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Best Pizza

  • Mackenzie River Pizza Co.
  • Rosa's Pizza

Best Breakfast

  • Cateye Café
  • Stockyard Café

Best Chinese

  • Bamboo Garden
  • Mongolian Barbeque

Best Healthy

  • Community Food Co-op

Best Wings

  • Ale Works

Best Place to Take Your Parents

  • Montana Ale Works
  • Santa Fe Red's
  • Sweet Pea Café and Bakery

College Prowler Take

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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Anonymous says:

There is something for everyone...

There is something for everyone here, but if you are not an ‘everyone,’ then just stay home and eat some mac ‘n cheese.

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Anonymous says:

Bozeman has as many restaurants...

Bozeman has as many restaurants (and good local ones, too) as a city twice its size. The restaurants off campus are much better than those on campus. In my opinion, there are actually quite a few good places to eat in town. As far as a student budget, there are some cheap musts: The Naked Noodle, Pita Pit, La Parilla, and Pickle Barrel.

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Anonymous says:

How can a town this small have so...

How can a town this small have so many yummy places to eat? I swear, every time I’m driving around town, I spot a new place that looks great.

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Anonymous says:

I’ve found that restaurants in...

I’ve found that restaurants in Bozeman are mainly limited to steak and potatoes, but Pickle Barrel and La Parilla are the bomb.

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Anonymous says:

The Naked Noodle is the best place...

The Naked Noodle is the best place ever because they randomly pick names each day and put them on the board. If your name is up there, then you get a delicious free meal.

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Facts

Student Favorites

  • La Parilla
  • Pickle Barrel
  • Pita Pit

Other Places to Check Out

  • International Coffee Traders
  • Sir Scott's Oasis Steakhouse

Grocery Stores

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 Listing

Bamboo Garden
Chinese
421 W. Main St.
(406) 585-0389
Price: $8-$15
All-you-can-eat buffet, healthy choice menu items
Hours: Sunday-Thursday 11:00 a.m.-10 p.m., Friday-Saturday 11:00 a.m.-10:30 p.m.

BD's Mongolian Barbeque
Chinese
1735 W. Oak
(406) 522-7118
www.gomongo.com
Price: $5-$10
You get to choose your ingredients, then watch the cooks make it for you.
Hours: Sunday–Thursday 10:45 a.m.–9 p.m., Friday–Saturday 10:45 a.m.–10 p.m.

Bennigan's Grill & Tavern
American, Irish
1320 N. 19th Ave.
(406) 586-2332
www.bennigans.com
Price: $8-$15
A trivia game plays on the TVs when a game isn't on.
Hours: Daily 11 a.m.–9 p.m.

Casa Sanchez
Mexican
719 S. Ninth Ave.
(406) 586-4516
Price: $8-$15
Casa Sanchez used to be a house, so you may feel you are eating at home, rather than a restaurant.
Hours: Tuesday–Thursday 11 a.m.–9 p.m., Friday 11 a.m.–9:30 p.m., Saturday 5 p.m.–9:30 p.m.

Cateye Café
Breakfast
23 N. Tracy Ave.
(406) 587-8844
http://www.cateyecafe.com/
Price: $6-$10
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.
Hours: Monday, Wednesday–Friday 7 a.m.–2:30 p.m., Thursday–Saturday 5 p.m.–9:30 p.m., Saturday–Sunday 7 a.m.–2 p.m.

Community Food Co-op
Deli, bakery
908 W. Main St.
(406) 587-4039
http://www.bozo.coop/
Price: $3-$12
Balcony, wireless Internet
Hours: Monday-Saturday 7 a.m. - 10 p.m., Sunday 8 a.m.-10 p.m.

John Bozeman's Bistro
Seafood, pastas, international cuisine
125 W. Main St.
(406) 587-4100
http://www.johnbozemansbistro.com/
Price: $10-$35
Hours: Tuesday–Saturday 11:30 a.m.–2:30 p.m., 5 p.m.–9:30 p.m.

