Where to Eat When in Butte
Explore the Culinary Landscape of America’s Largest National Historic
Landmark District

Where You Can’t Eat in Butte Anymore

From its earliest days as a gold camp to its heyday as a cosmopolitan city to the present, Butte has enjoyed a far-reaching reputation as a place where a fine meal can be found. The Chequamegon Café at 27 North Main was renowned for serving great food and earned the local nickname of the “Chew and Be Gone Again.” The Creamery Café advertised “Booths for Ladies” which was a discreet way of telling women that they could eat there without having their reputation impugned.

The Success Café was popular for its soups and it’s tiny size which allowed for only four customers at a time. In a heavily Democratic town, the joke was that here was the Republicans held their banquets, they advertised over their door that “If You Don’t Eat Here I Will Vote for Hoover.”

The Mai Wah Noodle Parlor on West Mercury Street, now a museum, was one of several noodle parlors that served hot Chinese meals in a hurry. The Rocky Mountain Café was a famous destination restaurant in Meaderville, an Italian neighborhood on Butte’s east side that was swallowed up by the expanding Berkeley Pit open pit copper mine. The restaurant was renowned throughout the state for its distinctive fried chicken, spaghetti and raviolis.

Butte’s reputation continues as a place to find a memorable dining experience, whether it be a breakfast, lunch or dinner or to satisfy a hunger at any time of the day. This guide is offered as a service to help anyone hungry in historic old Butte to locate the perfect match for their appetite.

Annie's Cafe
815 E. Front St., 723-3700
A popular spot for breakfast and lunch with a special reputation for a pretty tasty Chicken Fried Steak.

BS Cafe
26 N. Main St., 723-1513
Traditional breakfasts with pancakes, eggs, sausage and bacon and lunch specials that vary from burgers to sandwiches to short order specials. Hours are Mon. through Fri. 6 am to 3 pm; Sat. and Sun. 6 am to 2 pm.

Bonanza Freeze
1040 S. Montana, 723-6662
This classic drive-up on the Uptown’s main entryway serves inexpensive sandwiches, burgers, fries, and ice cream. Renowned milk shakes and malts. Open seven days a week for lunch and dinner from 11 am to 10 pm.

Broadway Café
302 E. Broadway, 723-8711
Gourmet pizza and salads on the east edge of Butte’s historic district. Deck seating with a spectacular view of the valley in the summer. Live music during lunch every Friday and on Thursday and Friday nights as well. Hours are Mon. through Fri., 11 am to 11 pm., Sat. 5 pm to 11 pm. Closed Sundays.

Casagranda's Steak House
801 S. Utah St., 723-4141
Casagranda's is renowned as a steak house that wanders from that solid fare to serve duck a la orange, seafood and pasta entrees, and sometimes sushi. Located in Uptown Butte's historic warehouse district across the street from Steele's Warehouse. Open for dinner seven nights a week, 5 pm to 9 pm, and in the summer until 10 pm.

Chef's Garden
1201 Montana St., 782-6587
Country Italian style restaurant that also serves traditional breakfast and lunch. Most dinners are under $20 with several meals under $10. Word on the street is to try the Ricotta Cheese Manicotti. Hours are 6 am to 3 pm, 4 pm to 9 pm, Sunday through Thursday; 4 pm to 10 pm on Friday and Saturday.

Dairy Queen Brazier
501 S. Excelsior Ave., 782-5781
Dilly bars, sundaes and DQ blizzards, yes, but Butte’s DQ also offers burgers, chicken strips, and halibut on a menu that includes affordable and fast meals to stay or to go. Open Sun. to Thurs., 11 am to 9 pm, Fri. and Sat., 11 am to 10 pm.

 Fred's Mesquite Grill
205 S. Arizona, 723-4440
This restaurant has grown into one of Uptown Butte’s most popular with excellent salads, grilled kabobs of steak, vegetables, chicken and shrimp and fine thick burgers fresh from the mesquite grill. Lunch prices are under $10 and dinner is available for under $25. Open 11 am to 9 pm, Mon. through Fri., and 12 pm to 9 pm Sat. and Sunday.

Gamer's Café
15 W. Park, 723-5453
Situated in the ground floor of the historic Curtis Music Hall, this restaurant with stools and booth space has long been a local favorite for breakfast and lunch. Traditional breakfasts with pancakes, eggs, steaks, pork chops, sausage and bacon and lunch specials that vary from pasties to prime rib. Hours are 7 am to 2 pm seven days a week.

Hennessy Market, 32 E. Granite St., 723-3097
This full service grocery store also includes a deli and small sit down dining area in the front corner of the store. Hours are 7 am to 6 pm seven days a week.

The Hummingbird Cafe
605 W. Park St., 723-7044
A popular organic coffeehouse and juice bar with a full menu for breakfast and lunch. Summer hours open are Monday-Friday 7:30am-9pm; Saturday 9:00am-4pm. 

Jailhouse Coffee
116 W. Park St., 782-1280
A coffeehouse that offers snacks and also sells Butte embroidered gifts inside the building that is the original site of Butte's first jail and courthouse.

