Backroads & Byways of Montana by Jeff Welsch & Sherry L. Moore

Author:Jeff Welsch & Sherry L. Moore
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Countryman Press
Published: 2016-02-22T16:00:00+00:00

SHERIDAN: Booze & Buns ($, 406-842-5790 Tues.–Sat.) has more than 380 wine labels, well-stocked liquor shelves, a fine selection of coffee, and tasty pastries that includes the ultimate “sticky bun.” It’s the place in Sheridan to get your giddy-up goin’.

TWIN BRIDGES: The Old Hotel ($$$, 406-684-5959, D, Tues.–Sat.) has a Pacific island flair to its ever-changing menu complemented by a well-chosen wine list that would fit any foodie city’s menu. The soups (apple walnut, if you’re lucky) and kitchen-made sorbet are just two of many extraordinary touches. Owners Bill and Paula Kinoshita celebrated their 10-year anniversary in 2015 and plan to stay open year-round, but with limited winter hours. Extended summer hours include a Sunday brunch. For casual dining, The Shack ($/$$, 406-684-5050, B[Sat.–Sun.]/L/D), with its hand-tossed pizzas, true-greens salad, stacked sandwiches, cold brews on tap, and down-home service, gets the job done. The Shack recently added a breakfast buffet on Sundays that’s quite popular with townies. Since The Wagon Wheel ($/$$, 406-684-5099) has new owners, we optimistically include it in our recommendations. If you’re lucky, their smoked prime rib will be on the menu.

LA HOOD The historic La Hood Park Supper Club ($$/$$$, 406-287-3281, L/D, Wed.—Mon.) has credible hand-cut steaks, seafood, and baby-back ribs served against a backdrop of local western paintings. Summer floaters on the Jefferson River know the best reason to stop is for a margarita and to hang in the well-worn bar or on the splintery back deck overlooking the river. Sad to say, owner Steve Darnell has passed, but his wife, Mary, is still cooking up the same home-style goodness while searching for a buyer for a business she’s owned since 1993.

Best Bars

THREE FORKS: The Sacajawea Bar (406-285-6515) is a classic Montana bar, only with polished boots. There are a few slot machines along the perimeter, a card room for live poker, several flat-screen TVs affording views for everyone, a glossy wooden bar, and an attractive back bar. For imbibers, there are pub tables, lower four-tops, and a place for the band to set up on Friday and Saturday nights. They even have enough floor space for some cowboy two-steppin’ and line dancin’. High-end cocktails or shots, low-end domestic beer or fine wine, martinis or trendy cocktails . . . whatever you’re looking for, they’ll pour it. The Sac’s food selection should make everyone happy, too. If not, most nights you can order from the dining room menu. Life is simply sweeter at the Sac.

VIRGINIA CITY: The dark and musty Pioneer Bar (406-843-5550) doesn’t do much dressing up, but it isn’t necessary. And maybe that’s why this is where the locals hang, including the actors from the raunchy Brewery Follies after they’ve left another crowd howling and blushing. The walls are cluttered with historical artifacts, including a bison wall mount with a plaque telling the sad saga of the shaggy beast that once roamed the prairies by the tens of millions. Consider yourself fortunate if you happen by on Bloody Mary Day. During the summer you can order food from the Virginia City Café’s menu next door.

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