Called one of the best museum restaurants in America by Travel + Leisure, Café NOMA serves food that emulates the famous city it’s situated in. Chef Chris Montero leads the way with dishes like salads, flatbreads, and bowls that shout out the flavors of New Orleans.

The cafe doubles as a gallery space, with diners enjoying a spectacle of colorful and unique bowls and plates from the museum’s collection. The location, also adds to the specialness of the place, opening onto the courtyard and the arts center, making it perfect for parties or meetings.

The Kimbell Cafe is situated in the Kahn building at the Kimbell Art Museum and is a part of Louis Kahn’s original museum design. Chef Peter Kreidler crafts a menu featuring rotating soups, sandwiches, and quiches for visitors to savor.

From Tuesdays to Sundays, the afternoon hosts a charming tea service. You can take your pick from a variety of aromatic loose-leaf teas and indulge in an assortment of sweet and savory treats such as scones, finger sandwiches, cookies, and muffins, served alongside house-made jams and salted butter. Friday evenings are a treat with happy hours complemented by live music from the Allegro Guitar Society, creating the perfect backdrop for a relaxing time.

Last but not least is Danny Meyer’s first museum restaurant, The Modern, which has been enriching the dining experience of museum-goers since 2005. Honored with two Michelin stars, three stars from The New York Times, and four James Beard Awards, The Modern is a true culinary gem.

Led by Chef Thomas Allen, the restaurant offers a contemporary American dining experience in the form of a four-course, pre-fixed meal. Apart from the high-end restaurant setting, the place also boasts an exceptional drink room as well as a kitchen table setting for guests to see the magic unfold in front of their eyes.

In the past decade, Montana has become a food city. This is in part thanks to its abundance of fresh produce, but also thanks to the state’s support for local farms and restaurants. If you’re holidaying or simply curious about what Montana food really tastes like, here are some great places where you can experience Montana as a food city.

The Delicious Montana State

If you’re an adventurous foodie, one of the most incredible food cities is hiding in the rural West. It’s a place where you can enjoy farm-to-table dinners with local artisanal goods, walk through pig barns for carefree celebrations, gather in artisan bakeries for sweet treats at night, and take carriage rides out West to taste award-winning beverages. If you thought restaurant kitchens were places where food happens, think again.

Meatballs

You can find the ideal, luscious meatballs here, a staple of any Italian-American eatery, made with Montana-raised cattle and pig and drenched in homemade crimson sauce and salty pecorino. At the same time. It also includes seasonal produce and herbs, local lamb, farro, barley, and lentils, which go with cornmeal-crusted lake fish in anise-kissed cioppino broth. While you are in here, you have to try out their pasta and Manicotti which are hand-rolled ricotta and caramelized onion dumplings that are then drenched in an oxtail broth that also contains mushrooms, spinach, and small pieces of shredded oxtail.