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Ansots Basque Chorizos
Boise, in the Pioneer Building on West Main. The Ansotegui family's chorizo counter, and a lunch bar beside it.
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- Where
- 560 West Main Street, Boise, ID, 83702cited
- Phone
- (208) 336-9166
- Its own site
- https://ansots.com/
- Status
- open
checked 2026-09-16cited - Seating
- a counter · reservations taken
A lunch counter, plus a banquet room called Ondoan for up to 24, and evenings by reservation.cited - Picon Punch
- not published
The list names Basque wine and cider.cited - Dinner
Traditional chorizos, a pound $10 Croquetas, a dozen, uncooked $11 Small hot plates, from $9 Small hot plates, to $20 Each carries counter service; the chorizo is sold by weight to take away.
cited- Week
- MTWTFSS
Tue–Sat 10am–3pm, evenings by reservation
checked 2026-09-16cited - Calls its kitchen
- “Basque chorizos, marinated solomo and Basque bacon, with a lunch counter”cited
Now
Tuesday to Saturday, ten to three, with evenings by reservation. Chorizo at $10 a pound, small hot plates $9 to $20, a dozen uncooked croquetas $11.
At the table
Chorizos, marinated solomo, Basque bacon over the counter; croquetas, patatas bravas, seafood and meatballs at the bar, with Basque wine and cider.
Before
The Ansoteguis put down roots in Idaho in the early 1900s. Dan Ansotegui opened Bar Gernika in 1991 and The Basque Market in 1999 before this one. Dan, Tamara and Ellie run it.
Note
Three of the doors in this directory were opened by the same man.
Pictures
Kin
The Basque Marketroomhis second, 1999Solomodishmarinated here and sold by the pound
Croquetasdishsold by the dozen, uncooked
Villa Basque Café and Deliroomthe other chorizo counter in this directory← the other chorizo counter in this directory, in Boise
Idahoregionthe state this counter sits inSources
- Ansots Basque Chorizos & Catering — the shop, the house's own site · read 2026-09-16
- Basque Restaurants — Idaho — Euskal Kazeta, directory · read 2026-09-16
Record provenance: cited · confidence high · updated 2026-09-16