We've been coming to the Village since it opened one Winter many many years ago. At that time,…read morethere were not a lot of shop but look today. Holy Moly! Whether to relax, dine, or shop, there's something for everyone at the Village

I love the village. It's a beautiful place as always always well kept and clean lots of good…read moreshopping and good food as well. It is a vibe.

I remember vividly my first time at the Boise Spectrum. It was the late 90's. I watched the…read moreTitanic. It was packed with so many people. I had a Pronto Pup with a prickly pear lemonade. My friends and I were checking out all the boys. It will forever be one of my favorite core memories. You came here on the weekends to watch the latest movies. You hung out at Game World and played video games for hours, wasting your money for tickets to get cheap prizes. You drank hot chocolate at Moxie Jave whole you were waiting for your ride to show up. It was the ultimate hot spot! But, with time and the direction of growth heading towards Meridian, this venue has really slowed down. It was sad at one point, seeing how many businesses left this venue and moved on. Movie Java ended up turning into another coffee shop. That space is now taken over but completely different business now. CK Hawaiian is gone. It truly is sad to see a part of my youth slowly disappear. I did attend hair school in this complex in 2015. That was the first time I was in this area again. They remodeled the venue. Added umbrellas and more seating. A lot of upgrades were made and it was looking really fresh. Thursday thunder was introduced on Thursdays which was a great way to get people here. Live music, restaurants selling food and vendors to check out. It was a fun way to hang out and be in the sun. I hope that the local businesses in this venue stay put. The pizza joint is so good! I survived hair school eating pizza for lunch. The Creperie has the best Nutella and banana crepes. Be Thai pushes out such good Thai food. I have seen too many local businesses leave this venue and we need to support them so that they can stay. I hope more adventures bring me into this area so I have a reason to be here. I want to be able to create more core memories at this venue now and in the future.

Great mall/area with lots of lodging and food options. There's a small, outdoor bouncy-floored…read moreplay area for the kids and a nice fountain. There used to be a small video arcade here, but I was disappointed to find that it had closed last time I was here. The movie theater and Imax are still going strong though. Legends is always a must-stop.

Used to be good, me and my dad would always come here to get my mom chocolates, but now is just…read morelooks abandoned and dirty. So sad this happened.

It really is unfortunate that such an opportunity for a truly great outlet shopping center is going…read moreto waste. Usually once or twice a year, I make the drive out to the outlet's just in case something new and exciting may have happened. And sadly I have yet to be surprised and instead am disappointed to find fewer and fewer stores open. Honestly, at this point I don't even understand how the businesses that are there can generate enough traffic to stay open. I have been to several outlet malls in California, with lots of great stores to chose from. It was actually a fun Saturday activity that could take a good part of the day to complete. So I am really just dumbfounded as to why such an opportunity sits 90% vacant. Location perhaps? Maybe....I do personally find the location to be a bit out of the way. No advertising? I have never seen any. But who could afford to advertise a mall with only a hand full of vendors? Most people who visit, stumble upon it by accident while driving out to Lucky Peak. I truly do hope that someone finds a way to revive, what I think could be an awesome place to shop.

I have had very good experiences at Vista Pawn on Vista. The customer service is helpful, attentive…read moreprofessional and personable. I have recommended Vista Pawn to people for a loan or to purchase something.

The cafe on the second floor of this three floor building has been open in "soft" mode for a couple…read moreof weeks. But it and the entire building will have GRAND OPENING ON WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21, with ribbon cutting about 4:30. So heads up, if you haven't yet been to the TechMall to check it out, that would be a very good time to go. My husband and I had a chance for personal tour of all three floors of the building and while it may be too early to say "five stars" given this butterfly is just starting to emerge, it sure is hard to say anything but "woohoo" for the chutzpah that led to this vision and the tenacity of three men, including the principal in the mix who owns a Boise computer buisness, that made this happen. THE CONCEPT: The basic idea is to cluster smaller tech businesses and those with a vision for same under the same roof to nurture those in early stages and beyond. I guess that is in the theory of a rising tide raising all boats. Even for we whose working days in technology businesses are now in our rear view mirror, like my husband and me, this was a pretty fun place to tour and wish we were thirty years younger to participate. THE CAFE: It was also a darned good place to share a good pizza and enjoy an excellent Americano in the second floor cafe while using their 1000mb free wifi to get some work done in between vendor meetings for a home building project. (Not a typo...one thousand.) They have seating in two areas; in the dining area and in a bar that will have a beer 'vending machine' wall as well as wine and, no kidding, Oxygen service. (For the latter, just emerging as 'cool' when I was still working a million years ago, is it still?) THE BUILDING SET UP: 1st floor - a showroom that will highlight vendors if exisiting products and new inventions 2nd floor - cafe with good food (sandwiches, wraps, salads, pizza), excellent coffee, top notch service (order at counter it is delivered to your table) and lightening fast wifi. (The fastest in the Treasure Valley outside of Micron's building we hear.) 3rd floor - Includes a conference room (which I hear will be free to use) and offices for up and running businesses (like a web site development company) as well as marketing, legal and financial experts who are available as resource for fledging busineses. Butterfly emerged from crysalis, it will be good to see how it can fly. There is good karma in this. We wish them all the best. THIS N THAT: 1) PARKING: In lot. 2) ACCESSIBILITY: Accessible parking outside door. Level in and throughout. Elevators between floors. Cafe has standard height seating as well as high seating. 3) BUSINESS CARDS: There is a big display in the lobby where one can, after checking in with the TechMall's marketing director on the third floor, put cards for one's business. Similarly, one can pick up the cards here for other companies. It made me smile to realize business cards survive through every level of advancing technology! 4) NETWORKING MEETINGS: Take place on Wednesday evenings, either once a month or weekly. Check in with the info desk on the first floor or the marketing office on the third for more information.

