ʻO kekahi o nā mea i hoʻohaʻahaʻa ʻia o ka mokuʻāina ʻo Montana he ʻano meaʻai. ʻOiai ʻaʻole ia he mea nui i ka noʻonoʻo i ka wā e hoʻolālā ai i kahi hoʻomaha kauwela, ʻo nā koho meaʻai a inu ʻo Montana he ikaika, hoʻoheheʻe ʻia a maopopo e hoʻokō i kēlā me kēia huakaʻi. Eia kekahi, me ka ʻoihana mahiʻai waiwai o ka mokuʻāina, nui nā ala e ʻono ai i nā ʻono o Montana—e like me ka huckleberries, Flathead cherries a me ka bison—ma ke ʻano o nā huahana ulu kūloko a me nā kīʻaha i hana ʻia e Montana, nā mea ʻono a me nā mea inu.
Aia kekahi mau wahi wela o ka meaʻai i loaʻa ma Montana, me nā heleuma me Billings, Bozeman, Missoula a me Whitefish.
ʻO ke kūlanakauhale nui loa o Montana, ʻo Billings kahi ʻano meaʻai a me nā mea inu, me nā hale ʻaina e hōʻike ana i kekahi o nā mea maikaʻi loa i ka ʻai ʻana, mai nā steakhouse a i ka iʻa a me nā meaʻai a me nā ʻuhane. ʻO ia ka home o ka mokuʻāina i alakaʻi ponoʻī iā ia iho, hiki ke hele wāwae. ʻO ke ala he 1.5 mile ka lōʻihi ma ke kaona ʻo Billings a loaʻa i ʻeono hale kūʻai, ʻelua distilleries a me kahi hale cider.
He nani a maʻalahi hoʻi 2.5-hola kaʻa mai Billings, ʻo Bozeman kahi kūlanakauhale komohana komohana i lilo i wahi no nā hana waho e like me ka lawaiʻa, ka ski, ka paikika mauna a me ka holo wāwae a puni nā pae mauna ʻeono e hoʻopuni ana i ke kūlanakauhale. Ma hope o kahi lā o ka mākaʻikaʻi ʻana, e ʻimi i kekahi o nā wahi kūʻokoʻa o Bozeman. ʻO Downtown Bozeman a me ka Cannery District nā wahi maikaʻi e ʻike ai i nā ʻono o kēia kihi o Montana. ʻO nā mea punahele kūloko ʻo Montana Ale Works, Dave's Sushi, Open Range, Feed Café a me nā mea hou aku.
Noho ʻo Missoula ma ka hui ʻana o nā awāwa ʻelima, ʻo Missoula ka lua o ke kūlanakauhale nui loa ma Montana, a ʻo kona kūlanakauhale kaulana kekahi o nā wahi ʻai maikaʻi loa ma ka mokuʻāina. Mai nā hale kūʻai a me nā hale hoʻoheheʻe, a i nā hale ʻaina i hoʻolalelale i nā meaʻai ʻo Montana-centric, ʻike ʻia ka poʻe huakaʻi e ʻike i nā meaʻai a me nā meaʻai i loko o ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Garden. ʻO ka hale kūʻai hau kalima kaulana loa o ka mokuʻāina—Big Dipper—ua hoʻomaka ʻia ma Missoula a he wahi punahele i ke kauwela. Inā makemake ʻoe e hoʻāʻo i ka pia i hana ʻia ma ka ʻāina, e noʻonoʻo e hele i kahi mākaʻikaʻi alakaʻi o nā hale kūʻai o ke kūlanakauhale me River City Brews Rafting Tours a i ʻole kahi huakaʻi hele wāwae me Thirst Gear.
ʻO kahi mākaʻikaʻi nani ma ka ʻākau o Missoula, a he 30 mau minuke ma ke komohana o Glacier National Park, ʻo ia ke kaiāulu mauna o Whitefish. ʻOiai ʻo ka home ma kahi o 7,500 poʻe kamaʻāina, ʻo kahi ʻaina ʻaina o Whitefish kahi āu e manaʻo ai e loaʻa ma ke kūlanakauhale ʻoi aku ka nui. Ma kēia kūlanakauhale mauna, kālele ka poʻe kuke i ka ʻimi ʻana i nā meaʻai hou a me ka ʻāina no ka hana ʻana i nā makana papa inoa ʻokoʻa. Ke hele ʻoe i Whitefish, e ʻike ʻoe i kahi ʻano o nā koho hale ʻaina like ʻole-me nā meaʻai hoʻoulu ʻia Hema, ʻItalia, sushi a me nā steak—a me nā hale ʻai, nā hale ʻaina a me nā hale ʻai.
Akā e ʻoluʻolu, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka ʻono kūloko a me nā mea ʻai meaʻai o Montana ma mua o kēia mau kikowaena kūlanakauhale. ʻO nā mea punahele a me nā mea nani o ke kūlanakauhale liʻiliʻi, ʻo ia ka pizza ma Moose's Saloon ma Kalispell, nā ʻāpana puaʻa puaʻa ma Pork Chop John's ma Butte, nā hamburgers ma Parker's Restaurant ma Drummond, Serrano's ma East Glacier Park a me ka Jersey Lilly ma Ingomar, a me nā ʻano mea like ʻole. nā hale ʻaina kupaianaha ma Big Sky.
Ke hele nei ʻoe ma ka mokuʻāina, e makaʻala ʻoe i kou mau maka no nā alahele like ʻole e alakaʻi iā ʻoe i nā wahi ʻoi aku ka waha a me ka make wai.
E ʻimi i ka wai inu kūloko ma ka ʻimi ʻana i nā wahi kū e kūkulu ai i ke alahele ʻo Montana Brewers. ʻO ka manawa kūpono, ma kāu huakaʻi e ʻike ai ʻoe i nā māla bale kahi i hoʻokumu ʻia ai nā kīʻaha Montana he nui ma mua o ka hoʻololi ʻana iā lākou i pia i hana ʻia ʻo Montana.
E ho'āʻo i nā mea ʻono ma ke alanui Pie o Central Montana. Ke nānā nei kēia ala ākea i nā mea āpau i ka wā e hele ana ma 19 mau wahi drool-kūpono i nā kaiāulu 15, me nā kūlanakauhale a me nā kūlanakauhale he nui e makaʻala ma ke ala.
