop Routes: See Full List Now

    Alaska Airlines has announced 10 new nonstop routes set to begin operations between November 2026 and June 2027, according to Cirium, an aviation analytics company.

    Full story at simpleflying.com ↗

  4. A new Idaho park opens near Boise. Here’s what it offers for kids and more

    A 50-acre park near the Western Idaho Fair grounds officially opened to the public after over five years of effort by Ada County Commissioners.

    Full story at idahostatesman.com ↗

  5. Neighbors weigh in on new Amazon drone delivery service launched in Nampa

    Amazon has launched its new Amazon Air drone ultra-fast delivery service in Nampa, Idaho, with a new service that delivers small packages within a 170-square-mile radius of the Nampa Amazon Air facility within 30 minutes.

    Full story at kivitv.com ↗

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The rest of what BaseLocal keeps current for the city.

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