4 Best Restaurants in Great Falls, Billings, Little Big Horn, and the Montana Plains

Discerning diners flock to Black Eagle, a small community that borders the northeast edge of Great Falls, for dinner at Borrie's (established 1938). Regulars favor the steaks, fried chicken, Alaskan king crab, and burgers, and the huge portions of spaghetti, ravioli, and rigatoni are legendary. Historic photos of Great Falls and Western-themed paintings line the walls, but they're hard to fully appreciate in the dim lighting. 

The menu at this restaurant, part of a regional chain of steak houses, offers a large array of enticing appetizers, such as the rim-fire shrimp cocktail served with wasabi-infused cocktail sauce, creative salads, signature burgers, more elaborate dishes such as seafood linguini, almond-crusted halibut, and filet à la Jakers, a steak topped with crab, asparagus, and béarnaise sauce. They have a wide array of mouthwatering vegetarian and gluten-free options, along with an impressive kids’ menu. Dress is casual, although the cherrywood interior adds a sense of sophistication.

For more than a decade, this two-story downtown brewpub has been popular with a lively crowd who appreciates good pizza and even better beer. All pies are made with a hand-tossed crust, and they're available by the slice until 3 pm. Build your own, or choose from a menu featuring the usual suspects as well as four different mac-and-cheese pizzas (the speciality). Mighty Mo also serves salads, nachos, wings, and homemade beer pretzel bites. 

Although its burgers have been deemed "the best" in Great Falls and even in Montana, this diner's claim to fame came when it won the Food Network's Guy's Grocery Games in 2017. Each burger is made with grass-fed, sprout-finished Montana beef that is cut and ground on-site, every few hours. Buns are baked fresh by Great Harvest Bread, another Great Falls institution. There are even a few vegetarian options. But the best is the classic beef burger and the "Winchester," a bacon-laden favorite of the diner's staff.  If you don't want any pink in your burger, make sure to order "no pink."