This awesome food and beverage post comes to us from Heather Johnston of Hailey, Idaho.  Thanks Heather!

I have recently found a little restaurant in downtown Boise that is truly awesome, and frankly that’s hard to do in Idaho.

ALERT: IF YOU ARE A VEGETARIAN, YOU WILL FIND THIS PLACE DECIDEDLY UN-AWESOME.

The place is called Bar Gernika, and it’s a Basque restaurant and bar that serves amazing paella, lamb sandwiches/stew etc., and on Saturdays (wait for it….)they have Beef Tongue Saturday!!  Beef tongue sandwiches from 11:30 until they run out.

They serve Croquetas, which are fabulous little butter balls of fried deliciousness.  Also, this place is Basque not Mexican, so everything that says “tortilla” really means “omelet”.

The best part?  My sister, nephew and I ate lunch here last week.  Appetizers, paella, ice tea, bread and espressos for everybody for under $25.  Awesome.