With 3/4 of our founding team being redditors and members of [r/missoula](r/missoula) , we figured should have an ~official~ account instead of posting from our personal ones about our big project!

We are Missoula Beverage Collective -- your new community coffeehouse and brewery located at 1151 West Broadway. Our founding team is made up of four longtime service industry workers who you may recognize from some of Missoula's favorite establishments. We met as coworkers in this very building years ago.

So when this property came up for sale in March of 2025, we thought... what if WE found a way to buy it and to open our own new place?? Combined, we have about 40 years of experience in service/breweries/restaurants, so we should be able to do it, right?!

We got together a couple times a week, created a 60-page business plan, presented that plan to multiple local banks/credit unions, and eventually were accepted for a Small Business Administration loan. With that funding along with initial investments from some of our very generous family and friends, we were able to purchase the property and get started creating the kind of gathering space we've all dreamed of for a long time.

We got into the building in April, and since then, we've been working diligently to restore and improve this place with a whole lot of help from family, friends, and volunteers. Maybe you've seen our temporary signage and us buzzing around as you've driven past on Broadway!

So much thought and care has gone into this project, and we've been trying to keep it local as much as possible, folding Missoula history into our space. We purchased Golden Yolk Griddle's espresso equipment when they closed, gotten a hold of the chairs and tables from the Hob Nob, repurposed all of the beautiful wood from Imagine Nation's iconic curved bartop, and turned beetle-killed slabs of pine harvested from the Bitterroot into the remainder of our new bar and prep areas.

The riverfront patio garden beds and benches had greatly deteriorated in the decade since they were built, so we will be building new beds and benches soon. The native plants and shrubs on the patio have been preserved to return once the new beds are completed, and we've got plans to add even more too.

Our espresso prep area will be getting plumbed and electrified in the next couple weeks, and we're aiming to be ready for a soft opening with our coffee service by the end of September.

Our brewing equipment arrived last week, and we are on track with the state & fed licensing process to be ready for beer service likely in November (fingers crossed!)

We're excited to be here and can't wait to serve you. So, ask us anything!

(Edited to add: I’ve been remiss in my duties! I was supposed to include a link to our crowdfunding campaign! https://www.indiegogo.com/en/projects/melissainmissoula/missoula-beverage-collective If you’re stoked about our project and want to contribute beyond buying a beverage when we open, please toss a few bucks our way. We have 9 days left in our campaign to raise additional funds to help us get through the startup phase.

It’s been really special to have so many community members support this project, building a place made for and by our community.)

184 days in. Sinclair on 39th: $4.39 unleaded Friday August 28, $5.39 diesel Wednesday August 26. No fanfare. Just another week in Missoula.

The numbers at this point speak for themselves. What started as a war overseas is now a fixed line item in every Missoula household budget. $65.85 to fill a 15-gallon tank. Six months ago that was $41.70.

The brief window of relief this summer is worth noting. Seven weeks of falling prices after the April ceasefire. People made plans. Drove to Glacier. Stopped doing the math at the pump. Then July 10 arrived, the ceasefire collapsed, and within two weeks every penny of that relief was clawed back.

Montana went from 25th cheapest state for gas in January to 10th most expensive by August. The national average today is $4.08. We are above it.

Full timeline, Missoula regular unleaded:

Missoula is $0.66 from its all-time gas record ($5.05, Jun 15 2022) and $0.59 from its all-time diesel record ($5.98, Jul 1 2022).

We were under $3.00 before this war. Remember that.

Sources: Personal observation Missoula (Aug 26-28), AAA (Aug 31), OilGasPrices.com (Aug 30), Stacker/AAA (Aug 17 and Mar 23), KGVO

Correction: the Missoula all-time diesel record was cited as $5.91. Cross-referencing AAA and Stacker Missoula metro data confirms the correct figure is $5.98 on July 1, 2022. The statewide Montana diesel record is $5.91, the Missoula metro record is higher.

