Although Butte is surrounded by all the usual franchised restaurants, the heart of the city sports a variety of ethnic and inventive fare that reflect the incredible diversity of the old mining town’s early citizens. We are smitten by the century-old Pekin Noodle Parlor, an upstairs eatery off “China Alley” that still has private dining booths and a retro-Cantonese of chop suey and egg foo yung. And what culinary adventurer can resist the allure of John’s Sandwich Shop, known as Pork Chop John’s? First served in 1924, John’s piggy chop on a bun is now popular throughout The Treasure State, and it is advertised at its original location on Mercury Street by an hilarious image of gaily dancing human-faced pork chops named Wholesome, Healthful, and Delicious.
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Butte, Montana, isn't chic and it isn't pretty. Some people think of it as plumb ugly, "uncontested as Montana's most unattractive city," one state guidebook says, referring to its...
Road Trip Overview Originally from Ohio and most recently San Francisco, Roadfood contributor Jess Dawson has taken her show on the road, traveling throughout America with her husband in their...
