Stopped in for a slice of pizza after a rafting trip. I got the pepperoni and it was very tasty!read more

Great pizza stop just outside Glacier National Park. They make your pizza fresh when you order,…read moreeven able to watch the chef throw the dough in the air. I ordered the 16in Boat House pizza to share. It had a thin crust with red sauce, nice layer of melted mozzarella, pepperoni, crispy bacon bits, green peppers, and banana peppers. I liked it a lot, especially after a long day of hiking. It was flavorful and filling! They also have huckleberry honey to dip or drizzle on your pizza, which was incredibly delicious a and added a sweetness to every bite. Their menu includes a small selection of beers too so I got a local Snow Devil cider. Overall it was pricey, but given there's not many food options in the area, it's understandable.

Amazing pizza. We decided on the sausage pizza but actually wanted one of each. We lived the pizza…read morescissors because we got our own sized slice! The spinach salad we shared was packed full of apples, strawberries, oranges and was topped with a delicious dressing.

This is a decent place to grab an artisanal pizza. They have a small menu (which is good, in my…read moreopinion) and offer a variety of pizzas and salads. I got their Funghi pizza (a bit bigger than a personal pan pizza) and their winter salad. The pizza had a nice crust--not overly crunchy, but also not overly chewy. However, there was just way too much cheese on this, and it overpowered all the other components. If you're a cheese lover, you may enjoy this more than I did. The winter salad was fantastic. Since it was farm-to-table, you could taste the freshness of the vegetables, and the dressing was a great compliment as well. I'd order this salad again. Overall, it's not a bad place for pizza, but when you're charging artisanal pizza prices, I'd expect more from the pizza's overall quality.

Martini was fantastic. Ribeye was one of the best flavored steaks we've ever had and it was huge…read more Truffle Gnocci tickled my insides in the best way possible. Everything was so good we decided to lean in for some tiramisu. Holy moly, obsessed. Service and ambiance were also a vibe. 12/10 would recommend

An Italian place right in the center of downtown whitefish. A little compact, but definitely feels…read morehome-y. Service was great, and very inviting. Food took a bit to come out, but was warned ahead of time. Waiter claim everything is made from scratch definitely taste like it. A little price-y but within normal range of good quality Italian place. 3.5/5 - Caesar Salad - Standard caesar salad, tasted fresh with some fresh slices of cheese on top. Wish there was more crutons maybe to add better crunch. Nothing to complain about, but nothing special to stand out. 4.5/5 - Carbonara Pizza - Perfectly cooked, with a raw egg on top. Creamy, crunchy, and very savory from the carbonara. Exactly as it states bacon is nice and crispy, with the cream finish to cut any greasiness from it. One of the better pizzas I have. Waiter also claim its their favorite and I can see why. 3/5 - Fennel Sausage Pizza - The extra cheese adds a great creaminess to the sauce. On top of it the sausage and bell pepper makes a great topping as it tasted fresh. Only complaint the bottom was very burnt. Usually I accept a certain level of burnt crust from this type of pizza, but all i tasted was burnt dough. Ruin more than half the pizza. 3.8/5 - Wild Boar Ragu - The noodles used tasted very fresh and homemade. Velvet-y and slides off the tongue and grabs all the sauce easily. The price was way higher than the rest, but flavor was more flat than expected. Very little game flavor from the wild boar which is a huge plus. For the price there are better flavors on the menu. 3.5/5 - Classic Bolognese - Despite the same plus from the pasta noodles, the sauce was another letdown. Very watery for a bolognese. Usually its thick meat sauce where the pasta can pick up the sauce with ease. However this one was very watery jsut slides off the pasta made it hard to eat it all without a spoon or something under neath to catch the sauce. Flavor was okay tasted meaty tomato sauce. The fresh, light grated cheese to put on top of the pizza was surprisingly the stand out. No more dried parmesan for me in the future. Packed every night, so make sure to make reservation if possible.

This place is legit! I have grabbed a few pies from here and they're always delicious. For sure one…read moreof the best pizzas in the valley. Check them out for sure.

Really good pizza! I haven't had the best luck with pizza in smaller towns to be honest, hence my…read moresurprise and delight in finding Don Giacobbe pizza on a recent trip to Whitefish. I ordered the Under Boss together with a cheesy bread and both items were comparable, if not better than some of the pizza I've had in much larger cities. Highly recommended!

This place is epic! Everything from the food to the service, ambiance, wine and beer list is all…read morefantastic! Hands down the best Italian Food in the entire state. You'll be treated like a valued guest here and you can't go wrong with any menu item. Everything is scratch made from family recipes and is just delicious. Even the bread is made in house. So is the pizza dough, sauces, etc. The food is always super fresh. Everything always comes out hot (or cold, the salads are very cold and incredibly crisp and fresh). This is a must try if you are visiting. Excellent for locals too, as the price is right. You get a great value for youe money here. Large portions, great service and wonderful food. You can't go wrong.

