Idaho diners recently said goodbye to two Meridian restaurants that built loyal followings in very different ways. The closures are part of the same difficult restaurant climate that has produced surprising shutdowns around the country.
One was a family-run Indian restaurant whose owners are retiring after decades in Treasure Valley food. The other was a pizza spot with unusually passionate fans and a thin sesame-seed crust.
Spice Indian Cuisine in Meridian
Spice Indian Cuisine closed after a final day of service on June 27 as owners Madhu and Sudesh Jain moved into retirement.
The closure marked the end of a Treasure Valley Indian-food legacy that stretched back decades, first with Madhuban Indian Cuisine in Boise and then with Spice, which the family opened in 2016. As Madhu put it to the Idaho Statesman: ten years at Madhuban, ten years at Spice…