This page is for links to Montana things that interest me- either favorite things or things I want to check out. If I check something out and decide that it sucks, it’ll get dumped from the list.
Books
The Book Exchange- a great new and used bookstore in Missoula with a coffee shop (Liquid Planet?) inside and free wifi
Fact and Fiction- independent bookstore in Missoula
Shakespeare and Co. Booksellers- a very formal little independent bookshop in Missoula
Coffee
City Brew- multiple locations throughout Montana and expanding to other states
Food
Good Food Store- I don’t have Trader Joe’s, I don’t have Whole Foods; what I do have is this Missoula gem
Sean Kelly’s- a delicious Irish pub in Missoula serving other ethnic and American foods, frequent musical entertainment, and free wifi!
Jade Garden- an incredible Chinese restaurant in Helena and my current favorite restaurant in Montana
Fire and Brew- Homebrewing supplies in Butte, to be checked out
Big Dipper Icecream- gourmet ice cream stand in Missoula, open noon-10pm every day except Christmas-New Years
Hiking
GORP Montana Hiking Guide
Missoulian Guide to Trails in and around Missoula
Music
The Clintons Band- Fan of the Bean, Box of Wine, Grant Wants to Be a Pirate, it’s all good
Miller Creek Music- jam band out of Missoula
Newspapers
Daily Inter Lake- NW Montana
Missoulian
Missoula Independent-alternative weekly
Montana Kaimin- UM Missoula student newspaper
Helena Independent Record- from guess where
Montana Standard-Butte and surrounding area
Outdoors
Montana Kite Sports- lessons!
Places to Go/Things to See
Smokejumper Visitor Center- exhibits a little lame, but the tour was excellent and I had a hard time not licking our yummy-looking tour guide (Missoula)
spectrUM Discovery Area- interactive science center at UM (Missoula)
Pro-Freedom Organizations
Foundation for Research on Economics and the Environment- Bozeman
Fully Informed Jury Association- Helena
Property and Environment Research Center- Bozeman
Radio
KBGA- 89.9FM, UofM Missoula college station
Venues
Butte Depot- Butte (Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers)
The Wilma Theater- Missoula (NOFX, Ozomatli, The Swell Season, Gavin DeGraw, Henry Rollins)
