If you didn't know about the Bunker Hill Cafe in advance, the building might chase you away. This little steak house is a real gem. One of only a handful of businesses in the tiny community of Bunker Hill, the current restaurant opened in 1974. The Bunker Hill Cafe is located in a 1917 limestone building that was originally a drugstore and soda fountain. Over the years, the building changed from a drugstore to a cafe to a pool hall to the present restaurant. Bunker Hill Cafe is open only Wednesday - Saturday evenings from 5 PM - 10 PM. If there are no customers, the restaurant closes early, so be sure to make a reservation on both busy and slow nights. There are only about 10 tables, and two glass fronted wood stoves. The room is decorated with hunting scenes and stuffed game. The rest rooms are at the top of a long narrow staircase. On each of my visits to the BUnker Hill Cafe, I have noticed groups getting ready to leave, fighting over their leftover bread. A plastic bag for the bread comes with the check. The Cafe bakes two types of honey bread daily. It is also available by the loaf to go. Only two cuts of beef are available, filet Mignon and sirloin, though those cuts are available in a variety of sizes. Buffalo is also on the menu, and when available, elk, which comes from a herd near Scott City. The pork loin is good. The elk ribeye is exquisite! Since the meats can be ordered in any of a wide variety of serving sizes, you may want to try smaller cuts of a couple of meats. Everything I have had at the Bunker Hill Cafe has been good, including the large variety of side dishes and their interesting salad. The salad is served on a chilled dish and includes lettuce, locally grown (very good) tomato, carrot, broccoli, radish, and cucumber, with a selection of dressings on the side. Warning to those with peanut allergies: all the cooking is done with peanut oil.
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