The food at Teton Valley Lodge has to be phenomenal. Anything less and guests would stay out fly fishing until nightfall. Based near Driggs, Idaho, the lodge’s guides assist guests on three Blue Ribbon fisheries — the South Fork and Henry’s Fork of the Snake...
For anyone walking into Feast, the first impression might be grace and style, with a dash of comfort and a contemporary twist. The decor is upscale but not uppity. You can still wear jeans, but you don’t have to. The restaurant’s name itself conjures the Greek...
This has never happened to me at a restaurant before. I’m seated at a picnic table. Before me, rows of vegetables and herbs unfurl themselves, pushing into the green foothills of the Gallatin Range. The light is golden and coming in slantwise between steel-gray storm...
If there were only one moment to capture a dining experience, let it be this one: My date and I had just finished the Smoked Mangalitsa Pork Tostada, which we had smelled the moment it hit open flame, the air so smoky and sweet. From...
Phil Lalich doesn’t mind saying that he got into the restaurant business for the first time at 67 years old. “I had a weak moment,” he says of his 2017 decision to buy LaHood Park Steakhouse near Cardwell, Montana. But after 25 years of ranching...
Depending on which way the wind blows, the winter air smells of wood smoke — deep and almost sweet — for blocks around The Union, where meat is being grilled over an open fire. The warm glow from what was once Helena, Montana’s beloved Union...
At first glance, Spur Restaurant & Bar seems like just what you’d expect from a newly renovated, high-end — but still family-friendly — restaurant at the base of one of the best ski mountains in the country. The rustic-modern exterior, clad in reclaimed corral boards, has...
The Keep’s castle-like facade emerges from the trees like something from a European fairytale — albeit one with a working Montana ranch across the street, a lush golf course below, and a growing neighborhood above. Inside the restaurant, guests are welcomed to a fine dining...
It’s Friday afternoon, the hottest day of the year so far, and there’s already a line outside the door at Shan in Bozeman, Montana’s northside Cannery District. We figure it will be a while. And we don’t mind. It’s not every day you get to...
Drop into Hops Downtown Grill in Kalispell, Montana, and you’ll see a small, chef-owned restaurant that’s big on food, fun, and family. The atmosphere is cozy and welcoming, filled with people celebrating a range of life experiences — first dates, family dinners, birthday celebrations, and...