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Montana State University - Off-Campus Dining - Off-Campus Dining - College ProwlerCollege Prowler3.46

Off-Campus Dining

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Student Favorites
  • La Parilla
  • Pickle Barrel
  • Pita Pit
Best Asian
  • Bamboo Garden
  • Mongolian Barbeque
Best Breakfast
  • Cateye Café
  • Stockyard Café
Best Healthy Community Food Co-op
Best Pizza
  • Mackenzie River Pizza Co.
  • Rosa's Pizza
Best Wings Ale Works
Best Place to Take Your Parents
  • Montana Ale Works
  • Santa Fe Red's
  • Sweet Pea Café and Bakery
Other Places to Check Out
  • International Coffee Traders
  • Sir Scott's Oasis Steakhouse

Student Author OverviewWhat's This?

Bozeman has the best options for inexpensive dining in a college town, hands down. La Parilla, a wrap place with some of the strangest (and yummiest) combinations available, was recently voted the best restaurant in Bozeman. Salmon wraps, Thai curry wraps, pasta wraps, and just about every other bizarre wrap mixture you can imagine are available here. Watch out for the La Parilla Challenge at the beginning of each month, when groups have to go on wild scavenger hunts in the hopes of winning the Challenge and receiving a month’s worth of free wraps.

Due to its late-night hours, the Pita Pit on Main Street is a fun place to go around midnight when hungry partiers and barhoppers can be seen wandering in for a bite. Everyone in Bozeman agrees that Mackenzie River offers the best pizza in town. While it may be a bit pricier than Domino’s five-dollar pizza nights, it feels like you are eating a real meal, rather than just stuffing some grease into your mouth. Students and Bozeman residents choose the Cateye Café when it comes to breakfast, where the menu holds such delicacies as banana bread french toast and the Catastrophe: a blend of potatoes, vegetables, eggs, and cheese. Though students do not usually have the cash to eat at Bozeman’s nicer dining establishments, many like to take advantage of a parent’s visit to try out Looie’s Down Under or the Sweet Pea Bakery.

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Off-Campus Dining at Montana State University

AshleyLarsen

Religious Studies '13

4.2
A-

Just Go Downtown

There are plenty of delicious restaurants around the down town area. The Naked Noodle is delicious and affordable. There are, however, a few overpriced spots. I would stick to the cute little local places.

May 16, 2012

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Off-Campus Dining at Montana State University

kirstinlarson11

Business '15

4.2
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Lots of Variety

There are lots of places to go and eat off campus if you're getting sick of dorm food or just don't want to cook for yourself. Downtown has some of the best eating options, and a lot of these places are just hole-in-the-wall mom and pop restaurants that have some of the best food. Definitely try to eat off campus at least once while you're here!

Mar 25, 2012

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rusa

Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering '15

4.6
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Meh

I really haven't gone off campus to eat. I have a 5 day meal plan, so eat on campus most of the time. The other days, I'm a bum and snack on things I've collected during the week or go to events with free food. But I've heard good things about lots of places within walking distance- plus there's the free bus for the rest of town. Decent student discounts, such as 10% off at IHOP.

Jan 12, 2012

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User rating for Montana State University - Off-Campus Dining is 4.6 out of 5 based on 21 user reviews.

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Facts

Did You Know?
  • The Wheat Montana Bakery is located in Bozeman, and customers can watch the progression from some raw ingredients to a delicious loaf of bread.
  • Glenn Close used to own The Leaf & Bean.

Grocery StoresWhat's This?

Joe's Parkway Supermarket
903 W. College St., Bozeman
(406) 586-2005
www.joesparkway.com

Safeway Grocery
901 W. Main St., Bozeman
(406) 587-9017
www.safeway.com

Restaurant ListingsWhat's This?

Bamboo Garden
Food: Chinese
421 W. Main St.
(406) 585-0389
Price: $8-$15
Cool Features: All-you-can-eat buffet, healthy choice menu items

BD's Mongolian Barbeque
Food: Chinese
1735 W. Oak
(406) 522-7118
www.gomongo.com
Price: $5-$10
Cool Features: You get to choose your ingredients, then watch the cooks make it for you.

