Basque Tables

room

Leku Ona

Boise, the Basque Block, December 2005. A dining room with a hotel over it, two patios, and a bar that runs to midnight.

A Basque center in Boise, Idaho
A Basque center in Boise, Idaho
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Where
117 South 6th Street, Boise, ID, 83702cited
Phone
(208) 345-6665
Its own site
https://lekuonaboise.com/
Opened
2005 · Jose Mari Artiachcited
Status
open
checked 2026-09-16cited
Seating
your own table · reservations taken
Table dining, casual and formal, inside and on two patios. Nothing on the site puts strangers together.cited
Picon Punch
not published
A drinks menu and a happy hour; the site names neither Picon nor Kalimotxo.cited
Week
MTWTFSS
Mon–Sat noon–midnight, kitchen closes 10pm
checked 2026-09-16cited
Calls its kitchen
“Basque”cited

Now

Kitchen to 10, bar to midnight, six days. Booking through Resy. Happy hour Tuesday to Saturday, 4 to 6.

Before

Jose Mari Artiach came from the Basque Country as a sheepherder and opened it in December 2005.

Note

Leku ona is good place in Euskara — the same two words as Toki Ona in Elko, said another way.

Pictures

a notice in English and Basque in a restaurant in Boise, Idaho
a notice in English and Basque in a restaurant in Boise, Idaho
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View of downtown Boise at night, with the Boise Centre in the foreground, and the Wells Fargo Center, 8th and Main, Clearwater Building, and US Bank Building in the background
View of downtown Boise at night, with the Boise Centre in the foreground, and the Wells Fargo Center, 8th and Main, Clearwater Building, and US Bank Building in
Ac530 · CC BY 4.0 · Commons
Laiak, Basque Block, Boise, Idaho. A plaque commemorating Basque Americans in Idaho.
Laiak, Basque Block, Boise, Idaho. A plaque commemorating Basque Americans in Idaho.
Ken Lund · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Commons

Kin

A bench outside the Basque Museum and Cultural Center in Boise, IdahoThe Basque Blockstoryone of the five doors on it← the dining room on itToki Onaroomthe same two Euskara words, 400 miles south← the same two Euskara words, 400 miles northJose Mari Artiachpersoncame as a sheepherder and opened this room← the room he openedGraves belonging to Basque immigrants and their descendants buried in Morris Hill Cemetery, Boise, Idaho, USA.Idahoregionthe state this room sits inBar Gernikaroom← the other dining room on the Block
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  • dinner prices
  • whether the bar makes a Picon Punch

Sources

Record provenance: cited · confidence high · updated 2026-09-16