It has been a tough couple years for breakfast spots in Great Falls, since the last pre-pandemic blog post here. Sometime during the pandemic the Fox Farm Diner closed, with that space now filled by a Mexican restaurant (no breakfasts). The 2K’s closed this year. Lippi’s Kitchen closed. That space will be filled by the former Missouri River Diner folks,…
Category: The Search for the Best Breakfast in Great Falls, Montana
The Search For the Best Breakfast in Great Falls – Fox Farm Diner
The Fox Farm Diner is a relatively new establishment, in the building that used to be a Chinese buffet, on Fox Farm Road across the street from the Heritage Inn and kinda out behind the Lucky Lil’s. It has been been a long time since I was in this building – it is a huge space for a diner. Gotta…
The Search for the best Breakfast in Great Falls: Family Affair revisited
After two less than stellar breakfast experiences in a row it was time to play it safe. And no place is safer for a good breakfast than the Family Affair restaurant at 26th Street and east end of IGA/Snyder’s Drug strip mall down there by 7th Ave No. I played it even safer by getting my old standby. All the…
The Search for the Best Breakfast in Great Falls: The Montana Club
Everyone (two people) kept tellin’ me, they said, “Ya just gotta try the Montana Club! It’s got the greatest breakfasts in town!” And based on its online menu, it had some that looked interesting, for sure. But I procrastinated, and did not try it for several years, because I am not a great fan of the Montana Club due to…
The Search for the Best Breakfast in Great Falls: Goodtime Charlie’s revisited
Okay, I had a vague memory the food here was only so-so, but it had been awhile and I thought I would try things out again. Rather a disappointing breakfast experience, turns out. The Potatoes O’Brien hash browns were a gooey starchy glob, neither lightly cooked and toothsome (which can be good) nor well-cooked and crispy (which can also be…
The Search for the Best Breakfast in Great Falls: Tracy’s revisited
Tracy’s is back! Yay! That’s right, after being mysteriously closed for a year or so, the longtime GF institution at the corner of Central Ave. and just-a-block-from-the-Civic-Center reopened in mid-2019 under new management. Finally stopped by in Sept. Does not seem like it has as many historic pictures on the walls, and all the cool old table-top jukeboxes are gone,…
The Search for the Best Breakfast in Great Falls: The Celtic Cowboy
Location: Way downtown, 1st Ave South and maybe 2nd Street Food: So far only tried the Irish Breakfast, and it is muy, muy Cost: Not real cheap. About $15 with coffee Value: For the price, you do get your money’s worth Atmosphere: Always kind of quiet and lonely. Just a few stragglers from the Hotel Arvon. But that is preferable…
The Search for the Best Breakfast in Great Falls: Lippi’s Kitchen revisited
Location: Central Ave. West about 6th Street, in the old A&W building So I stopped by Lippi’s again after a number of years, and tried some breakfast thing called The Mess or some such, that the server said was very popular. It was supposed to be a big mix of eggs and hash browns and cheese and whatnot, already pre-smushed…
Breakfast Not in Great Falls but Should Be: Huevos and Machaca
Location: Taqueria Guadalajara, Prescott Valley, AZ Let’s face it, our choices for decent Mexican food in Great Falls are not all that numerous. Really good choices, even more sparse. And places for decent authentic Mexican breakfasts? I’m not sure one even exists. So when you travel out of town especially to a southwestern state it’s mandatory to stop in somewhere…
The Search for the Best Breakfast in Great Falls: 5th Street Diner revisited
Tragedy has struck Great Falls. The 5th Street Diner is closing. Apparently the landlord, perhaps hoping to cash in on the current popularity of that 5th Street and Central intersection, decided the space was worth a lot more rent than the Diner proprietors were willing to pay. So the proprietors decided it was time to retire. Thus I, along with…