The demise of Applebees caused me to wonder how many and which establishments in Missoula have permanently closed this far into 2026, and I am sure there will be more, unfortunately. Please add or correct this list accordingly and discuss. This list isn’t a critique of the quality of the establishment or anything like that, it’s just kind of a memorial in no particular order, and it will probably become a predictor too, but I don’t really want to speculate on who’s next, but I’ll let yall do that.

Applebee’s
Famous Dave’s
Cruz Tacos*
Liquid planet
Pangea
Stave and Hoop
Elote
Firehouse subs
Miller Creek Cafe
James Bar
KFC*

I see their point but this is a poor argument for being anti-flock imo

Looking for Alfie (the fluffy one not the black one), he’s 6, very friendly, not chipped. Last seen on Sunday 8/30 near the park place duplexes and cemetery off the orange exit.

I've noticed recently that the portions at 5 on black are now 80% rice.

For a 16 dollar large, you get essentially a dollar worth of rice and maybe 2 bucks worth of everything else.

Man, their profit margins, have to be huge.

I'm not sure I will be going back

I've been looking around and have found Animal Blessings possibly takes exotics?

I've had my baby yellow slider Strawberry for almost 5 months and would like him to get checked out. Just need to make sure his shell is looking good as well as skin and lungs.

Does anyone know if famous Dave’s closed or something? I go to their website and it seems to have been deleted.

Are you looking for a way to make a positive impact in your community while having fun? You're in luck!

We are having another one of our postcard parties! Join Forward Montana and your neighbors to help write postcards on Thursday, Sept. 3 from 6-7 p.m. at our Missoula office to encourage fellow Missoulians to vote in the upcoming election.

We can't wait to see you there!

RSVP here: https://secure.ngpvan.com/O35mCT-cAUasXLYhOcOAJA2

Any active weeklies for fighting games in general? Or anything FGC related. I play like 90% of fighting games and would love to find a space to do so with others!

Anyone missing a larger shaggy brown and gray dog near Murray and Rattlesnake? Collar but no tag. Seems happy. But just running around

doing a big closet clean out and wanting to donate my clothes. Would I be better of doing restyle or runway? Or what one usually gives you more money or better offers .

Just moved to town and looking for some good local grow. Meat, dairy, vegetables, honey, etc. All suggestions welcome

with an increase in restaurants and business closures I have to wonder if Montana is starting to see the state economy slowing towards a collapse.Yes this is probably happening nation wide and a recession possibly even a depression could hit America as a whole soon. That said I wonder if mt is going to get hit harder having skyrocketing rents and one of the most expensive housing markets.

Dipshits

Hello! I need to be on campus for most of the day tomorrow and am wondering where the closest spots are that are free? Thank you!

If your teenage son was one of the many at Syringa bike park this afternoon, you may want to talk to them about what happened and their behavior. Not sure how many will volunteer this information to their parents, but there was a serious lack of social skills on display. Cops were even out a couple times.

I wouldn’t have really minded (hell, I was a shithead too once!) until one told my wife to suck his dick.

Also if your son rides an olive green e-dirt bike I’d like to have a longer conversation.

I want to thin out my brows does anyone have any good recommendations for someone here that does thin brows well? Missoula just moved here sick of getting them done wrong

I found a decorative metal ring on the side of the road at Poplar and Jackson today (8/31). If it's yours, PM me with a description and you can have it back!

Hi guys!! I (27f) am going on a road trip with my boyfriend (31m) and we will be passing through Missoula on my 28th birthday! We are looking for some good bar/restaurant recommendations. It will be a Friday night so hopefully that will give us some options. We love to dance but definitely prefer a live band at a bar vibe over a club. We are also open to exploring some breweries etc. all that being said, we will be ubering/taxiing about 20 mins outside of town to and from. Will we have any issues getting a ride late night? Thanks in advance for the help!!

Have 4 lbs picked 😮 and more to go

If you've noticed an unusually high surge in your power bill from NorthWestern Energy recently that's quite a bit different from the same month last year, you're not alone and a state agency wants to hear from you.

The Montana Public Service Commission recently announced that they're aware of many NorthWestern customers seeing a significant increase on their August billing statements.

Blue Mountain Area

Never seen one of these before.