Hidden bars & speakeasies in Missoula
Looking for hidden bars & speakeasies in Missoula? These 7 are the genuinely strange ones — The Grotto, Double Front Cafe Basement Bar, Charlie B's (Dinosaur Cafe) and more — each hand-vetted and sourced, not pulled from a top-ten list. Great for an unusual date, a weird afternoon, or showing a visitor the side of Missoula they'd never find on their own.
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The Grotto
Tucked beneath The Old Post, the Grotto is reached only by finding a covered concrete staircase off the back…
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Double Front Cafe Basement Bar
Upstairs is a beloved Missoula fried-chicken cafe (the building dates to 1909, with chicken on the menu since…
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Charlie B's (Dinosaur Cafe)
A dim, low-ceilinged Missoula dive-bar institution where the wall is famously lined with photographer Lee Nye…
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Union Club Bar & Grill
A genuinely historic downtown bar tied to a 100-plus-year lineage. The original 1896 Union Hall (on land dona…
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Garnet Ghost Town
Montana's best-preserved ghost town sits high in the Garnet Range, with around 30 weathered buildings standin…
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Depot Wine Room
Beneath The Depot — one of Missoula's iconic old-school steakhouses since 1974 — sits a stone-walled basement…
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The Jack Saloon
A rustic cedar log saloon built in 1974 by loggers, for loggers, tucked about a half mile off Highway 12 in t…