Westside Drive-in
1929 West State Street, 1113 Parkcenter Blvd
Ada,
Idaho,United-states - 83702
Detailed description is The Chef Lou Story....
Chef Lou was born in Boise and when he was 11 days old, his family moved back to their home state of Alabama.
He spent his first 11 years of his life there, but his family moved back to Boise in 1973 after bouts with bad weather and tornados made them remember how beautiful and peaceful it was in Boise.
He attended St.
Mary’s Grammar School and graduated from Bishop Kelly High School in 1980.
He graduated from the American Culinary Federation’s Chef’s Apprenticeship program in 1984.
He has worked in restaurants since 1977.
His first job was at the Havana Club-Bouquet restaurant in Boise where he washed dishes and bussed tables.
He Chef-apprenticed in Boise at the Gamekeeper Restaurant and now defunct but well remembered Royal restaurant in Boise under American Academy of Chef member, John R.
Fisher (Chef Fisher is now the head instructor at Renton Technical College in Seattle, Washington).
He moved to Atlanta, Georgia in 1981 and worked for Hilton Hotels until 1983.
In 1983, Lou opened The Top of the Hoff restaurant in Boise, Idaho.
From 1986-1988, Lou worked for Hilton Corporation in San Antonio, Texas, where he was featured in the national television series “Great Chef’s of the West” along with the companion cookbook, “Southwest Tastes”.
Lou has won numerous awards for his food presentations and recipes.
He attributes his love for cooking from his Mom & Dad.
“My dad cooked great Southern foods and My Mom’s history is from the Abruzzi Region in Italy, so I got a good mix of old fashioned Southern comfort food and wonderful Italian regional specialties.” He has a love for both styles, but he really fell in love with Southwestern food when he was in Texas.
Lou has a lot of fun mixing and matching all of these cuisines.
He also 100% wholeheartedly believes that Happy Cooks make Happy People!.
Lou met his wife of 25 fantastic years, Renee, in 1985, when she was working with him at The Top of the Hoff.
They were married in 1987 and they have two wonderful children, Joshua and Emily..
From 1989-1994, Lou was a Corporate Chef for Ram International (Murphy’s, the Ram).
In 1994, Lou and his partner Ron Isaacs (Father-in-Law) purchased The Westside Drive-in and opened Westside Catering Company shortly thereafter.
The Westside has been awarded Boise Best Drive-in for the past eight years and Lou grew Westside Catering into Boise’s Largest Catering Company.
In October of 2004, Lou retired from the catering business to focus on other projects.
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Chef Lou enjoys cooking in front of people and he has had a weekly cooking segment on NBC’s KTVB Channel 7 for fourteen years.
He also runs the ever popular Idaho Ice Cream Potato Booths at the Western Idaho Fair and Art in the Park.
Lou is currently serving as President of his Company, RILA Business Concepts, Inc.
and also President of Boise based Creative Foods, Inc., the company that manufactures Chef Lou’s famous dessert, The Idaho Ice Cream Potato.
He is immediate past chairman of NFIB(National Federation of Independent Business) Idaho and is currently serving on the Board of Directors for Les Bois Federal Credit Union in Boise.
More to come!
Established in the recent years Westside Drive-in in ada , idaho in united-states.
This is a well known establihment acts as one-stop destination servicing customers both local and from other of the city.
Over the course of its journey , this business has establihed a firm hold in the [category].
The belief that customer satisfaction is an important as it products and services , have helped this establihment garner a vast base of customers and continue to grow day by day
Foods is provided with high quality and are pretty much the highlight in all the events in our lives.
Sweets and food are the ideal combination for any foodies to try and this Westside Drive-in is famous for the same.
This has helped them build up a loyal customer base.
They have started a long journey and ever since they have ensure the customer base remains the same and growing month on month.
As they are located in favourable location , becomes the most wanted space for the tourist.
For any kind and assistance , it is better to contact them directly during their business hours.
Premises has a wide parking area and need to avail special permissions for parking.
Pets inside the premises are not allowed and require additional permission.
Cashless payments are available and extra charges for the credit cards are levid.
They are listed in many of the food delivery networks for home delivery with appropriate charges.
They accept cards , cash and other modes of payments
Tips are not actually encouraged but customers are willing to offer any benefit as needed.
There you can find the answers of the questions asked by some of our users about this property.
This business employs inviduals that are dedicated towards their respective roles and put in a lot of effort to achieve the common vision and goals.
It is a effortless task in communiting to this establishment as there are various modes available to reach this location.
The establishment has flexible working timings for the employees and has good hygene maintained at all times.
They support bulk and party orders to support customers of all needs.