Best road-trip restaurants in Montana

$ · I-15 corridor

Butte's classic pasty shop carrying on the Cornish miners' savory meat-and-vegetable turnover tradition brought to town in the 1880s.

$$$$ · Montana & San Juan Skyway

Longtime fly-fishing-town fine dining destination focused on locally sourced ingredients and top-quality meats in an intimate room.

$ · Yellowstone National Park

Gardiner's longest-standing business, a roadside burger shack flipping big bison and beef bacon-cheeseburgers for generations of park travelers. Order at the window and eat with the canyon breeze.

$$ · Glacier National Park

Downtown corner grill open since 2002, renowned for Montana burgers built with game proteins like bison and elk plus craft beer.

$$$$ · Montana & San Juan Skyway

French-inspired fine dining crafted with Montana ingredients, known for rack of lamb, huckleberry duck breast and locally sourced trout.

$$ · Montana & San Juan Skyway

Friendly downtown pub with twenty-plus taps and TVs, widely called the town's best burger stop for post-drive hearty fare.

$ · Glacier National Park

Original 2010 location of the beloved Montana creamery churning artisan ice cream from local ingredients including wild huckleberry.

$$$ · Glacier National Park

Cajun-Southern cooking in downtown Whitefish since 1995 — an odd genre for Montana that became one of the best kitchens in the Flathead. Also holds the biggest bourbon list in town.