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East Idaho News
Rexburg ice cream shop to celebrate anniversary with free scoops and giveaways
REXBURG — A local ice cream shop is inviting everyone to a one-year celebration at its storefront featuring free ice cream and $1,500 worth of giveaways. Creamy Daze, at 175 West 2nd South in Rexburg, is in Hemming Village, down the street from the Brigham Young University-Idaho campus. The storefront opened in August 2025. Taylee Brinkerhoff owns it with her husband, Tanner. “We’ve been there for a year, and it’s been awesome. We got lucky with that location because nothing opens up around there,” she said. “We get a lot of college students, and then when it’s the summer break, we get familie...
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This Family-Owned Idaho Scoop Counter Churns Homemade Huckleberry Ice Cream From Scratch
Some of the best treats in Idaho hide in plain sight, tucked into a small strip of shops you’d drive past without a second glance. Behind one unassuming door in the Gate City, a family makes ice cream by hand, right where you order it, in flavors you won’t find at any grocery freezer.
Idaho State Journal
Bratwurst and big barrels of beer: Oktoberfest returns to East Idaho Saturday
East Idaho residents can trade summer attire for lederhosen this weekend. Gate City Oktoberfest in Pocatello and East Idaho Oktoberfest in Idaho Falls both kick off Saturday, inviting area residents to raise their steins and indulge in a day packed with polka bands and delicious German food and drink. Idaho Falls’ East Idaho Oktoberfest, now in its 17th year, will be held from 4 to 10 p.m. in the field behind Christ the King Church, on the corner of 17th and Woodruff. Pocatello’s Gate City Oktoberfest returns to Lookout Point for its third year, running 4 to 8 p.m., with check-in beginning at 3 p.m. Gate City OktoberfestIn Pocatello, Gate City Oktoberfest kicks off its festivities with four local breweries — The Martlet, Jim Dandy, Off the Rails and Eruption Brewing of Lava Hot Springs — which will be on site pouring their seasonal offerings. The Martlet plans to serve its Oktoberfest beer alongside its Bird Dog Brown and a hazy IPA, while Jim Dandy brings its own Oktoberfest release, the hazelnut Brown Derby and its Boxcar hazy IPA. Off the Rails will pour a Kölsch, a Scottish ale, its Love Nest Shandy and a pumpkin spice stout. Local distributors
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Gate City Coffee is Cooling Things Down
A local coffee shop is cooling things down. Gate City Coffee in Historic Downtown Pocatello now serves ice cream. You can get the cold treat seven days a week during coffee shop hours. Bill Kelvie, the coffee shop owner, says they wanted to add ice cream to their lineup because...
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10 Idaho Restaurants Locals Don’t Want Tourists To Discover
The tastiest corners of this entire state stay far off the glossy tourist maps and travel apps. Beyond the famous potato farms and busy ski resorts hide the kitchens local diners quietly adore. Idaho serves its tastiest plates far from the endless spud fields and ski-resort brochures. A cozy small-town...
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Idaho Built The World’S Largest Potato Chip, And This Tiny Town Museum Proves It
Somewhere in southeastern Idaho sits a snack so big it broke a world record. The world’s largest potato chip lives inside a small-town museum in Blackfoot, and it is bigger than a dinner plate. This quirky stop celebrates everything about the humble spud, from ancient history to modern french...
Idaho State Journal
Historic Downtown Pocatello weekly update
The Yellowstone Restaurant, 313 Whiskey Bar and The Union Taproom kicked off their ninth-year celebration week with an exceptional event Monday evening. Thank you to The Yellowstone Restaurant’s owners Jen and Rory Erchul and their amazing staff for hosting a superb experience during their “A Taste of Downtown — A Five-Course Downtown Pocatello Pairing.” The event included delicious cocktails and wines paired with handcrafted menu items featuring Yellowstone select dishes and sides with guest fellow Downtown businesses featured during each course.
