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Bullwinkle's Saloon and Eatery
19 Madison Avenue
West Yellowstone, Montana
1/2 block from Yellowstone National Park
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The couple moved to West Yellowstone from historic Virginia City,
Montana, where they established and operated the “VIRGINIA CITY CAFE”,
which was linked to the Pioneer Bar. The Pioneer Bar was run by
Dennis’ brother Neal, from Billings, Montana. Although Dennis is an
electrician by trade, he has been in the restaurant operation business
ever since his brother Miles hoodwinked him to “Helping Out”. It
seems that Miles decided, one day, to open a second restaurant and have
his wife run it. Well, in the best tradition of Western Hospitality, the
restaurant grew rapidly and Dennis was thrown into one of them to take
up the slack. The restaurant is a well loved establishment named the
“BAR ‘N’ ANNEX”, in the Kettle Moraine area of Wisconsin.
It was in Wisconsin that Jackie and Dennis met each
other. Jackie’s grandmother had a restaurant and bar between Green Bay
and Milwaukee. It was named “TESKER’S” and drew loyal patrons
from not only those two towns but from Chicago and the ‘North Shore’ as
well. From her grandmother Jackie learned the lessons of successful
management and patron satisfaction. Taking grandma’s lessons with her to
Port Washington, Wisconsin, Jackie operated the “Golden Goose”
cocktail lounge on Lake Michigan for 6 years. It appears that grandma’s
hospitality lessons were well learned for there is now a national
following of satisfied customers that seek out the LaFever brand of
hospitality wherever it may be. It should also be apparent why there are
so many bits of Green Bay Packer memorabilia in the little mountain
village of West Yellowstone, Montana.
Jackie & Dennis LaFever
Jackie and Dennis LaFever opened BULLWINKLE’S February 26,
1996. They moved their operation from the Executive Inn Dinning Room
& Lounge where they operated an elegant and very popular restaurant
and lounge that had, in a brief 4 years, become famous for an innovative
kitchen, attentive service, and a congenial atmosphere.
A BRIEF WORD ABOUT OUR
NAME
One year during his frequent unsuccessful moose hunting near
‘Hungry Hollow’, in the famous “ALDER GULCH” (that’s where all the gold
is), right by Virginia City; Dennis (much to his amazement and the
absolute disbelief of everyone in town), bagged a trophy moose. His joy
was overwhelming and he came to refer to the moose as ‘Bullwinkle’.
Jackie and Dennis decided to immortalize the moose and Dennis’
astounding good luck by naming a restaurant in honor of this fine
Montana specimen.
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