I was fortunate enough to be afforded a private tour of Boise TechMall prior to their grand…read moreopening. I found myself thinking: I can't believe this is in Boise! I found myself saying: That's so cool! A lot. (I really need to find more phrases to express awe and fascination. Seriously.) That said, Boise TechMall is really just so very...cool. The first floor is designed to be a sort of high-tech trade show experience. The highlights for me were: 3D printer. While I was there, it was printing intricate chess pieces. The detail was astounding. Serious whoa factor. Evengreen Technology has an interactive display. It wasn't in place while I was there, but was under construction and the vision was explained to me. The coolest part of the display is that there will be a way to use their solar calculator tool. If you haven't done this, you need to. I was astounded at how affordable solar technology is today. Basically, by providing your address and current monthly power costs--they will estimate how much solar installation will cost you. For my home, the cost of the payment to finance solar wasn't any more than our current power costs! Serious wow factor. The second floor is their Innovative Design Center (website creation, graphic design, app development, SEO implementation) and is home to the Boise TechCafe and The HotSpot. The TechCafe has a full coffee bar in addition to cafe food. It would be easy to overlook the cafe by assuming the usual coffee house ho-hum eats. I don't think that is the case here. Word on the street is that the chef at the TechCafe is seriously legit. The coffee bar slings Caffe D'arte coffee (nice!). And, there's plenty of space for you to work with outlets situated where you sit. No crawling under tables, over feet, and and around table legs in search of an outlet. This is a TECH cafe. It caters to the laptop toting among you. You know who you are. This, my friends, is your oasis of productivity. The HotSpot is home to Boise's first ever automated beer wall. I feel as though no other words are necessary here. Automated. Beer. Wall. Also on the 2nd floor is The Viewfinder which offers professional photography and videography They have a great little studio with walls and door lined with sound proofing foam in order to do videography onsite. The third floor is their Business Solution Center. They have everything an entrepreneur would possibly need to turn the vision for their business into a reality. They have business planning services, certified accountants, attorney services, financial services, and marketing development. Plus, a pretty sweet training/conference center. I could go on and on--but, really, you just need to go check it out! Did I mention the automated beer wall? Get to it!

Love this store! Ignore what people say about the prices! $1.09 per lb is a steal! Not only are you…read moresupporting a good cause but the thing you can find is like a treasure hunt. Where can you get used clothes for $0.99 cents each for name brand??? Not many places in the treasure valley!

Sadly the prices have basically doubled in the last month (July 2021)…read more The increase surprised me at checkout. What really disappointed me was the lady lied and said they only went up about 20 cents. They went up a LOT more than that for 50 pounds! From 59 cents ($29.50 for 50 lbs) to $1.09 per pound ($54.50 for 50 lbs). Now, I'm not stupid.....I can see (my photos of the price list from before and the new one) photos and have receipts that prove the prices have majorly increased in the last month. They receive these donations for free - sometimes I think they forget that.

I love this store the people who work there are super helpful the owner Dean is always very…read morefriendly and willing to help. They're always very fairly priced and their selection is awesome. The only things that they don't have are the things that are Lego Store exclusive Which is out of their control and I gotta say with the Lego store coming into town here and having gone there it is always seems to be that they don't keep hardly anything in stock, and Bricknology has a much larger selection and a lot more stock than the official Lego store ever seems to be able to keep which is weird and I really hope we don't lose this store because in my opinion, it is far superior to the Official Lego store. Just my 2 cents.

Amazing selection of all types of legos from Star Wars to Jurassic park/world. They prices are very…read morereasonable for new sets and even the retired sets that they have in stock. The employees are very knowledgeable and helpful with any questions.

The place is decently clean, but I only have one one cashier was very slow very long line the…read morecashier never looked up, naughty one one time to see the line

On Mother's Day I went to exchange shorts that did not fit at all so needed an 8, tags still on all…read moreI did was try on once, she said they can't even exchange without receipt!!! What tag still all in place clearly bought there last week still have out other shorts in display????? So if you don't hold onto your receipt shiz outta luck !!!!!