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Books and Booze a la Mode

At this Boise book club, what you drink tastes like what you read

• By Harrison Berry
• Tags: Lit, The Mode Lounge

Downtown Boise Restaurants Throw Benefit for Those Affected by Wylie Street Apartment Stabbing

• By Harrison Berry
Fourteen businesses will donate a portion of their proceeds to the International Rescue Committee and families affected by the brutal June 30 stabbing incident.
• Tags: Food News, Boise, Culture, Downtown, Eats, food, Idaho, Night of Giving, Juniper, Prost! Boise, Red Feather Lounge, Donut Daze, The Mode Lounge, Eureka, Matador, Bittercreek Alehouse, The Chocolat bar, City Peanut Shop, Alavita, Pie Hole, Fork, The Funky Taco

Holiday Drink Hitlist

Try these seasonal sips before the year is out

• By Lex Nelson and Veronica Lemaster
These 10 holiday drinks—five naughty, five nice—can help ward off winter.
• Tags: Food News, Boise, booze, coffee, Downtown, Eats, food, Holidays, liquor, Holiday drinks, Juniper, Bardenay, Thomas Hammer, Starbucks, Press & Pony, The Mode Lounge, Zero Six Coffee Fix, Goldy's, Eureka!, Black Rock Coffee Bar

First Thursday: Ballet at the Bar

• By Harrison Berry
Tap into the tradition at The Mode Lounge, where Ballet Idaho dancers, staff and board of directors will gather to chat about the upcoming season.
• Tags: 1st Thursday, The Mode Lounge

Art Around Downtown

Fill your Thursday evening with a feast for the eyes.

• By Amy Atkins
• Tags: 1st Thursday, Art Source Gallery, Evermore Prints, Flying M Coffeehouse, R. Grey Gallery Jewelry and Art Glass, The Mode Lounge

Dine Out Downtown Boise Restaurant Week, Grit's Grand Opening

Time is running out

• By Tara Morgan
A few eateries are serving up special menus peppered with local produce, wine, beer and liquor.
• Tags: Food News, The Mode Lounge, Zee's Rooftop Cafe

Video

Tools for Tippling

A good bartender is always well equipped

• By BW Staff
Putting the "ology" in "mixology."
• Tags: Restaurant Guide, Bar and Restaurant Guide 2015, Mode Lounge, Mai Thai, The Mode Lounge, Video

Treefort Specials

Local restaurants and bars offer deals for Treefort-goers

• By Tara Morgan
If you get hungry or thirsty during Treefort--and you will—there are some sweet deals to be had.
• Tags: Food, Treefort Music Fest, Treefort, Treefort 2015, Bittercreek Alehouse, Boise Brewing Co., Fresh Off the Hook Seafood, Juniper Kitchen and Cocktails, Kindness Restaurant, Mai Thai, Mazzah-State Street, Mode Lounge, Modern Hotel and Bar, PreFunk Beer Bar and Growler Fill Station, Reef, Saint Lawrence Gridiron, Solid Grill & Bar, Woodland Empire Ale Craft, The Mode Lounge, PreFunk Beer Bar

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Atypical Tipples from Four Boise Bar Books

Warm up with these unique winter cocktails

• By Tara Morgan
Forego the boring old 'nog with these creative concoctions.
• Tags: Boozehound, Mai Thai, Mode Lounge, Bonefish Grill, Grind Modern Burger, The Mode Lounge, Video

Staff Pick

Starry Story Night at Boise Contemporary Theater

Get'cher tickets for Boise's favorite live story-telling fundraiser

• By Jessica Murri
Five quasi-famous storytellers will work under the theme "curiosity" at this second annual fundraiser for the popular Story Story Night series.
• Tags: Stage, Boise Contemporary Theater, Mode Lounge, The Mode Lounge, Staff Pick

Staff Pick

Best Way to Learn Your Liquor Lessons

Classes at The Mode Lounge and Mai Thai

• By Boise Weekly Staff
• Tags: BOB Bars & Nightlife, The Mode Lounge, Mai Thai, Mode Lounge, Staff Pick

Staff Pick

Best Shaken or Stirred

Martinis at The Mode Lounge

• By Boise Weekly Staff
• Tags: BOB Bars & Nightlife, The Mode Lounge, Mode Lounge, Staff Pick

Tales of the Cocktail

Local bars import trends and industry knowledge from New Orleans convention

• By Tara Morgan
Every year in mid-July, bartending's best and brightest descend on New Orleans for Tales of the Cocktail, a five-day booze schmoozefest that's a bit like South by Southwest, but with even more alcohol.
• Tags: Food, Mai Thai, The Mode Lounge, Mode Lounge

An Opening and a Closing

The Mode Lounge starts slinging drinks, while Salt shuts its doors

• By Tara Morgan
Looking for a place to sip a $25 cocktail of exotic, hard-to-pronounce ingredients? You're in luck at The Mode Lounge. Want to eat at Salt? Sorry, your luck just ran out.
• Tags: Food News, The Mode, Salt, Salt Tears, Mode Lounge, The Mode Lounge

Signage and Cycle Art

The Mode Lounge sign returns.

• By Harrison Berry
The Mode gets a new (old) sign and the Linen District gets bike art.
• Tags: Arts News, Linen District, The Mode Lounge, Rocket Neon, Mode Building, The Linen Building

Staff Pick

Best Outmoded to Modern

Grape Escape becomes The Mode Lounge

• Tags: BOB Dining, Grape Escape, The Mode Lounge, Mode Building, Staff Pick

Former Grape Escape to Become The Mode Lounge

• By Tara Morgan
Following the closure of longtime downtown fixture Grape Escape in June, the owner of Pie Hole is planning to install a cocktail-focused lounge at the Eighth and Idaho Street location.
• Tags: Food News, The Grape Escape, The Mode Lounge, Grape Escape