When Gene and Erin Hutchison shuttered the Piper Pub & Grill in 2018 to make way for progress, it was the end of an era for a downtown Boise staple.
After 29 years, the writing was on the wall. The Piper had been put on a month-to-month lease. The renovated space at what is now Main + Marketplace ultimately was filled with a corporate chain replacement, Tupelo Honey.
“It’s sad,” Gene Hutchison told the Statesman prior to closing…