8 Best Restaurants in Helena, Bozeman, and Southwest Montana, Montana
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Iron Horse Bar & Grill
No Sweat Cafe
Wooden booths give this cozy restaurant an old-time, casual feel. Potatoes figure heavily into the breakfast menu, in items such as the Bakery Ladies' Special: potatoes and sausage, green onions, and cheese. There are vegetarian specials on weekdays, and the lunch menu includes burgers and enchiladas. Locals order the Tibetan Toad: scrambled eggs with sausage, green onions, cheese potatoes, and toast.
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Running Bear Pancake House
All the pies, muffins, and cinnamon rolls are made on the premises at this casual, family-friendly eatery. There are a lot of choices, but trust the name and go for the buttermilk or buckwheat pancakes topped with blueberries, strawberries, peaches, coconut, walnuts, or chocolate chips. Breakfast is served all day. There's also a basic lunch menu with sandwiches and salads and box lunches to go.
Staggering Ox
The creative deli sandwiches here have even more creative, often political, names. Try the Capitol Complex (loaded with different deli meats and cheese), or the Nuke (ham, turkey, roast beef, and three cheeses). The "clubfoot" sandwiches are stuffed, tubelike structures of specialty breads shaped like a can of beans. Zany decor ranges from old records dangling from the ceiling to various artists' paintings.
Star Bakery Restaurant
Opened in 1863, Star Bakery made beer and bread for area miners. Open almost continually ever since, it's now a popular bakery managed by a schoolteacher.
Western Café
A deer head, often sporting sunglasses, surveys the cowboys and families that pack the counter stools and tables at this down-home breakfast and lunch spot. Peruse the local paper as you work your way through biscuits and gravy, eggs with corned-beef hash, or pork chops. There's nothing fancy outside or in, but for local color, this is it.
Wheat Montana
At Wheat Montana's Three Forks headquarters and flagship restaurant/store, you can enjoy tasty sandwiches, freshly baked bread, and pastries. You can even purchase grind-your-own flour from their Prairie Gold Whole Wheat.