Zach and Julia Greatting may be new-ish to Boise with their food truck and catering business but they are well-experienced-young-guns with food, wine, catering and event planning credentials who create excellent eats to delight customers through Boise Bite. My husband and I are well-experienced-not-so-young-eaters and "well seasoned" home cooks with a focus on local sourcing of quality products and one of our happiest food discoveries in 2020 was a remarkably delicious and professionally assembled Boise Bite meal kit offered through one of our favorite wineries, Telaya, as part of the winery's Friday Night Bites series. We expected the Boise Bite meal to be good given Telaya does everything with excellence as North Star and select food purveyor partners for events who do the same. But this meal exceeded our high expectations. BOISE BITE MEAL KITS @ TELAYA FRIDAYS: The menu changes each time and is published at Boise Bites web page, FB page and Insta. Order in advance and there is pandemic-safe pick up at Telaya;s easy to access parking lot on that Friday beginning at 3pm. The meal may require a small amount of cooking but it is simple stuff, directions are provided and all is professionally packaged to make using at home a breeze. Sized to serve 2 people, meal portions are ample and we had extras to repurpose for a meal the next day too. Price is $100 and includes a bottle of Telaya's excellent wine from of your choice from any in current release. Our recent meal kit included the following and paired beautifully with Telaya Wahluke Chardonnay: *Kale salad w/ marinated tomatoes & brioche croutons & Caesar dressing (one of the best of all time) *Succulent 8 oz bone in pork loin chops w/mustard herb bread crumbs *Perfectly seasoned farro in risotto style with mushrooms & pecorino *S'more's chocolate pudding trifle Note: these Friday meal kits sell out so order early with that in mind. https://boisebite.com/telaya-meal-kits EVERYTHING IS CONNECTED TO EVERYTHING ELSE: Were it not for Boise Bite being used by Telaya for the Friday Night Bites take away events, we would likely not have discovered them because they are identified as food truck and in the main we aren't food truck fans. But having been introduced to their food, we will both buy Boise Bite meal kits again if they continue this in 2021 and seek out the truck. If truck fare is anything like the meal kits then this is top quality eats on wheels. As high praise meant at first blush, I put Boise Bite possibility in the same class as Wild Plum for catering and if they were brick and mortar they might have potential land with top notch eateries like Madre Boutique Taqueria or Modern Bar & Restaurant for creativity and quality. And in all of those businesses, as in Boise Bite, pride of ownership shines. NOT ALL WHO WANDER ARE LOST: Zach's bio says: "A love for the west and a sense of adventure now brings Zach to the Boise area to build something new. He is excited to share his passion for food and wine in the Treasure Valley with the new Boise Bite food truck and continue catering for both social and corporate events." I'd say the Treasure Valley is fortunate to have them land here. YOUNG OWNERS WITH CRED: The owners published bio on their web page so I'll let them 'speak for themselves' through linking the information below. But the thumbnail is Zach was involved in cooking since childhood and followed has passion to culinary school in Chicago and a wine program in Napa to become Chef and Somm before working with another partner and Julia to start a respected catering and events business, Brix, in Chicago. Julia, who has an International Business degree, had a passion for planning parties and then events and moved into that professionally from political fundraisers to planning large scale corporate events for Marriott and then running the catering division for an artisan food purveyor in Chicago while working with Zach to create and manage Brix. More bio: https://boisebite.com/about HOW TO FIND THE TRUCK & WHAT'S ON THE MENU: In my humble experience, many food trucks do a poor job of keeping their web sites and FB pages current to be able to know where they are when and what's on the menu. Boise Bite does a good job of both and an even better job via Insta (as is true for most trucks it seems). https://boisebite.com Given I am a non fan of Insta (I can't figure out the appeal) I appreciate timely updates via their FB page and detail info via web site. Such as list of truck menu items for the season...although of course not all things on all days. Offerings like sweet potato tacos, farro risotto (don't miss this) , santa fe wings, lobster mac n cheese and Fall bite burger in $10 - $18 range. https://boisebite.com/food-truck-menu read more

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This review is for the new Boise Bite food truck. So, not sure where to start because the one liners almost write themselves. Boise Bite because the serving size is literally one bite of food? Maybe call the truck Boise Appetizer? Here's the deal, my wife and I rode our bikes out to WestVet in Garden City while on vacation because we heard this truck was going to be there and they had lobster rolls. On their Instagram page, they advertised 11-2 (thurs 7/23). We got to WestVet at 1145 and the truck was just pulling up and they promised they'd be ready by noon. Two young guys driving and we asked about the lobster roll which they promised would blow our mind. So...we took the bait and ordered two lobster rolls for $21 each along with one La Croix for $2. Tax and tip...$53 AT A FOOD TRUCK. My wife's name got called and we got the two boxes....I honestly thought they were empty. It felt like nothing was in them. My wife peeked in to look at the lobster roll and it was the saddest little thing I've ever seen. Seriously, take a hot dog bun like you'd get 10 of them for .99 cents and picture that...but then imagine the bun was 1/3 of that small ass size. Then imagine it opened up with lobster spread across 75% of it....and nothing else. It looked like somebody packed up their leftovers and put it in a box given how much food was actually there. Was the lobster roll good? Yep...it was a different take (dijonaise instead of mayo or butter) but it worked. Here's the deal tho. You can't just open a truck, rip-off your customers, and expect the margins you are making now to persist as you will literally have no repeat business. Learn to provide quality and value...even a side of potato chips or reducing the cost of the roll to match what you are actually serving will go a long ways towards building trust with your customers and repeat business. Or, ignore this paragraph and learn the hard way. Bottom line, I've warned all of you. The pictures on Instagram and FB are misleading, the amount of food you get is disappointing at best, and the prices you are going to pay are going to leave you dejected. Out of principle, I won't eat at Boise Bite again and I'd also encourage everyone to avoid until they figure out how to balance earning a living with pleasing customers. read more

Just finished 3 orders of tacos from the Boise Bite! We tried the Lobster "Roll" taco, Ahi tuna, and Sweet potato black bean taco. The tacos were fairly priced and bigger than I expected them to be. The staff was super friendly and had helpful suggestions when ordering. We will definitely be seeking this truck out in the future! I highly recommend the Boise Bite. read more

I've eaten at the Boise Bite twice now & I will definitely be going back!! They make an amazing vegetarian BLT, and their taco Tuesday menu was awesome. The ahi tuna tacos were to die for! 10/10 would recommend, I hope I keep seeing them around Boise!! Amazing food & friendly staff!! read more

Súper tasty Gouda burger! Rosemary fries were the best. My daughter and I really enjoyed it. Next time we r getting the lobster Mac and cheese that also sounded good. read more