Location: 3rd Ave So. just E of Meadow Gold Over the years this has been sort of the go-to place when downtown early on a week day and looking for a breakfast bite. The building is what can only be described as unassuming on the outside in a working neighborhood, and it’s small and plain and cozy on the inside.…
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The Search for the Best Breakfast in Great Falls: 5th Street Diner
This diner at the corner of 5th Street and Central occupies the space that used to be the lunch counter at the old Woolworth’s store that was there when we were kids running around the store and looking at the pet section and smelling all the delicious smells. The decor of the diner harks back to even before I was…
Breakfast Not in Great Falls but Should Be: Ann Sather Swedish Breakfast
We can only wish we could get this breakfast in Great Falls, but unless you have a Swedish grandma or something, you’re S.O.L. But you can enjoy it at Ann Sather on Belmont when you visit Chicago. Check out all that mouth-watering Swedish goodness there with the scrambled eggs: Swedish pancakes, Swedish meatball, potato sausage, lingonberry sauce, and some tasty…
The Search for the Best Breakfast in Great Falls: Goodtime Charlie’s
Goodtime Charlie’s occupies part of the R&R Casino mega-complex at 10th Ave. South and 38th Street that if I remember right was a motel long long ago, just west of Tokyo Massage. It’s main claim to breakfast fame is that it is open 24 hrs, picking up the mantle of departed and mourned east side 24 hr/late night breakfast places…
The Search for the Best Breakfast in Great Falls: Goode’s
Update: Alas, Goode’s is no more. First it was in the little log cabin place on 15th St. and 7th (?) Ave. No. that always seemed to be a snake bit business location until the Roadhouse came along, and then they moved up to 10th Ave. So. and 26th-ish Street in the back of that little strip mall of bars,…
The Search for the Best Breakfast in Great Falls: JB’s
The venerable and showing-its-age JB’s on 10th Ave. South down by 14th Street or so, catacorner from where the Holiday Inn used to be but now Town Pump #15633 takes up the whole block, is famous mostly for its all-you-can-shovel-in-there breakfast buffet, which is quite reasonably priced. Okay so the food from the buffet isn’t particularly outstanding or notable or…
The Search for the Best Breakfast in G.F., Episode 2, The Missouri River Diner
Location: South side of river by 9th Street bridge When we pulled up, one comment was, “What’s this place? Yuck!” Signage and atmosphere: Dive. Serving size: About right. Food taste: Excellent, especially the sausage and pancakes. Service: Good and friendly. Looked to be a husband/wife team. Cost: $28.80 for three, plus tip. Rating: 3.96 sporks out of 5 sporks.…
The Search for the Best Breakfast in GF: Episode 1, The Top Notch
Location: Central Ave. and between 7th and 8th St. Signage: Cool. Interior: Pretty nifty Serving Size: Mass quantities. Food taste: Eh. Kinda generic to burnt. Service: Good enough, and friendly proprietor. Cost: $28 plus tip for 3 people. Overall rating: 2.36 sporks out of 5 sporks. Not really worth going back to.
The Bears
How he knew it was the weekend for the grayling to spawn I’ll never know. He just did, in that older cousin way, wise to the world of fish, and the lakes, and the mountains, that stands him in good stead even today as he guides the tourists through the Scapegoat and Bob Marshall. He said it was spawning time…
The War Against the MouseBastards(tm)
Ever since I moved into this building, there’s always been a mouse or two. Usually, they show up in the Fall, when the weather turns cold. The ritual has been the same for years. First I catch a glimpse of the mouse, scurrying around a corner, then I get out the trusty trap, bait it with a hunk of sharp…