{"id":8290,"date":"2026-01-05T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buber.net\/Basque\/?p=8290"},"modified":"2026-01-02T02:24:56","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T02:24:56","slug":"basque-restaurants-in-the-united-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buber.net\/Basque\/2026\/01\/05\/basque-restaurants-in-the-united-states\/","title":{"rendered":"Basque Restaurants in the United States"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Leku Ona, in Boise. From their website<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

When Buber’s Basque Page was still an internet toddler, cobbled together with broken HTML and hosted on the University of Washington’s servers, Charles Shaffer sent me his list of Basque restaurants. Charles was an aficionado of Basque cuisine and he made a point of visiting as many Basque restaurants as he could, curating a list of places that he then shared with me. Many of the restaurants that appeared on his original list have since vanished, even long time stalwarts such as Noriega’s. However, the food of the Basque Country is always en vogue and new restaurants appear all the time. The flavors have seemingly shifted, from the family style restaurants that were common in sheepherding communities to more upscale places inspired by the molecular gastronomy that was all the rage in the Basque Country. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’m reviving Charles’s list, partially as a directory for those looking for a taste of home or of the Basque Country but also as a bit of history of the places that made an impression on people like Charles. The new list can be found here<\/a> – if you have updates, additions, or closures, please leave a comment so that others can discover the amazing flavors of the Basque Country and the Basque diaspora in the United States.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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