Kitchen Confidential – Missoula’s best-kept dining secret doubles as a training ground for aspiring gourmets

If I had come upon the Hunter Dining Room by accident, its menu might have scared me off. A short-order cafeteria and a Thai/ Vietnamese restaurant? Do I really want a bowl of pho or curried fish mousse from a place that’s also making Philly cheesesteaks and Kentucky Hot Browns?

I do. But then, I am already privy to Missoula’s best-kept dining secret. The University of Montana’s College of Technology (CoT) http://www.cte.umt.edu/ has a culinary arts department http://www.cte.umt.edu/businesstech/culinaryarts/ , and its students run a restaurant that, because it’s funded by the state, is not allowed to advertise (so as to not be competition for the private sector). I only know that it exists because I’ve taken a few classes there myself.

by Jason Cohen

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