Bars

Billings, Montana

Montana Brewing Company is the cornerstone of downtown Billings's bar scene — a brewpub in a historic building on Broadway that has served as the social hub for Montana's largest city since 1994. A stop for gaming visitors passing through Billings on their way to Wyoming's Energy Capital casinos or Crow and Northern Cheyenne tribal gaming properties.

113 N Broadway 59101

Billings, Montana

Yellowstone Craft Brewing is Billings's most acclaimed craft brewery — a downtown taproom producing outstanding ales and lagers that celebrate the extraordinary natural heritage of the Yellowstone River valley. Billings's position as the gateway to Yellowstone National Park (the world's first national park) creates a tourism market that eagerly seeks authentic Montana experiences, and Yellowstone Craft Brewing delivers one of the most genuine.

2123 1st Ave N, Billings, MT 59101

Bozeman, Montana

Montana Ale Works is Bozeman's most beloved gathering place — a historic railroad depot and warehouse converted to a bar and restaurant presenting 40 Montana craft beers on tap alongside outstanding Montana-sourced food. The building's extraordinary 1902 railroad warehouse history and its role as Bozeman's most important community gathering place create a bar experience authentically connected to Montana's frontier heritage.

611 E Main St, Bozeman, MT 59715

Bozeman, Montana

Rialto is Bozeman's most stylish cocktail bar and music venue — a downtown lounge combining craft cocktails, a carefully curated spirits program, and live music several nights a week. As Bozeman's property values and median income have risen dramatically with tech industry migration, the Rialto represents the city's new premium bar culture that caters to an increasingly sophisticated palate while maintaining the unpretentious Montana spirit that keeps the locals loyal.

10 W Main St 59715

Missoula, Montana

Bayern Brewing is Montana's oldest microbrewery — a Missoula institution producing outstanding German-style lagers and ales in the heart of Big Sky Country since 1987. Bayern's extraordinary commitment to traditional German brewing methods (lagers fermented at cold temperatures in the shadow of the Bitterroot Mountains) and its role in establishing Missoula as Montana's craft brewing capital create a brewery taproom of genuine Montana brewing historical significance.

1507 Montana St, Missoula, MT 59801

Missoula, Montana

Imagine Nation Brewing is Missoula's most community-focused craft brewery — a south-side taproom producing outstanding Montana-crafted beers while genuinely investing in Missoula's community and environmental causes. Montana's extraordinary outdoor recreation culture creates beer drinkers with unusually strong preferences for beers that reflect the state's wild character, and Imagine Nation serves that market with genuine authenticity.

1151 W Broadway St, Missoula, MT 59801

Missoula, Montana

Jay's Upstairs is Missoula's beloved second-floor lounge and live music bar — an intimate room above downtown that books jazz, acoustic, and experimental music acts for a devoted Missoula audience seeking something more adventurous than the typical bar band experience. The venue's intimate 150-person capacity and commitment to listening-room quality programming have established it as a cultural institution in a city that takes its music unusually seriously for its size.

119 W Main St 59801

Missoula, Montana

Sean Kelly's is Missoula's most beloved Irish pub — serving the University of Montana community with exceptional Irish whiskey, craft beers, and live music in an authentic pub atmosphere. Missoula's extraordinary literary culture (home to the University of Montana's celebrated creative writing MFA program and the Richard Hugo House tradition) creates a bar culture that values authentic gathering spaces for conversation and community.

Downtown Missoula, MT 59801

Missoula, Montana

Top Hat Lounge is Missoula's legendary live music bar — a Front Street institution since 1935 that books blues, country, rock, and Americana acts every weekend in a cozy, dimly lit room with the spirit of an authentic American roadhouse. As the hometown bar for the University of Montana's enormous outdoor recreation and arts-focused student body, Top Hat represents the best of Missoula's laid-back cultural identity.

134 W Front St 59801

West Glacier, Montana

Glacier Park Saloon near the west entrance to Glacier National Park is a legendary western bar serving both park visitors and locals on the edge of one of America's crown jewel national parks. Montana's bar culture is deeply tied to its outdoor recreation tourism, and this saloon serves as an evening gathering point for the over 3 million Glacier visitors annually who pass through the tribal land gaming corridor of the Flathead Reservation.

200 Going-to-the-Sun Rd 59936