HELENA, MONTANA

Rooted in Montana.
Crafted with Intention.

A restaurant built to celebrate Montana’s farms,
ranches, grains, waters, and wild places.

Golden roasted turkey garnished with oranges and rosemary

Thanksgiving, taken care of.

Take it home Wednesday, November 25. Pick up your Thanksgiving dinner from 10 AM to 2 PM. Order by November 20.

Dine with us Thursday, November 26. Join us at BENNY’S for Thanksgiving dinner at 2 or 5 PM.

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The Table

A journey through seasons

Our kitchen is shaped by the seasons and follows what the land provides. Simple dishes, handled with care.
We cook from what is present. Preserve what is not.
Fire and time define the rest.

Dinner

Friday & Saturday · 5:30–9:00 PM

Seasonal Montana cooking on Friday and Saturday evenings.

Crafted

Friday & Saturday only · 5:30 PM and 7:30 PM

Six courses at the Chef’s Table, prepared and presented by Chef Pan and the culinary team.

High Divide Brunch

Sunday · 11:30 AM–3:30 PM

Where Montana meets the Alpine table.

Sunday Grazings

Sunday · 5:00–8:00 PM

Small plates, wine, and a slower close to the week.

Prep Hour

Friday only · 4:00–5:30 PM

Come in early and eat from what’s ready. Small plates change with the day’s work in the kitchen.

Prime Rib Monday

Monday · 5:00–8:00 PM

A generous start to the week, with prime rib and seasonal accompaniments.

The Larder

A Monthly Exploration Of Montana’s Landscape

A monthly five-course tasting menu that begins with a Montana place, season, or ingredient. Each dinner brings the work of the people who grow, raise, forage, and make our food to the table.

01. The Land

Every series begins with a place, season, ingredient, or landscape that helps define Montana and the abundance it provides.

02. The People

Farmers, ranchers, foragers, millers, makers, and guests come together to share the knowledge, work, and traditions that shape each story.

03. The Experience

Through a five-course journey, those places, people, and stories are brought to the table as a tribute to Montana’s landscape and the individuals who help shape it.

The Gatherings

Moments Built Around Food, Place, And People

Producer dinners, seasonal celebrations, and private gatherings bring people together at BENNY’S. Each menu takes shape with our kitchen and follows what’s in season.

01. Community

Open tables, seasonal celebrations, and events designed to bring Helena together.

02. Occasions

Wine dinners, featured guests, seasonal celebrations, and one-time experiences shaped by the moment and the people around it.

03. Private

Private dinners for up to 20 guests in the Larder Room, or up to 60 in the Hearth and the Gathering Room. Each menu is planned with our kitchen, shaped by what is in season.

The Register

A Living Journal Of Montana

Each season leaves its mark. The Register documents the farms, ranches, orchards, rivers, forests, grains, and people shaping the food we serve and the stories we tell. Every entry becomes another page in an ongoing journal of Montana’s landscape and the individuals who help define it.

If you are a Montana farmer, rancher, forager, miller, maker, or producer interested in being considered for The Register, we would be glad to hear from you.

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Our Story

Rooted in Montana. Crafted with intention

The restaurant at 108 East 6th Avenue changed hands in August 2026. Derrick Quandt took over as owner, Chef Panayotis Tzinis runs the kitchen, and we reopened for dinner that September. Much of what we cook comes from Montana farms and ranches, and the menu changes when the season does. Fire and preservation do the rest.

At BENNY’S, we cook with what our Montana partners bring us and preserve what the season gives in abundance. The menu changes as their work and the land change.

Derrick Quandt

Owner

Stewarding the next chapter of Benny’s with a commitment to hospitality, community, and long-term relationships throughout Montana.

Panayotis Tzinis

Executive Chef

Guiding the culinary vision through seasonality, preservation, and close collaboration with Montana’s farmers, ranchers, foragers, millers, and makers.