A long-percolating new bar could open on Main St. in Downtown Boise this year. In a way, it’s a reopening after many decades.
As BoiseDev reported in 2022, the Cub Tavern is planned for the first floor of the Smith Block at 1015 W. Main St. Owner Jade Stacey purchased the building in 2020 and remodeled both the ground floor and second story of the property, which dates to 1903.
Stacey said the plan right now is to open the new bar this June. Permits indicate it will take up about half of the ground-floor retail space formerly occupied by the Art Source Gallery. The bar will accommodate up to 99 people. It joins Tiner’s Alley, Mulligans, Atlas Bar, Barbarian Brewing, and The Olympic Venue, catering to folks who want to enjoy an adult beverage or two on the block.
If you’ve been around Boise for more than 40 years or so, you might remember the Cub. A bar with the same name operated in the old building that now houses Bar Gernika on Capitol Blvd. From 1948 to the mid-1980s, the green, red, and white Cub Tavern sign lit up downtown…