Bennigan's Grill & Tavern
Food: American, Irish
1320 N. 19th Ave.
(406) 586-2332
www.bennigans.com
Price: $8-$15
Cool Features: A trivia game plays on the TVs when a game isn't on.

Casa Sanchez
Food: Mexican
719 S. Ninth Ave.
(406) 586-4516
Price: $8-$15
Cool Features: Casa Sanchez used to be a house, so you may feel you are eating at home, rather than a restaurant.

Cateye Café
Food: Breakfast
23 N. Tracy Ave.
(406) 587-8844
http://www.cateyecafe.com/
Price: $6-$10
Cool Features: Paintings of cats cover the walls, and some of the lamps are even cat-like. One rule of the Cateye is that everyone has to finish their food.

Community Food Co-op
Food: Deli, bakery
908 W. Main St.
(406) 587-4039
http://www.bozo.coop/
Price: $3-$12
Cool Features: Balcony, wireless Internet

The Garage Soup Shack and Mesquite Grill
Food: Stir-fry
451 E. Main St.
(406) 585-8558
Price: $5-$10
Cool Features: The menus are made out of old license plates.

John Bozeman's Bistro
Food: Seafood, pastas, international cuisine
125 W. Main St.
(406) 587-4100
http://www.johnbozemansbistro.com/
Price: $10-$35

La Parilla
Food: Wraps
1624 W. Babcock St.
(406) 582-9511
Price: $5-$10
Cool Features: Check out the monthly “The La Parilla Challenge” where teams run around town trying to complete absurd scavenger hunts and taking pictures. Winners get a month's worth of free wraps. Pictures recording the Challenge cover the restaurant walls.

The Leaf & Bean
Food: Coffeeshop, salads, sandwiches
35 W. Main St.
(406) 587-1580
http://www.leaf-bean.com/
Price: $2-$8
Cool Features: The Bean always boasts some of Bozeman's best artwork on its walls.

Looie's Down Under
Food: Steak, seafood, pasta, sushi bar
101 E. Main St.
(406) 522-8814
Price: $8-$15

MacKenzie River Roadhouse (a.k.a. MacKenzie River Pizza Co.)
Food: Pizza, sandwiches
232 E. Main St.
(406) 587-0055
Price: $10-$20

Montana Ale Works
Food: Steakhouse
611 E. Main St.
(406) 587-7700
Price: $10-$35
Cool Features: Pool tables

The Naked Noodle
Food: Pasta, salad
27 S. Willson Ave.
(406) 585-4501
Price: $8-$15
Cool Features: Some tables have a chalkboard top, allowing customers to express themselves with colored pieces of chalk.

Pickle Barrel
Food: Sandwiches
809 W. College Ave.
(406) 587-2411
Price: $5-$10
Cool Features: These are the biggest sandwiches you will ever see.

The Pita Pit
Food: Pita wraps
246 E. Main St.
(406) 586-PITA
www.pitapit.com
Price: $5-$8
Cool Features: It is the restaurant of choice for late-night partiers. It doesn't close until 4 a.m. on weekends.

Rosa's Pizza
Food: Pizza
123 W. Kagy
(406) 586-8808
Price: $10-$20

Santa Fe Red's
Food: Mexican
1235 N. Seventh St.
406) 587-5838
Price: $8-$15
Cool Features: Casino room and outdoor patio

Stockyard Café
Food: Breakfast
1018 E. Griffin Dr.
(406) 586-9728
Price: $5-$10
Cool Features: Located out in the middle of nowhere, customers get the feeling they're being served an authentic ranch breakfast.

Sweet Pea Café and Bakery
Food: Deli, bakery
19 S. Willson Ave.
(406) 586-8200
Price: $20-$35
Cool Features: The desserts at Sweet Pea are designed to be pleasing to the eye and the palette.

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