The Dive Bakery & Cafe — Restaurant in Helena

A lot of room for improvement. The quiche wasn’t warm, and hard to eat with a cheapo plastic fork… why not have real silverware? I thought about the soup but cold soup and a plastic spoon might be worse. With Panera Bread going in across the street I feel like the game should be stepped way up. Folks want to support local shops, but make the hot food hot, don’t promote single use plastic, have killer service, delicious variety (not available anywhere else) and make it worth it. I feel like they have a lot of potential but are spread too thin. Do a couple of things really well, not a lot of things semi-ok. I would think soup and sandwich combo would be a great seller - but lack luster options on the sandwich front aside from Thursday. And the confusing pricing makes...

I have been living in Helena for about 18 months and have driven by this place countless times. A visit to Benefits hospital third floor looking out the window I discovered it across 11th Ave. and I'm glad I did. It has a great selection of breakfast sandwiches, pastries and cookies. A coffee was very good also and the whole meal was reasonably priced. The service was friendly and fast. Can always tell when people like where they work. It looks like a hole in the wall from the outside thus the name I guess, but it has a very good local feel once you get inside and adequate seating if you want to stay. A hidden gem if you will. I will...

I got the egg bowl and a coffee. The coffee is pretty good, and the egg bowl was also tasty. It looks like they just cook the eggs in a microwave, but they don't overcook them, so that is nice. I got the veggies and the sausage in mine and it was super dense. It was packed into the bowl you get. Don't get me wrong, it's definitely not a bad thing. I was glad to see that I got my money's worth because there was no free space available for anymore food. If you're in a hurry, or looking for a little protein pack, definitely go for the egg bowl (unless you get freaked out by cooking eggs in...