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Snake Pit Bar and Grill, Featured in Dante's Peak 

 

Snake PitTucked into the small town of Kingston, Idaho, is a restaurant with its own claim to fame. The name itself calls you to try it.  The Snake Pit. It specializes in Buffalo Burgers, a great salad bar, and the best Huckleberry Ice Cream you’ll ever have. To top it off, this little western themed restaurant had a pretty important role in a thrilling disaster movie that won itself quite a few awards.

  

The Snake Pit has many characteristics—posters, pictures, and stuffed wildlife that provides many photographic opportunities. Or, settle in for a game of pool. Plug a few coins into the arcade games that sit invitingly in the back corner of the restaurant. But what draws some of the most attention is the bar.

 

 

 

Bar Counter, Snake PitThis counter, with just a couple of stools, and a variety of drinks to choose from, is in the same exact place that it was over one hundred years ago when the restaurant was first built in the late 1800’s. Not to mention the fact that this is the same barat which Pierce Brosnan sat and filmed a couple of scenes for the adventure movie Dante’s Peak. Yeah, Pierce Brosnan, one of the best Bond characters in the book. Pretty cool, right?

 

This restaurant offers a wide variety of burgers, seasoned and grilled to perfection with BBQ sauce on the side? Buffalo chips, and the salad bar, with so many choices, you can’t lose. If the Huckleberry ice cream the waitress brings out to you at the end of your meal—complementary—isn’t enough, then you’ll definitely be satisfied with the range of delicacies that can be offered to you.

 

It’s a snug little restaurant that serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner. It was a railroad layover, a mining town bar, a betrothal, and a hotel at some points in its history. It changed owner’s hands in the mid 1940’s, and a couple times after that. Not the restaurant’s fault, of course. The food is fantastic anyway.

 

Now, what’s the final conclusion? If you’re still undecided, let’s see if some stats will help you along. 

 

Location: Easy to reach, right off the interstate 

Food: Good quality, great taste 

Atmosphere: Exciting, and rustic  

Cleanliness: Clean tables, clean utensils 

Staff: Friendly, and helpful 

Final Rating: 9/10 *’s 

 

Want a 10/10 rating? Add another scoop of that Huckleberry Ice Cream, please. Keep up the great work, Snake Pit.I’ll be going back.