Lexi & Pat
Lexi & Pat
Favorite Restaurants in Butte
..in no particular order, except for Casagranda's
Casagranda's - best steak house
Homestake Pub - best burgers and sandwiches, great patio & beer selection
Metals - best sports bar & grill
M&M Bar and Cafe - best diner food
Pork Chop John's - classic, fast food style pork chop sandwich
Freeway Tavern - best pork chop sandwich & fried chicken. Cash only.
MacKenzie River - classic restaurant, great bar, where Pat & Lexi met!
Saffron - amazing Mediterranean food and beautiful restaurant and wine bar
Taco Bell Cantina - a must
Mr. Hot Dogs - most eclectic restaurant in Butte not to be underestimated! Great all beef hot dogs, but the lasagna, meatball sandwich, and pierogies are our favorite! Cash only.
Joe's Pasty Shop - a must when in Butte!
Uptown Cafe - great lunches and fancy dinners. their desserts are fabulous.
Saturday Donuts - open Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Gluten free selection and lots more than donuts!
Shawn O'Donell's - great Irish pub
Vu Villa - best greasy pizza
La Sirena - best Mexican food (the birria!!)
Bonanza Freeze - classic burger & ice cream drive thru
Pekin Noodle Parlor - longest running Chinese food restaurant in the US.. in an old brothel den
Christina's Cocina - fun Mexican restaurant famous for their Green Goddess Cilantro Rolls- yum!
La Casa Toscana- upscale Italian
Sparky's - best patio in Butte
The Copper Plate- great food, simple spot
Hanging Five - classic all day breakfast diner with $2 Coors Light
Oasis - another great diner with table keno
Back 9 Sports Bar & Grille - fun spot on the Highland's Golf Course in Stodden Park
Butte Brewing - great pizza, patio & dog friendly (Lexi's work "South Campus")
Montana Club - better in Missoula, but always solid and can't beat the Hoagieville Cheese Fries (Pat's favorite past job)
Lydia's Supper Club - traditional supper club open since 1946
Three Amigos - best margs
Royse's - classic hamburgers and shakes
Gyro's Wagon - one of our favs that started in Dillon!
Great Harvest - great sandwiches, sweets, and breakfast
If you have extra time, make sure to check out all that Anaconda has to offer!
Things to Do
Our Lady of the Rockies
The Jensen's had a great trip up. "It was really cool. Great views and a lot of history." - Pat
Thompson Park
You can access the trail from MT Highway 2. If you are driving from Butte, access to the park will be on your right (or south side of the highway) about 9 miles out of town. 25 miles of non-motorized trails on the historic Milwaukee Railroad from the forest boundary south to Pipestone Pass and the Continental Divide National Scenic Trail, passing through two tunnels and over a 600-foot steel trestle along the way.
World Museum of Mining
Mining museum and underground mine tour. Very fun- book in advance!
Trolley Tour-Old Number One
Daily tours through Uptown Butte.
Ridge Waters Water Park
Great waterpark in Stodden Park
Anselmo Mine
One of many access points to the The Copperway Trails and Butte Heritage Park Trails- a network of non-motorized trails linking a variety of cultural sites. Great views and one of Lexi's favorite parts of Butte! There is a Granite Mountain Memorial overlook at the top.
Berkeley Pit Viewing Stand
The Berkeley Pit is an abandoned open-pit copper mine in Butte, Montana, and is one of the largest and most famous examples of a contaminated mine site in the United States. The pit, which is over 1,780 feet deep and approximately one mile wide, has filled with highly acidic water (pH as low as 2.5) since the mine was closed in 1982. This water contains dangerous concentrations of heavy metals and toxic chemicals, including arsenic, cadmium, and copper.
Spirit of Columbia Gardens Carousel
Great carousel in Stodden Park!
Favorite Bars in Butte
Maloney's - Irish pub & Lexi's favorite spot in Butte. Make sure to stop by and see Lacey Jane! Cash only.
Sam's Place - fun neighborhood bar & casino
Headframe Spirits - fun distillery
Butte Brewing - great patio & dog friendly
Silante - fun tap house with a rooftop patio (Lexi used to live in the apartment building down the street)
Knights of Columbus - great spot with lots of history. Cash only.
51 Below - Speakeasy.. hopefully you can dial the rotary phone to enter (Pat needed a refresher)
Vu Villa - cool old bar with pizza
Party Palace - avoid unless people watching karaoke
Cavalier Lounge - mid-century lounge in the historic Finlen Hotel
Helsinki Bar - Finntown bar where St. Urho's Day kicks off (the day before St. Paddy's, in true Butte style). hopefully they're open. cash only.
Silver Dollar - eccentric place. We once got to watch Pat's cousin's band play here!
McQueen Athletic Club - not a gym and finding the entrance is a special experience.. Pat & Lexi once crashed a grad party trying to get inside.
Scoop Parlor - great for a group of pool players
Metals - great beer selection and drinks
Taco Bell Cantina - boozy baja blast freeze anyone??
Pisser's Palace - even more fun than the name. cool spot in Walkerville.
The Dublin - yucky.