We went on a Saturday night on the early side. The restaurant was not busy yet and we were quickly…read moreseated by the host. He immediately brought us water and menus. Unfortunately the waiter took quite awhile to return with bread and oil and vinegar. We let him know our drink orders and he rushed quickly off to get them but due to the wait he should have asked for our dinner orders at the same time. Again it took longer than expected for him to return but he eventually did and took our orders. The bread basket was empty by this time but he didn't ask if we wanted more. (Ironic for a place called sauce and bread) That said, our entrees arrived quite fast and tasted great. We had spaghetti pomodoro, lasagna and a Dante's inferno with sausage. Overall my recommendation is to go here for the food more than the service. If they were to hire an additional waiter / waitress that would be fantastic. They appeared to have more buss-folks than they need if they needed to make a trade-off.

Whether staying Kalispell for a night, waiting for your plane departure... Or even a local.. great…read morehole in the wall. Wide selection of local brews on tap for a non tourist price. My husband loved the Octoberfest, so stuck with that. I started With a local cider from Big Mountain Ciderworks is called Snow Devil.(Bright and tasty) Then I tried the Scotch ale from Mountain Man Jeremiah johnson brewing company.. My fave of all the brews. Then on to the Tamarack Amber. It was all right. A little bit stronger than other ambers. Then went for the the Bias Brewery Kolsch. Fresh and crisp and tasted like a light ale. Bartender was jovial and attentive. We sat at the bar since we had time to kill and we're mostly planning on finishing off some beers before having to head to the airport. Clearly a place loved by the locals. And they have a drive of pizza pickup window. Pizza was great if you like thin crust pizza.

We were told Moose's was a dive. But it's a dive worth visiting, both for its unassuming low-brow…read moreatmosphere and it's fantastic pizza. I don't know if the ingredients are exactly gourmet, but the crust is thin and crispy, and that's something that so many woodfire places still haven't figured out how to do. I was only visiting the area and I only went to Moose's once, but I sure wish I could bring it home. Plus--peanuts and a saw-dust floor. So it's a little dark. Who needs to see their food? You know where your mouth is.

Dinner at the Merc *…read moreThe food is exceptional, not simply for the Flathead Valley but for Montana. I suspect we'll upgrade that sentiment to "the Pacific Northwest" before too long. * The space itself is a perfect blend of old logging town saloon and upscale Montana bistro. You'd never find this place in Whitefish, let alone Big Sky. * The people, the ambiance, the service--together they'd make even a subpar menu forgivable. Instead it's an impeccable menu. The overall experience would make dining at the Merc totally worthwhile even if the food was just fine. Newsflash: there's nothing "just fine" about it. From eye level on down there's not a drop of pretense in the joint, above which you have the charm of Tiffany lamps and a gilded tin ceiling. Beyond those, the true opulence is on your plate. That's not to suggest that this restaurant isn't as blue collar as they come, the food just tastes better. Plenty of its brethren to the north serve fine food, but most are rather stuffy, or else their food struggles to live up to their aesthetic. At the Merc, your meal somehow outshines the space, the wine offerings are almost absurd--incredible quality and quite eclectic. The sommelier is a gem, a fixture in the Flathead for some time now and perhaps the savviest buyer in the state. Shyamali tells stories about a vintage or vineyard that withstand a retelling--even weeks later to people not drinking the wine. As the menu takes more and more risks, the dishes get perceptibly tighter. The imperfections are acceptable (the Wedge should be better for how incredible the Caesar is... Solution? Order the Caesar) The folks who tend bar can make you anything you like, but the smart money is on drinking what they like to make. Wait staff is best in the Valley (might not be close). Somehow, when you put it altogether, you get a restaurant that blows away the summer tourist crowd with elevated fare without ever alienating the lifer locals who call the Merc home. Threading that needle anywhere is an incredible feat in itself, let alone in the Flathead. Comparing Mercantile to restaurants in the Flathead Valley is a bit of a fool's errand. Only a few places within 100 miles can even claim a spot on northwest Montana's upper echelon, though most reading this may join me in hoping that changes soon. There are excellent chefs in Northwest Montana, but perhaps none with the resume of the minds behind the Mercantile. Mercantile is the kind of restaurant that makes me wonder why I ever go anywhere else... the problem is I get that feeling when I'm dining at the Merc, AND when I'm dining anywhere else. Disclaimer: I don't post reviews to yelp--like, at all--and I'm just a regular dude who doesn't know a lot about this stuff. My expertise is nil, but my experience spans all the way from the humblest street food, food trucks, roulottes, and tamale carts, to dining at 3-Michelin star restaurants. If there's a grain of salt to take with this review, it's simply that I've eaten there more than once. If popping into the mercantile (and its sister bar KM next door)) is a mark against this opinion (for some it is) then I get it. But that doesn't make me wrong.

A bit expensive, but well worth it. The filet mignon that I have was super tender, my wife had…read moresalmon which she said was also very good. Service was excellent. This is a top-notch steakhouse. If I lived here, I would be back.

Amazing food and drinks, great service, best part of the night was the guitar and drummer duo!read more

A phenomenal meal that surprised me in all the best ways. It's definitely an upscale place, so wear…read moresomething nicer. My favorite dish was the brussel sprouts- I don't think I've had better! Sausage platter was also delicious. You can't really go wrong!