6 Best Restaurants in Helena, Bozeman, and Southwest Montana, Montana

Blue Moon Bakery sets out a tempting array of scones, muffins, cakes, and cookies. They also serve sizeable sandwiches and gourmet pizza.

Hungry Moose serves deli sandwiches as well as basic grocery items.

The creative deli sandwiches here have even more creative, often political, names. Try the Capitol Complex (loaded with different deli meats and cheese), or the Nuke (ham, turkey, roast beef, and three cheeses). The "clubfoot" sandwiches are stuffed, tubelike structures of specialty breads shaped like a can of beans. Zany decor ranges from old records dangling from the ceiling to various artists' paintings.

At Wheat Montana's Three Forks headquarters and flagship restaurant/store, you can enjoy tasty sandwiches, freshly baked bread, and pastries. You can even purchase grind-your-own flour from their Prairie Gold Whole Wheat.

Aaron and Megan Hecht make superb pizzas with crispy crusts, flavorful sauces, and memorable frontier names. Folks also come for the sandwiches, pasta dishes, and the live music hosted at the adjacent saloon.

Westfork Meadows has several tasty eat-in or take-out spots. At Wrap Shack wraps start out the size of a pizza, and stuffed, aren't a whole lot smaller. Choose as many fillings as you can handle.