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Good Food and Great Entertainment! Dinner and Pig Races in Bearcreek

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Good Food and Great Entertainement! Dinner and Pig Races in Bearcreek

This is a post that I have been meaning to write for the past 2 months.  Let's say that the Localism challenge was a good excuse to finally write it.

Bearcreek Saloon

In the little town of Bearcreek, Montana, population 99 people, just 7 miles East of Red Lodge on highway 308, there is a great restaurant/bar/casino where the locals and tourists like to hang out and watch pig races.  Yes, I did say pig races!  When was the last time you have been to the pig races?  If you have never been to a pig race, you got to go to the Bearcreek Saloon and Steakhouse on Thursday, Friday, Saturday or Sunday to enjoy this great entertainment and while you are there you can bet on a pig.  Half the proceeds for each race go to the winner and the other half goes to charity (towards the scholarship for one or two lucky recipients). 

I have the pleasure to take friends and family who came to visit me in Red Lodge to the pig races and every single one of them loved the pig races.  The motto of the BearCreek Saloon is "Where Pigs Really Do Fly".

The restaurant is know for it's prime rib. If you are looking to eat and want to try something different, let me suggest the Buffalo Rib Eye.  You can check their menu by clicking the following link: http://www.redlodge.com/bearcreek/BearCreek_Menu.pdf

If you are not hungry, you can go relax and have a drink at their bar or take your drink with you outside on their large balcony to watch the pig races.  Everyone needs to experience the pig races at least once! 

The following is some of the photos I took of the pig races.

Bearcreek Saloon - Pig Races

Bearcreek Saloon - Pig Races

Bearcreek Saloon - Pig Races

For more info, including the history of the Bearcreek Saloon, please visit their website at: http://www.redlodge.com/bearcreek/

Bear Creek Saloon and Steakhouse

108 E Main St · Bearcreek

(406) 446-3481

 

Gerry Khatchikian, ASA, TRC (4 languages spoken: English, French, Spanish, Armenian)
Realtor Associate

ASA: Associate of the Society of Actuaries    TRC: Transnational Referral Certification

Gerry_Khatchikian@yahoo.com

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Thom Abbott
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I'm liking the looks of the guy in the back in Pics 2 and 3.....I'm not sure if it's cuz he's cutier than the others, or if it's just that he's in last place in two pictures and I'm feeling sorry for him!

Pig races in Montana....and you WONDER why I moved to the Big City! Hmmmmm....

Aug 08, 2009 01:58 PM
FN LN
Toronto, ON

Hi Gerry - I've never been to pig races nor heard of them until now.  You keep coming up with new experiences that us city folks need to try.  Had you heard of pig races before moving to MT?

Aug 08, 2009 03:39 PM
Gerry Khatchikian
Red Lodge, MT
ASA, TRC, SFR

Thom,

It's funny that you brought this up.  Pics 2 and 3 were taken before the race as the pigs were just walking up and down in the outer circle until they put them at the starting gate.  You don't have to feel sorry for pig #4.  He was saving his energy for the race.  If you check out the first pic of the pig races you would see that his strategy worked as he got to a great start from the starting gate and was leading by a whole pig body length at the first turn.  Since I was there, I can tell you that he actually won that race.  You got to admit that not only he looked cute but he was the most clever of the bunch and the fastest runner!

Aug 09, 2009 04:40 AM
Gerry Khatchikian
Red Lodge, MT
ASA, TRC, SFR

Marc,

There is sure lots more to do and see in Montana that people can imagine.  You bet that all city folks need to experience the pig races at least once and I make sure that I include this in the program for my visitors.  I had not heard of the pig races before living in Montana.   I am glad that you now know they do exist.  :)

Aug 09, 2009 04:44 AM
Lynda Hester
Prudential Georgia Realty - Rabun County, Ga. - Clayton, GA

Gerry, Not sure how I missed this picture before, but it is precious!  We have pig races here in the mountains of Northeast Georgia, too!  We even have a pig swimming and diving contest.  It is amazing what those critters will do for a piece of an Oreo cookie!

Watch for the list I promised you.  I got a bit side tracked, but plan to put it up in the next few days.

Lynda

 

Aug 22, 2009 05:49 AM
Patricia Feager, MBA, CRS, GRI,MRP
DFW FINE PROPERTIES - Flower Mound, TX
Selling Homes Changing Lives

What a wild story! I'm glad I'm reading your BLOG. It's so entertaining, educational, beautiful, informative, and funny as heck!

In my neighboring community in the city called Lewisville there's a bar/restaurant with a sign out front with a pig with wings and the restaurant is called, "The Flying Pigs!" Parked out front of the restaurant are all the hogs and the bikers are inside drinking their beer and whiskey. 

I like your pigs! That's so funny that they have little jackets with their names on it, i.e., Chico! What a town! What good clean (ha-ha) fun!

Oct 27, 2010 03:41 PM
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