“Andrea Maricich of the Milky Way has given me her blessing to serve her beef cheeks.
“We want to pay homage to Boise eateries, so we will have pie a la mode, but you can get the ‘Manley’ size, a larger portion, as a nod to Manley’s on Federal Way,” Hay said. The group wanted to open a restaurant in a neighborhood setting, so they chose the former Maria’s La Fiesta site on Boise Avenue near Boise State University, Hay said. The executive chef is Sean Campbell-Brennan, a Le Cordon Bleu graduate whose experience includes Milky Way, Modern Hotel and Portland’s Tasty & Alder. Reynolds and Vick work at Willowcreek Grill/Raw Sushi, and Hay is bar manager at Spacebar Arcade and former bar manager at Milky Way.
Mom’s Diner is a collaboration of experienced local restaurant professionals who have longed for a place of their own.