Finger Steaks · Boise
Westside Drive-In
Its owners told The Takeout (2019) that their finger-steak batter is the original recipe from Boise's Torch, whose finger steaks historian Rick Just (2020) traces to an August 1956 Idaho Statesman ad while noting that both cook Milo Bybee and owner Willie Schrier have been credited with inventing them.
1929 W State St, Boise, ID 83702
What we checked
- On the menu
- finger steaks, fry sauce, Idaho Ice Cream Potato, tater tots, garlic bread
- On our lists
- Finger Steaks & Drive-Ins and Spud Plates
- Open here since
- 1957
The Takeout (2019) says the drive-in was originally opened in 1957 by Ralph Caskey; chef Lou Aaron bought it in 1994 (KIVI; East Idaho News/Idaho Statesman 2023). - Kind of place
- Burgers
Checked by hand in October 2026 against a 2025 or 2026 source: the place's own site or menu, or local news. Menus and seasons change, and resort-town places close between seasons, so check with Westside Drive-In before you go. Hours, photos and ratings are Apple Maps' own, in its place card. Something wrong? Tell us.
Health inspections
Central District Health licenses and inspects restaurants in Ada County. It publishes no inspection results in bulk and issues no grade, so there are none here. Look up Westside Drive-In in the district's food inspection search.
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