La Parilla
Wraps
1624 W. Babcock St.
(406) 582-9511
Price: $5-$10
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.
Hours: Daily 11 a.m.–9 p.m.

Looie's Down Under
Steak, seafood, pasta, sushi bar
101 E. Main St.
(406) 522-8814
Price: $8-$15
Hours: Sunday (brunch) 9 a.m.–1 p.m., Tuesday–Thursday 11:30 a.m.–2 p.m., Sunday–Thursday 5:30 p.m.–9 p.m., Friday–Saturday 5:30 p.m.–10 p.m.

MacKenzie River Roadhouse (a.k.a. MacKenzie River Pizza Co.)
Pizza, sandwiches
232 E. Main St.
(406) 587-0055
Price: $10-$20
Hours: Sunday–Thursday 11 a.m.–10 p.m., Friday–Saturday 11 a.m.–11 p.m.

Montana Ale Works
Steakhouse
611 E. Main St.
(406) 587-7700
Price: $10-$35
Pool tables
Hours: Daily 4 p.m.–11 p.m.

Pickle Barrel
Sandwiches
809 W. College Ave.
(406) 587-2411
Price: $5-$10
These are the biggest sandwiches you will ever see.
Hours: Daily 10:30 a.m.–10:30 p.m.

Rosa's Pizza
Pizza
123 W. Kagy
(406) 586-8808
Price: $10-$20
Hours: Friday–Saturday 11 a.m.–1 a.m., Sunday–Thursday 11 a.m.–12 a.m.

Santa Fe Red's
Mexican
1235 N. Seventh St.
406) 587-5838
Price: $8-$15
Casino room and outdoor patio
Hours: Monday–Saturday 11 a.m.–10 p.m., Sunday 11 a.m.–9 p.m.

Stockyard Café
Breakfast
1018 E. Griffin Dr.
(406) 586-9728
Price: $5-$10
Located out in the middle of nowhere, customers get the feeling they're being served an authentic ranch breakfast.
Hours: Friday 7 a.m.–2 p.m., Saturday–Sunday 7 a.m.–1 p.m.

Sweet Pea Café and Bakery
Deli, bakery
19 S. Willson Ave.
(406) 586-8200
Price: $20-$35
The desserts at Sweet Pea are designed to be pleasing to the eye and the palette.
Hours: Monday–Tuesday 7 a.m.–3 p.m., Wednesday–Sunday 7 a.m.–9:30 p.m.

The Garage Soup Shack and Mesquite Grill
Stir-fry
451 E. Main St.
(406) 585-8558
Price: $5-$10
The menus are made out of old license plates.
Hours: Daily 11 a.m.–9 p.m.

The Leaf & Bean
Coffeeshop, salads, sandwiches
35 W. Main St.
(406) 587-1580
http://www.leaf-bean.com/
Price: $2-$8
The Bean always boasts some of Bozeman's best artwork on its walls.
Hours: Monday–Thursday 6:30 a.m.–9 p.m., Friday–Saturday 6:30 a.m.–10 p.m., Sunday 7 a.m.–9 p.m.

The Naked Noodle
Pasta, salad
27 S. Willson Ave.
(406) 585-4501
Price: $8-$15
Some tables have a chalkboard top, allowing customers to express themselves with colored pieces of chalk.
Hours: Monday–Saturday 11 a.m.–9 p.m., Sunday 12 p.m.–9 p.m.

The Pita Pit
Pita wraps
246 E. Main St.
(406) 586-PITA
www.pitapit.com
Price: $5-$8
It is the restaurant of choice for late-night partiers. It doesn't close until 4 a.m. on weekends.
Hours: Sunday 12 p.m.–2 a.m., Monday–Wednesday 11 a.m.–3 a.m., Thursday–Saturday 11 a.m.–4 a.m.

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.

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