M&M Cigar Store
9 N. Main St., 530-6020
Traditional breakfasts with pancakes, eggs, sausage and bacon and lunch specials that vary from burgers to sandwiches to short order specials. Hours are seven days a week, 24 hours a day.

Marla Mia’s and Front Street Market
8 W. Front, 782-2614
Excellent soup and sandwich specials inside Butte’s only Italian grocery. Hours are Mon. through Sat., 11 am to 3 pm.

Metals Sports Bar & Grill
8 W. Park St., 782-5534
This exciting sports bar is located in one of the most historic buildings in the district at the corner of Park and Main.Popular especially suring sports tournaments and festivals, it features wall to wall TVs, sports memorabilia and a varied menu that includes a variety of burgers and affordable entrees that range from steaks, to seafood to poultry. Open seven days a week.

North Star Diner & Ice Cream
1107 Utah Ave., 782-0219
Small sit-down diner with excellent sandwiches and ice cream soda fountain (22 flavors of hard ice cream). Serves breakfast, lunch and dinner and serves breakfast all day long. Most meals are well under $10. Hours are 7 am to 6:30 pm, Mon. through Sat., Sun. 9 am to 6:30 pm.

Northwest Noodles 'N Wraps
563 S. Arizona, 723-5651
Build-your-own rice and noodle bowls and gourmet North Chinese wraps (wheat flatbread wrapped around meats and vegetables), frozen yogurt and smoothies. Full meal for $10 or less. Hours are 9 am to 8 pm Mon. through Sat. with business lunch delivery from 11 am to 2 pm, Mon. through Saturday.

 Park & Main Cafe, 8 W. Park St., Suite A (bottom floor of Metals), 299-2069
Breakfast is served from eggs and toast to huevos rancheros to fruttatas,steak and eggs, flapjacks and French toast..Opens at 6 am seven days a week. Kitchen serves to train disadvantaged youth being trained in the culinary arts next door at the non-profit Culina Vitalis (Kitchen of Life) that trains youth between 16 and 20 in hands-on experience in the culinary arts and life skills training.

Park Street Pasties
800 W. Park, 782-6400
Butte’s signature meal, the Cornish pasty done in a variety of ways including cocktail appetizer pasties. For variety, a line of delicious cold deli and hot sandwiches, soups and chili. Hours are Mon. through Sat. from 10 am to 7 pm; closed Sundays.

Pork Chop John's
8 W. Mercury, 782-0812
True Butte Cuisine at its best! This is the home of the Pork Chop Sandwich craved around the world by expatriate Buttians. Simple, delicious and inexpensive pork chop sandwiches, pork nuggets, and burgers and fries. Most meals available for under $5. Open Mon. through Sat., 10:30 am to 6:30 pm. Closed on Sundays.

Pekin Noodle Parlor
117 S. Main, 782-2217
On the edge of Butte’s historic Chinatown, the one remaining Chinese noodle parlor where customers have climbed the steps for more than a century to sit in pink booths and eat chow mein and chop suey. Open for dinner 5 pm to 10:30 pm on Sun. and Mon., 5 pm to 11 pm Mon. to Thurs., and on Fri. and Sat., 5 pm to 12 am. Closed on Tuesdays.

Soho Asian Cuisine
60 E. Broadway, 221-7011
The Soho serves Chinese food and also includes Sushi on their menu. In the mezzanine area of the Acoma bar. Bar opens at 4 pm.

Sparky's Garage II
corner of E. Park and Arizona, 782-2301
This is the Butte version of a popular Dillon dining spot that has been installed in the refurbished Lepanto building. They serve lunch and dinners of burgers, sweet potato fries and ribs and a variety of other lunch and dinner entrees in a 50s filling station atmosphere.

Subway Sandwiches
350 S. Montana, 723-7035
Fat free sandwiches full of flavor. Sandwiches available by the foot, frozen yogurt and cookies every day. Hours are Mon. through Sat., 10 am to 11 pm., Sun. 11 am to 10 pm.

Taco del Sol
102 E. Granite, 782-TACO (8226)
Tacos and burritos that are fast and inexpensive. Open daily from 11 am to 8 pm. Variety of drinks available including Mexican beer.

Town Talk Bakery
611 E. Front St., 782-4985
Donuts, bismarcks, smurfs, maple bars, cookies and more baked fresh daily.

Trimbo's "Off the Hook" Pizzeria
43 E. Park St., 782-1700
Popular pizzas, including gluten free. Calzones, spaghetti specials, salad bar and other specialties. Deliveries available.

The Uptown Café
47 E. Broadway, 723-4735
The Uptown Café's lunch atmosphere is casual buffet-style with excellent entrees, soups and salads.Then, in the early evening the atmosphere turns elegant for dinner. Prices range from lunch specials for under $10 to full course dinners for under $30. Open for lunch Mon. through Fri., 11 am to 2 pm. Early dining specials and full dinners are served every night.

Venus Rising Espresso
128 W. Granite St., 723-7600
This for-profit venture supports the non-profit Butte Silver Bow Arts Foundation with great coffee and scones but also offers soups, salads and sandwiches to complement their delicious baked goods. The Venus Rising offers free wireless internet access and a computer for customers. Hours are Monday through Saturday from 7am to 9pm; Sunday 7am – 5pm.