Livingstone

Yellowstone National Park in the Winter — things to do around Livingstone, Montana

Nick Morris

Jan 13, 2014 — 2 min read

An evening in downtown Livingstone, Montana

January 2014

The Neptune Bar, Livingstone, Montana

This was a great little find.

We arrived in Livingstone, Montana, an hour early for dinner and decided to look for a local brewpub. One that popped up in our online searches was The Neptune. (We later discovered a pamphlet showing brewpubs in Montana. The barman also showed us a handy iPhone app for locating brewpubs in the States.)

The Neptune was towards the outskirts of town down a little residential side road. The pub was set back from the street, parking for four cars in front. When we arrived, three trucks were parked in front, one with a snowmobile in the back.

The pub/brewery was a real locals’ place. Monday night was '$7 growler night’, which meant you could take a 4-pint growler (capped bottle) into the pub and fill it for $7 — a bargain. It also had an interesting 'style' in that the walls and ceiling, as the pub’s name would suggest, were covered in nautically themed materials.

One nice thing about the place (besides the friendly barman and the excellent beer) was that you could see the brewery at the back through a superb tropical fish tank behind the bar (see photo above) and an observation window.

A little gem of a find.

Rib and Chop House, Livingstone, Montana

Dinner was at the Rib and Chop House, Livingstone, Montana.

The food was excellent, with good service (thanks to our waitress Emily) and excellent value.

We were recommended the Rib and Chop House, and we were told that we would need to book as it was very popular (on a Monday night?). Well, it was popular, the carpark was packed, as was every table in the place.

I had the 16 oz (0.6 kg) rib-eye, which was magnificent, with a jacket potato.