Pork Chile Verde at the Brick Oven Bistro

One of my favorite places to eat: the Brick Oven Bistro. These two dishes were specials when we dined last week. Above is pork chile verde and a salad. Below is a sweet, BBQ, pulled chicken with a side of pork chile verde.

Puff Pastry Chicken "Pot Pie"

A "pot pie" puff pastry version from the Brick Oven Bistro. Happy food!

Taste Test: Brick Oven Bistro

One of my favorite Boise restaurants: the Brick Oven Bistro, which will forever really be the Brick Oven Beanery in my mind. The restaurant changed its name a few years ago to become a bistro, but the food stayed the same. Above is the turkey pot roast dinner special with rice pilaf, baby carrots, side salad and kale. It also came with fresh bread, which my daughter snapped up.
The meatloaf sandwich and a side of Cajun gumbo. All happy food!

Puff Pastry Chicken "Pot Pie"

Lunch at the Brick Oven Bistro over the weekend. This was one of the specials: puff pastry chicken "pot pie." Chicken and vegetables in a cream sauce layered before puff pastry. This food made me happy!

Dashboard Dining: Gumbo

Wednesday is grab-n-go dinner night when we're downtown for music lessons. Last night, it was gumbo and fresh bread on the dashboard. A perfect warming combo as it was 28 degrees outside.

Etouffee at the Brick Oven Bistro

Dinner cafeteria-style last night at the Brick Oven Bistro in The Grove, downtown Boise. I had seen so many tweets about the etouffee they were serving up, I had to try it out. My husband and I got the last two servings for the night. It was full of complex flavors and served over rice. I always want more kick in my food, I'm sure others think there was plenty of spice! But this is something I would order again. I ate mine with a side of fresh Italian bread.

Dinner on the Dashboard

A visit to downtown Boise's Brick Oven Bistro (which, forever in my mind will be the Brick Oven Beanery, the previous name of the restaurant) to grab a sandwich for some car dining. I hadn't been to the Bistro in a while. I ordered the club, which is sliced fresh-roasted turkey, thick bacon, homemade mayonnaise, tomato, lettuce and fresh cucumbers. I don't remember fresh cucumbers being on the sandwich ever before, but they were good. I had a choice of white bread or wheat bread with sunflower seeds. I chose white bread - as you can see, they decided I should have wheat instead.