Garden City
Garden City is the Boise metro's worst-kept secret: a one-mile-wide riverside sliver where breweries, glass studios, and food trucks line Chinden Boulevard, and the Greenbelt is your commute home. The dating math is unusual. You will meet the welder who throws pottery on weekends, the cidery bartender finishing an MFA, the climber who lives in a converted warehouse off 44th. Pretension is low; tattoos are high. Bring a bike, a flask, and a working theory on natural wine. The downside, honestly: housing turns over fast and the dating pool skews 28-to-40 creative-class, which is wonderful until you want a quiet Tuesday.
Garden City by the numbers
Garden City is roughly balanced, about 52% men to 48% women.
Median individual income in Garden City is about $44,400.
Idaho registers voters by party affiliation, and Ada County is about 52% Republican to 18% Democratic, with a 29% unaffiliated bloc.
The median renter in Garden City pays about $1,510 a month.
About 3,900 Garden City residents ages 22 to 50 are single.
Local date spots
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Westy's Garden Lanes
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The Sandbar Patio Bar & Grill
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Push & Pour
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Ling & Louie's Asian Bar and Grill
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Garibaldis Garden City
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Asana Climbing Gym
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Yardarm
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Bardenay Distilling Co.
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Disciples Coffee Roasters
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Rosa Garden City
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Stella’s Ice Cream - State Street
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Chicken in a Barrel BBQ- Garden City
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Blondies Way Coffee
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Belmont Brew House
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Grindz Coffee Shop
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Boise Brew Putt
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9 Realms Relics Train and Hobby Shop
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James Castle House
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