Bistro
My Adopted French Family
Ten years ago I found myself in Nice. I flew in with a great friend, Matt Courtney (now the assistant wine maker at Marcassin Vineyards) to try to understand the wine regions of France. I seem to find myself in Europe whenever I have big questions or concepts that I am trying to figure out. [...]
The Manhattan
A classic cocktail by any definition with enough variations and themes to be one of the progenetors of all cocktails and martinis. Various sources list the beginnings of the Manhattan in the late 1860′s as a drink made with Rye whiskey, Italian vermouth and bitters. This combination has seemed to have stuck through the last [...]
Reservations
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Limoncello
I just finished making up another batch of Limoncello. It has taken a few tries before I got it right. If you would like to make some at home, follow along with my method. I start by zesting 10 lemons for every liter of vodka. Use decent vodka, something triple distilled, but you don’t have [...]
Free Range Beef, Yellowstone Grassfed Beef
I had the great opportunity to visit the TT Ranch operation this past week to see what they do to produce all of our local free range beef. Zachary Jones is the ranch manager for TT beef, a family operation for generations. When he took over the family cattle operation he began to implement a [...]
New House Infused Liquors
We now have more new house infused liquors. In addition to our already famous Pineapple and Jalepeno Tequila, Mint Rum and Infused Raspberry Vodka, I have created a few new infused vodkas. We now offer strawberry infused vodka, blueberry infused vodka and ginger infused vodka. I have also brought back the popular cucumber infused gin [...]
Sneak Peek
Here are some shots from our latest project. We were very excited to find this classic painted brick advertising underneath the plaster walls. This is an ad for Levi’s overalls. Stay tuned! We’ll keep you posted on our progress.
The Bistro Bar: Wine
The Bistro bar is not only known for their classic house cocktails, but for their carefully crafted wine list, too. With an eclectic variety of house pours and a hand-picked book of wines-by-the-bottle, the Bistro wine list has something for everyone. Nathaniel Browning, the beverage director, says he tries a lot of wines. He tries to pick [...]
The Bistro Bar: Cocktails
Nathaniel Browning, the beverage director at the Second Street Bistro, makes a mean cocktail. In fact, it’s not unusual for a regular to ask who is behind the bar before they order their favorite cocktail. If you spend some time in the bar area during a busy Power Hour, you’ll see him mixing up pineapple-jalapeno [...]
Producer Spotlight: Montana Lamb
This week we want to continue with a spotlight on our producers, highlighting our resource for lamb. When we first put together our menu, we featured an entree-sized Lamb Greek salad. We marinated lamb in Moroccan spices and grilled it on a skewer, then served it over a Greek salad tossed with homemade dressing, bell peppers, [...]
123 North 2nd Street
Livingston, MT 59047
Mailing Address:
PO Box 1493
Livingston, MT 59047