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(Attention all restaurant owner wannabes: Go to the Blackbird Kitchen and take notes. They’ll show you how it’s done.)
Many restaurants serve good food. Many delight the senses. Some are so welcoming that even lesser quality and taste is forgiven. Rare, however, is the restaurant with high marks in all categories. Lucky is Bozeman to [...]
Continue Reading →There are certain comestibles that tickle tastebuds, flutter eyelids, and cause some of us to fairly swoon. They are our favorite foods–waistband and nutritional constraints be hanged. For the devout they are in a category so prized they become Lenten sacrifice; sacrifice supreme. Think: pepperoni pizza, Rocky Road or Chunky Monkey ice cream, caramel [...]
Continue Reading →It is more necessity than phenomenon: since time immemorial people have gathered at watering holes, so to speak, seeking the company of friends, neighbors, family, and strangers. Consider the desert oasis, Irish pub, or even the sitcom Cheers. Without question, Legion Clubs and Elks and Oddfellows serve more than well drinks and prime rib on [...]
Continue Reading →The advantage of being a newcomer to these here parts is that each restaurant doorway, be it high-falootin’ or simple fare, is a threshold to discovery. Will this become a favorite new place? Will the tastes and smells and atmosphere amaze or disappoint? Expectation is tempered by discovery; opinion is shaped by experience rather than [...]
Continue Reading →At first glance, both Bar 3 restaurants are a tad off-putting. The Bozeman property on 7th seems shabby and tired. Peeling paint and smoky windows don’t exactly shout “come in and sit a spell.” And the Belgrade location! Tucked into the backside of a massive warehouse, it is mere feet from train tracks. Yet in [...]
Continue Reading →Tanda Cook
This delightful specialty deli, located at 270 West Kagy, is a place you won’t want to miss, whether you’re a local or just here passing through. Local owner and Registered Dietitian, Emily Ryan, has built Food For Thought with the overarching philosophy of providing the Gallatin Valley with simple, good, clean food. You [...]
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Don’t be fooled by its dark tinted windows, this wonderfully bright lit restaurant is located at 27 East Main Street in downtown Belgrade. The Mint opened in 1904, and has been locally owned and operated for over a hundred years. It has been labeled one of the best steak houses in the West [...]
Continue Reading →Zoe Hicks
Many Mondays when he is not in Starky’s Authentic Americana, General Manager Danny Hicks will sleep in until noon, and wake up with a warm cup of French Press Coffee clutched in his hands, as he sleepily rises from gritty layers of slumber in his downtown Bozeman apartment. These mornings, Danny and his [...]
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