Entry No. 14 — the Missoula file — filed under: ritual-music

Union Club Bar & Grill

A genuinely historic downtown bar tied to a 100-plus-year lineage. The original 1896 Union Hall (on land donated by copper magnate Marcus Daly) burned in 1911, and the present brick building opened in 1917. The bar earned one of Missoula's inaugural Legacy Business Awards in 2019 for over a century of service. It's cheap drinks, pool tables, gaming machines, karaoke, and weekend local bands rather than a polished cocktail program. In 2025 Esquire named it one of the best bars in America, which is its own kind of hidden-in-plain-sight badge.

The move: Shoot pool over cheap drinks and stick around for a local band or karaoke in one of the few Missoula bars Esquire actually ranked.

📍 Before you go Working-class neighborhood-bar atmosphere, not a craft-cocktail den; live music and karaoke are concentrated on weekend nights.

• 📍 Missoula (Downtown)
• 💸 $$
• ⚡ Up for anything
• 🌗 Indoors

Where: 208 E Main St, Missoula, MT 59802

Hours: Added 2026-06-24 — confirm current hours before you go.

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last checked: 2026-06-24