I went by this bar proceeding live after five in downtown Idaho Falls.
Knowing that it was such a busy day they should have had more than one bartender. But she was doing the best she was able to do.
So I'm a DD ( designated driver) I just don't drink alcohol. And I was told I could not take any alcoholic beverages outside. I ordered two waters and one pineapple juice in the span of time I was there. Not only did I return my glass each time inside to get it refilled but I returned other peoples glasses because they left them outside on the sidewalk.
This woman comes outside and is talking to some of the other patrons and laughing along with them then she approaches me and takes my straw out of my glass and tries taking my glass away from me. As I pull away from her and told her how rude she was being she started screaming at me that she's the owner of the bar and I'm stealing her glass. As I was trying to explain to her that I'm not selling her glass I'm not even drinking alcohol she kept screaming that she's the owner so I handed her the glass so she would get out of my face and she continued to scream at me in front of everybody in the downtown vicinity. Literally I had to tell her to get out of my face twice and that she had her glass so she needs a Move Along. Strong words were exchanged between the both of us in this argument that she provoked and she 86 me from her bar. It's funny to me that she completely singled me out and was a shitshow to me when many other people were outside of the bar with her bar glasses in their hand and she talked to them and didn't say anything but chose to tear things from my hand without identifying who she was.
To say the least this woman is a hot mess. I'm not sure if she was strung out on something, drunk or perhaps too overwhelmed and doesn't know how to be a business owner. She was completely out of line and I will never ever go back to that bar again considering I don't even drink. But I hope she understands that I was the DD for seven people in her very small bar so she kind of looks like an idiot now because quite a few of them said they'll never go back there after the way that she was talking to me.
As I was waiting outside to pick up two people in the group to take home she continued to stand outside and talk shit about me to other patrons that she is friends with. This just goes to show that she does not know what being a politically correct business owner is. Her intentionally trying to provoke me even further is just humiliating on her part.
From what I understand her name is Cindy or something close to that and she claims to be a bar owner. Sounds to me like she needs to lay off her own booze.
Overall, I would never recommend this bar considering the owners actions towards her patrons DD. That almost makes me wonder if she was pissed off that I wasn't spending money in her Bar and just spending time around it.
Downtown Idaho Falls has much better options. The Black Rock next door is way more classy and the owner is way more friendly, plus dog friendly. I suggest you go next door and not to the Samoa. read more