Shopping

Main Street offers an Old West feel and New West selection, starting at about 7th Avenue and running out to I-90. Among our favorite stops here are Vargo's Jazz City and Books, 6 W. Main St. (tel. 406/587-5383), which sells an eclectic mass of new, used, and out-of-print books, CDs, and LPs (or the elusive, vanishing vinyl); Schnee's Powder Horn Outfitters, 35 E. Main St. (tel. 406/587-7373), which sells high-end Western wear and all sorts of outdoor gear; the Montana Gift Corral, 237 E. Main St. (tel. 406/585-8625), which offers a wide selection of made-in-Montana gifts, in case you need a moose clock to take home; Thomas Nygard Gallery, 135 E. Main St. (tel. 406/586-3636), which specializes in pre-1950 artwork from the Northern Plains; the Country Bookshelf, 28 W. Main St. (tel. 406/587-0166), a terrific bookstore; and Barkenhowell's, 777 E. Main St. (tel. 406/586-6160), a chic dog boutique. The Gallatin Valley Mall, 2825 W. Main St. (tel. 406/586-4565), has department and specialty stores, art galleries, and a food court.