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    The Nite Owl Restaurant - meatloaf hooray

    The Nite Owl Restaurant

    3.8(112 reviews)
    7.3 mi
    $$

    The bottom line: can't recommend it. See the pic? The dark brown puddles on my omelet are dirty…read moregriddle grease. The hashbrowns, starchless and un-crispy, seemed to be roped with it too. I ate half my omelet out of hating to waste food, but I feel like they wasted it, not me. The eggs were paper-thin and dry, with the sliced American cheese and cubed ham adding a ton of salt. I prefer well seasoned food, but this was too much. Three stars also might seem like too much, but the bacon was exquisite in quality and preparation, my husband's sunny-side-up eggs were perfect, the coffee was good and hot (even if the service was a bit chilly) and the people watching was excellent. NB: I don't "people watch" with contempt; I care about people. I particularly like to see regular visitors enjoying themselves. That morning we had two older gentlemen meeting for breakfast and Bible study; a quiet interaction between people engaged in sobriety support; a young family trying to wrangle little ones and mostly succeeding; and what appeared to be a trucker taking a late breakfast before hitting the road. All of these could have been regulars from my childhood and I enjoyed the ambiance very much. My family used to go to the Nite Owl in the late 70s / early 80s for rare restaurant dinners. Their Chef's Salad was my favorite treat at the time, and I really savored it. Before moving away from the Valley a few years later, I started ordering breakfasts and they were also grand: fluffy omelets rich with cheese, crispy hash browns...a real treat. Revisiting last week it was not the same. Too bad.

    Our server was very attentive and very nice. It was the food that was the problem. Both the soup…read moreand the sandwich were heavily salted. I know that some people like salty food. I, however, do not. What is a diner to do when, with other diners, their meal is served and it is way over salty? Send it back and hope that the pot of soup and sandwich ingredients are not already heavily salted? That could work if you have the time to wait for a new meal. Perhaps it would not be a good choice if you did not want to appear overly fussy/picky to the other diners. A diner can always add more salt to their food, but they cannot take it out of their meal. This food was too salty for me. Thus my rating of "Could've been better." PS: I thought it was kind of funny that a basket of saltine crackers was also served.

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    Phat Wombat - Menu 2022

    Phat Wombat

    5.0(5 reviews)
    6.7 mi

    This meal was probably my favorite during our three day trek in Montana. Just what I was looking…read morefor- tons of veggies and flavor. We stumbled upon the Tuesday night farmers market in downtown Whitefish and Phat Wombat was there. Their menu was chock full of flavor packed, veggie-filled dishes. The staff was incredibly helpful and enthusiastic in helping lead me through the menu and navigate my shellfish allergy. I ended up ordering the bowl filled with pickled poblanos, onions, carrots, sriracha mayonnaise, sweet potatoes, avocado, tofu and an egg on top. Wow, I'm still thinking about this delicious bowl days later. To top it all off, I ordered the ginger lemonade that had pea flower extract (hence the purple color). If I lived in the Whitefish area, I would certainly be a regular. Healthy and interesting food can be hard to come by in smaller towns and Phat Wombat is filling that void.

    I knew Phat Wombat was going to be amazing. It's even…read morebetter than I expected! We had the jerko bowl and the happy wombat. Insert drool here. The jerko is an explosion of flavors. Perfectly balanced, creamy, tangy, crunchy, spicy, sweet.... I never want this to end. It is scrumptious. We chose chicken but I would love to try it with pork or even tofu. I cannot wait to eat this again. The happy wombat is all of my favorite things. Roasted tomatoes, creamy goat cheese, perfectly chewy brown rice and some green sauce that is vibrant and tangy. I have to look at the menu again now! I also got Rice Krispie treats, I can't wait to try one. They are huge!

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