Tantalizing Restaurants For Your Big Sky Bucket List

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Where Can You Find Montana's Bucket List Restaurants?

I took a look all over the state, looked at places like Discovering Montana, Money Inc., Top List, and Opentable, along with some personal experience, to compile a great list of the bucket-list worthy restaurants in Montana.

There's no way I could put them in order, so alphabetical it is.

Beargrass Bistro, Lakeside

Opentable rated them as the best Montana restaurant in 2021.  What's cool about that is it's an award based on diner reviews.

Biga Pizza, Missoula

They use seasonal ingredients to create award winning pizzas and Biga starter for their dough and cooked in a brick oven, along with sandwiches and salads.

The Burger Dive, Billings

Awarded Burger Champion at the World Food Championships in 2016 and they've been featured on Man V. Food.  I can tell you from personal experience you will rarely find a better burger than one from The Burger Dive.

Lucca's Fine Italian Food, Helena

Business Insider Magazine rated Lucca's as the best restaurant in Montana in 2015, 2016, and 2017.  No matter where you live, it's worth the drive to Helena to try their cuisine.

Montana Ale Works, Bozeman

Voted Best of Bozeman in the restaurant, dessert and service categories. Montana Ale Works gets their ingredients from local farmers and ranchers, brewers and distillers and culinary craftsman.

Montana Brewing Company, Billings

Montana's first Brew Pub, in downtown Billings, "MBC" was voted best lunch in Billings six years in a row.  They serve lunch or dinner.

Plonk, Missoula

Grab a drink with friends, or take in a nine course meal in their private cellar.  I love Plonk without ever going there because they call the union of food, wine, and music the holiest of trinities.

Roadhouse Diner, Great Falls

The Roadhouse Diner in Great Falls has been featured on The Food Network, Travel and Leisure Magazine and awarded a Top Ten Hidden Gems Award by Trip Advisor.  You'll go there for the burgers and leave raving about their unsurpassed service.

Roost Fried Chicken, Bozeman

Boasting Southern goodness in Bozeman, Montana. They've been featured on Diner's Drive-Ins and Dives and have a write-up in the LA Times. Known locally for the excellent cuisine and unmatched service.

SakeTome, Missoula

In Missoula, SakeTome is the go-to Sushi place.  Locals and visitors alike revel in their amazing fare.

Tracy's Family Restaurant, Great Falls

Tracy's doesn't do any bragging at all on their website, so I'll do it for them.  You'll be hard-pressed to find a better breakfast, lunch or dinner in the entire state.  They have it all from biscuits and gravy and chicken fried steak, to amazing salads and sandwiches and even Prime Rib on Thursday and Friday nights.

Tupelo Grille, Whitefish

"Warm, comfortable, mountain-West hospitality" right in the heart of Whitefish.  A more upscale menu with a mountain view to boot.

Uberbrew, Billings

Uberbrew is "on a quest  for the superlative pint experience".  On Montana Avenue in Billings, it's a great place featuring upscale casual food.