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Best of Big Sky 2014
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9 years agoon
Compiled by Explore Big Staff
The people have spoken! Voter participation in the fourth annual Best of Big Sky survey increased by 120 percent over last year as locals and visitors logged onto explorebigsky.com or filled out paper ballots to vote for their favorite businesses, people and events of 2014.
This year, winning businesses were awarded the framed wall certificates we’ve given in the past, in addition to a $500 Outlaw Partners marketing credit. Thank you to everyone who voted this year and congratulations to all the winners!
Best Pizza: Big Sky
Ousel & Spur Pizza Co.
With hand-tossed crust, homemade sauces, and locally sourced ingredients, Ousel and Spur Pizza Co. in Big Sky Town Center takes Best Pizza in Big Sky. Try their new “Winter Pie,” a satiating combination of olive oil, shredded mozzarella, chevre, shaved brussels sprouts, pork belly, and apple thyme mostarda. Extra perks to the pie include a full selection of Italian wines, live music Friday nights, and the Bambino menu for kids. ouselandspurpizza.com, (406) 995-7175
2nd place: Blue Moon Bakery
3rd place: Milkie’s Pizza & Pub
Best Pizza: Bozeman
Cosmic Pizza
Ken Berger, pictured here, opened Bozeman’s Cosmic Pizza in 2002 at 1912 West Main Street. With free delivery, pizza by the slice, and 55 different toppings, readers declared Cosmic as Bozeman’s Best Pizza.
Cosmic also offers six different sauces, nine cheeses and three crusts to choose from, so its “customers have an out of this world experience,” according to Cosmic’s website, every time they time they order a pie.
cosmicpizza.net, (406) 582-9292
2nd place: Blackbird Kitchen
3rd place: Tarantino’s Pizzeria
Best Business: Big Sky
Gallatin Alpine Sports
Winning Best Outdoor Retailer and Best Business of 2014, Gallatin Alpine Sports is feeling the love. In business since 1995, this year marks the shop’s 20th anniversary. The store offers exceptional goods, but also top-notch service. Its passion for the outdoors is portrayed to customers by all staff.
“We brought on a ton of new staff [this year] and everyone is really pumped on being here,” said store manager Matt Jennings. “I think that enthusiasm carries over to our customers.”
As a resort community built around skiing and outdoor recreation, it’s fitting that the locals’ favorite business is an outdoors shop. Jennings said that owner Tom Owens couldn’t be happier or more proud having the distinction as Big Sky’s Best Outdoor Retailer and Best Business. “It’s really what we aim for…it portrays our vision,” Jennings said.
gallatinalpinesports.com, (406) 995-2313
2nd place: Lone Peak Cinema
3rd place: Grizzly Outfitters
Best Business: Bozeman
Town and Country Foods
Town & Country Foods has been a staple in southwest Montana since Andrew Perlinski opened his first store in 1966 in Livingston. He opened a Bozeman location a year later, and then replaced the first two stores with the Town & Country on Bozeman’s North 19th Avenue in 1970. “T&C” opened its second Bozeman location on South 11th Avenue in 2010.
Our readers recognized Town & Country as Best Business in Bozeman for its friendly staff, affordable prices and mountain of cardboard boxes available to lug your groceries home.
tncfoods.com
2nd place: Community Food Co-op
3rd place: Costco Wholesale
Megan Paulson is the Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer of Outlaw Partners.
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My Barking Dog is a nightmare comedy
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My Barking Dog is a nightmare comedy that tells the story of Toby and Melinda, two lonely people whose lives are forever changed the night they encounter a starving coyote at their apartment building. Over time they grow to expect him, leaving ritual offerings to entice the coyote every night. Toby and Melinda forge a connection over this visitor and share curiosity and concern about his presence in the city. The coyote expands their world–until, one night, their world is shattered. Their lives are pushed suddenly into uncharted territory, sending them on a surreal odyssey that changes their city–and the world–forever.
Directed by LX Miller. Starring Max Schneider and Denise Hergett
Verge Theater is continuing their mission to provide accessible theater to our community. Tickets for My Barking Dog are Pay What You Wish with a suggested price of $35. Audience members are offered the opportunity to select the price point that is comfortable for them when purchasing tickets.
My Barking Dog runs March 15-17, 22-24, 28-30
Performances on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays begin at 7:00 p.m., with Sunday matinees offered at 3:00 p.m.
Suitable for ages 16 . No animals are harmed in the staging of this production.
Tickets are available online at www.vergetheater.com
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Area parents are encouraged to bring their young children to Symphony Storytime with a Bassoon which will be presented at the Bozeman Public Library’s Community Room during
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Area parents are encouraged to bring their young children to Symphony Storytime with a Bassoon which will be presented at the Bozeman Public Library’s Community Room during their regular Toddler and Preschool Storytime on Wednesday, March 20, at 10:15 a.m. The free program, presented by the Bozeman Symphony is especially for children ages 3 to 5. Children will be able to listen to Montana Shakespeare in the Parks actor Emma Rather, who will be joined by Bozeman Symphony Bassoonist Sam Macken. The goal of the program is to encourage a love of music, literacy, and discovery. Additional programs are scheduled at the Library on April 10 and June 12. For more information, visit www.bozemansymphony.org or call 406-585-9774.
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(Wednesday) 10:15 am - 10:45 am
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Bozeman Public Library
626 E. Main St, Bozeman, MT