Idaho State Journal
Blackhawk BBQ Pit wins big at Eastern Idaho State Fair while new Utah location thrives
BLACKFOOT — Blackhawk BBQ Pit is riding high after a strong showing at the Eastern Idaho State Fair, picking up multiple awards for its food as the Blackfoot-based barbecue business continues to grow. The trailer’s Warhawk sandwich, a stack of sausage, pulled pork, cheese and jalapeños, took home the fair’s People’s Choice award this year. Blackhawk also debuted its Hog on a Log Nachos, a southwest-style plate piled with tortilla chips, smoked pork, queso and a house-made crema, which earned third place for Best New Entrée in the fair’s food competition. The business rounded out its new fair offerings with hog steak chops, served in place of its usual pulled pork, and an All-American Barbecue Dog, a beef sausage topped with pulled pork, barbecue sauce and pickles, according to April Transtrum, who helps run the business alongside her husband, Nic. April Transtrum said the Hog on a Log and the loaded mac and cheese remain the top sellers each day the booth is open, and several food reviewers who stopped by named the Hog on a Log their favorite item at the fair this year. ”It’s been a great year for us,” April Transtrum said. That success traces back to
East Idaho News
Why are people eating sticks of butter at the fair?
BLACKFOOT — Over the years, I’ve had the pleasure of trying many different treats at the Eastern Idaho State Fair. But today I get to share a truly unique experience: Creamy Creation’s new treat, the Lemon Berry Butter Bliss. “We came across the phrase ‘Happiness is homemade with love and butter,’” said Jordan Smith, part-owner of Creamy Creations. “We really took home to that butter and thought, ‘Wouldn’t it be hilarious if people were walking around the fair eating cubes of butter?’ So that’s exactly what we tried to do.” At first glance, this treat simply looks like a gold-wrapped stick of ...
Idaho State Journal
Olive Garden and WinCo Foods to be built in Rexburg this fall
Lots of popular delicious food is headed to Rexburg this fall in the form of WinCo Foods and Olive Garden Restaurant. To begin with, WinCo Foods announced on its Facebook page that it plans to build its new store at 350 E. Moody Road. “We’re under construction to bring another employee-owned WinCo Foods in our home state of Idaho,” it said. According to the Facebook page, the store will be open 24/7. It will also come with its own “hot pizza department.” It has stores in Idaho Falls, Pocatello, Twin Falls, Boise, Eagle, Meridian, Nampa, Lewiston, Moscow and Coeur d’Alene. It also has shops throughout Utah, Oregon and California. An employee-owned company, the organization shares in that success via its “Employee Stock Ownership Plan” that it started 30 years ago, it reported on wincofoods.com. “Participating in the ESOP program means employees are part owners of the company and benefit financially from a job well done,” it said. “In this way, there is a direct incentive for employees to work hard and to take pride in what they do. That is why our stores are cleaner, our prices are lower and our smiles are bigger. Additionally, being employee-owned means WinCo Foods
Idaho State Journal
Blackhawk BBQ Pit wins big at Eastern Idaho State Fair while new Utah location thrives
BLACKFOOT — Blackhawk BBQ Pit is riding high after a strong showing at the Eastern Idaho State Fair, picking up multiple awards for its food as the Blackfoot-based barbecue business continues to grow. The trailer’s Warhawk sandwich, a stack of sausage, pulled pork, cheese and jalapeños, took home the fair’s People’s Choice award this year. Blackhawk also debuted its Hog on a Log Nachos, a southwest-style plate piled with tortilla chips, smoked pork, queso and a house-made crema, which earned third place for Best New Entrée in the fair’s food competition. The business rounded out its new fair offerings with hog steak chops, served in place of its usual pulled pork, and an All-American Barbecue Dog, a beef sausage topped with pulled pork, barbecue sauce and pickles, according to April Transtrum, who helps run the business alongside her husband, Nic. April Transtrum said the Hog on a Log and the loaded mac and cheese remain the top sellers each day the booth is open, and several food reviewers who stopped by named the Hog on a Log their favorite item at the fair this year. ”It’s been a great year for us,” April Transtrum said. That success traces back to
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This Middle-Of-Nowhere Idaho Diner Serves A Massive 3-Patty Burger Worth The Long Drive
The burger arrives and suddenly everybody at the table has questions. Mostly, “How exactly is someone supposed to eat that?” This Idaho diner does not seem especially concerned with the answer. Its famous three-patty creation comes stacked so aggressively that a normal bite starts feeling like an engineering...