New Ford's Bar — Restaurant in Idaho Falls

New Ford’s Bar in Idaho Falls is not where you go to buy a new Ford F-150, despite what the name might suggest, unless your idea of horsepower is a vodka Red Bull served by a guy named Trevor with face tattoos. Which I do!!

First off, shoutout to Idaho Falls for the sheer creativity in naming “Look, water falls here! Let’s call it Idaho Falls!” Genius.

And it seems they took a page straight outta Utah’s Book of Lazy Naming with their classics: Salt Lake City, South Salt Lake, and brace yourselves North Salt Lake!

Did these two states have a Zoom meeting about how to name towns with the enthusiasm of a narcoleptic? I digress.

As for New Ford’s Bar, you won’t find a single pickup truck in sight, unless it’s painted on the wall next to a neon beer sign. What you will find is stiff drinks, local legends with mullets, and the occasional game of pool that ends in tears or friendship bracelets.

Don’t ask what’s in the ladies bathroom unless you’re looking for a good time or a federal investigation. There’s an energy in this bar that says “we gave up in 1993 and never looked back,” and honestly, that’s kind of the charm behind this place. Reminder, stay out of the ladies bathroom!

Just know that when you walk in, you’re not buying a Ford, you’re buying a story you’ll be too embarrassed to tell your mom but...

The staff was pretty good, the updated bar top looks great, security team could’ve been a little more proactive and attentive, overall the customers that came in were looking to have a good time with a few exceptions. The biggest eyesore however was the music. Dj dale I believe was his name would sometimes get lucky and play a song that would genuinely get someone to dance, but then again Spoitifys AI dj could probably do the same thing. No transitions between songs, song selection was horrendous, every time he started talking it was pretty much an insult to the crowd. “I’m going to play whatever I want, and if you don’t like it there’s the door!” This has been the case every time I come for MONTHS since I moved here and I honestly just put up with it. UNTIL I made a little pit stop to the Crown Saturday night and the guy they had playing there was nothing short of incredible, I believe his name was Alex but I didn’t catch his dj name, I stopped in for a drink and stayed the rest of the night, I felt like I was in a club in Vegas not because of the staff, location, or service but because of the music. He played the hits, classics, Latin, house and the new stuff I haven’t even heard of! THATS the man you want in your club if you want to elevate beyond a pool...

We had an issue today when one of our friend's who’s a female tried to get into fords bar. This woman was banned from this bar for making a post on facebook on how one of the owners (prior dentist from Shelley) was perving on her at his other bar, Rocking Russet, in Shelley. This women posted on the Facebook group, Are we dating the same guy, stared at her while we were there. His response was to ban her from both of his bars. That brings us to today when we went out. This bar owner who been know to block women from his bar, has accused him to be “sleeze” over social media posts. Jason Bird ban me it would make me laugh! You’re self esteem is more important than your business. Your mother...