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Brothers at the Bear Paw

sam — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 20:00:00 +0000

There are three brothers in my family. Two of which celebrate birthdays in June and one in August. This year we planned a brothers only trip Southern Utah. The original inspiration was to make a run to the only In-N-Out Burger in Utah down near St. George in Washington, UT. Since the original purpose of the trip centered around food, it’s only fitting that the some of the highlights were, of course, the food.

It ended up being a one day trip. Drive down, sleep overnight, drive home. With lots of stops along the way both going down and coming home. For the one and only breakfast, the youngest brother had been raving for months about the Bear Paw Cafe in downtown St. George. And it was good. Everything you could hope in a breakfast place and which you can’t find anything like, unfortunately, where I live in Provo.

I was torn, as I often am, between something sweet along the lines of pancakes, waffles, sweet rolls, etc, and something not so sweet, like eggs benedict or an omelette. This time I went down the sweet hole and ordered their cinnamon apple stuffed french toast. It turned out to be a good choice. Cinnamon-y, apple-y, sugar-y apples sandwiched between a couple pieces of bread and then french toasted. The other brothers licked off their plates and downed their hot cocoas in an admirable fashion. It’s good that we got there a bit early in the morning. We still needed plenty of time for breakfast to digest before we headed to In-N-Out for lunch.

Running Bear Pancake House in West Yellowstone, MT

sam — Mon, 19 Jun 2006 22:44:57 +0000

One of my favorite things about traveling is the food. A family motto and alternate name for this blog would be A Restaurant Runs Through It. Wherever we go and whatever we do, food is an important part of the experience. On our most recent trip to Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks and Jackson, WY we spent our first night in West Yellowstone, MT.

The motel we stayed in offered a complimentary continental breakfast with the room. After one nights sleep there and one look at the free breakfast we will not return to either (the motel or the breakfast). Fortunately I had been doing some research on places to eat and stay in West Yellowstone and come across a recommendation for The Running Bear Pancake House from someone who had been there.

It was worth the three blocks we walked to get there. It was very clean, the staff were exceedingly helpful and friendly and the food was excellent. It was unique or one-of-a-kind, just good. They have pancakes and eggs and all the usual breakfast things you’d expect in a diner. Unfortunately we didn’t get a chance to try any of their baked goods like sweet rolls and pies. But after this experience we will definitely go back again. A good breakfast will almost always make up for a mediocre motel room and it gave us great start to our day in Yellowstone.

The Running Bear Pancake House
Corner of Madison & Hayden
P.O. Box 465
West Yellowstone, MT 59758
(406) 646-7703

Open from 7 am to 2 pm 7 Days/week