Dinosaur Cafe — Restaurant in Missoula

Pretty great first visit (finally!) to the Dinosaur Cafe. Bar up front, order window in the back. There's plenty communal style seating along with standing spots to throw back some grub in the back and tables and bar tops up front.

While I was bummed they ran out of shrimp, the catfish poboy hit the spot. Great bread, perfect fry, tasty tomatoes and Louisiana hot sauce on the tables. It's hard to find a poboy coming correct outside of the southeast but man, this one was perfect! The gumbolaya was a nice combo of gumbo & jambalaya which was also tasty but I'd try the gumbo straight-up next time.

All in all a great local, divey vibe with excellent food, TVs, and affordable food & drink....

Read the reviews and expected a dive bar. It is in a bar but that’s not the issue. We actually liked the music and the “dive bar” feel. I’m not a picky person but the guy BURNED burned the chicken. When I asked him about it he said “that’s because it’s the only way to get it to temperature” funny… no where else I’ve ever been had to burn chicken to get it to 165°. He offered to make something else, but the tone said he’d be happy to mess with it, too. The mozzarella sticks were good. 10/10 do NOT recommend getting the chicken since he doesn’t know how to cook it...

Typical bar surround. As a local Louisianian, I was intrigued by their gumbo reviews. It’s…fine: 3 star in New Orleans and 4 star in Missoula. Poboy bread is hard to find so it’s a good subway bread. The rice is basically an Uncle Ben’s rice. The rue is dark and solid. I didn’t see any sausage or shrimp but not unexpected bc this is Montana.

Paid for a cup to try it. I think it was $5 and we paid with a $10. We left after 15 minutes and realized we never received any change. Too lazy to walk back so…based on one cup of gumbo. It’s a nice place with...