Restaurant owners put fine dining twist on dinner delivery

The restaurant industry is busy adapting to business during a global pandemic, and at a time when many Idahoans still aren't comfortable dining out, the team at Kin restaurant in Boise is reinventing dinner delivery with a fine dining twist.

MANY IDAHOANSSTILL DON'T FEELCOMFORTABLEDINING OUT.

A NEWOPTION IS BRINGINGFINE DINING..

TOYOU..A LOT OF SPECIALOCCASIONS HAVEPASSED SINCE STAYAT HOME ORDERS INMARCH.

AND FROMBIRTHDAYS..

TOANNIVERSARIES..

ORJUST A FUN FRIDAYNIGHT..

"KIN AT HOME"IS TAKING DELIVERYDINNER TO ANENTIRELY NEWLEVEL."WE'RE CERTAINLYKNOWN FOR HIGH-END SERVICE ANDHIGH-END FOOD."THE TEAM BEHINDKIN RESTAURANT INBOISE..

WASN'TGOING TO LET AGLOBAL PANDEMICBRING DOWN THECALIBER OF THEIRCUISINE.."NEVER ANTICIPATEDWE WOULD BECOMEA DELIVERY FOOD,TAKE-OUT FOODSTYLE RESTAURANT,GIVEN THE FACTWE'RE BASED ONSEVEN-COURSE PRIXFIXE MENU."BUT NOW THEY'REBOXING UP FOUR-COURSE MEALS..

FORFINE DINING IN YOUROWN DINING ROOM."THINKING OUTSIDETHE BOX BY PUTTINGIT IN THE BOX,YEAH."THE TEAM WASMAKING FINALPREPARATIONS ONTHEIR NEWDOWNTOWN DININGSPACE.

WHEN THECORONAVIRUSPANDEMICPROMPTED THECLOSURE OF ALLIDAHORESTAURANTS.

SOTHEY COMPLETELYCHANGED THEIRBUSINESSMODEL.ANDCREATED "KIN ATHOME".

A LOCALLY-SOURCED ROTATINGPRIX FIXE MENU..PAIRED COCKTAILS..AND EVENENTERTAINMENT."IT'S REALLY,REALLY COOL WHENPEOPLE DO ITTOGETHER ON ZOOM.PEOPLE HAVE HADDINNER PARTIES;THEY ALL GETTOGETHER ON ZOOMAND PARTYTOGETHER.

"THE MEALS AREMOSTLY READY-TO-EAT.

BUT THEY'RERELYING ON THECUSTOMERS TOCOMPLETE THEFINISHINGTOUCHES...AND FORTHAT..

A DETAILEDEMAIL EXPLAININGTHE DISHES.

ANDHOW TO PLATE FORPERFECTION."WE STILL GET TOCONNECT WITH OUTDINERS BY MAKINGLITTLE VIDEOS, ANDIN THE KITCHEN WETAKE ALL THE FOODTO 90 PERCENT, BUTWE STILL REQUIREPEOPLE AT HOME TOFINISH THE 10PERCENT AT THEEND."IN A WAY.

BRINGINGTHE CUSTOMERSINTO THE KITCHENWITH THEM..

LIKEFAMILY.

AFTER ALL .THEY ARE "KIN"."WE REALIZE IT'SSTILL DINING ANDIT'S STILLCONNECTING ANDIT'S STILL BRINGINGDIFFERENT FLAVORSAND STORIES TOPEOPLE WHO ARESTUCK AT HOME; SOWE STILL GET TOSHARE A LITTLE BITOF THAT."EVEN THOUGH THEYHOPE TO ONE DAYOPEN THEIRRESTAURANT FORSIT-DOWN DINING.THEY SAY..

AFTERSEEING SO MUCHINTEREST..

"KIN ATHOME" IS HERE TOSTAY.THEY'RE ALSOBRANCHING OUT FOR"PIKINICS" ON THEIRLAWN.

COMPLETEWITH FOOD..

DRINKS..AND LIVEENTERTAINMENT..ALL SERVED UPFROM AT LEAST SIXFEET AWAY.FOR MORE DETAILS..CL