The 208 Night Market is a highlight event for food and community in Nampa for the last three summers. With thousands of attendees and more than one hundred vendors, you can dig into the char of grilled asada and satisfy your thirst for an agua fresca.
Just 20 minutes west of Boise, every Friday and Saturday night, you can find people of all ages filling a large gravel field on the outskirts of town. What brings them out?
“The experience, the vendors, the people you meet, the food you try. It’s always different every week, so you can never go wrong with that,” said Sergio Acuña.
Acuña is the owner of Salsas Chaparita, a business specializing in traditional salsa known for its peanut flavor from the southern part of Zacatecas, Mexico. He has been vending at the 208 Night Market since it started three years ago…