Where to Eat in Lewiston Idaho - Effie Burger

Calvin, Erik, KK, John, and the rest of the crew just got back from a few days steelheading on the Clearwater River in Lewiston, ID. I mostly casted while Calvin and Barrett Mattison put on a clinic on actually landing steelhead on the famous stretch of water from Orofino to Lewiston (John Teini also got his first which was pretty awesome!). It was a great trip with a number of guys learning how to use a double hand fly rod for their first time, others getting their first steelhead, some landing multiple steelhead on the fly, and for some it is all about the Effie Burger. 

The Effie Tavern is located in old town Lewiston at the bottom of the hill (most of the development has gone up hill), and is not far from the river. 

Lucky for us, fleece pants, hoodies, flip flops with wool socks, and stench isn’t too big of a problem at the Effie Tavern, or at least no one called us out on it. We looked at the menu only to find a few items which included an Effie Burger, an Effie Cheeseburger, an Effie Cheese and Bacon Burger, a double Effie Burger, fries, beer, water, and chicken gizzards (that’s all I can remember). 

With a standard Effie burger costing about $12, I thought Calvin had brought us to a pretty fancy burger joint in disguise. These are the largest burgers I have seen, and I now understand why Scott, when approached about joining us for dinner at Effie, just rolled his eyes and put his hand on his stomach. I split a burger with Calvin, and Paul did not. 

fyi- the back of the restaurant has a pool table and seating for larger groups.