Blazing Paddles Cafe
Located at our Gallatin River office Between Bozeman and Big Sky, Montana
MENU
Hot Dog $2
Chips and Salsa Fresca $3
Polish Sausage $4
Mega Smoked Chicken or Beef Taco $5
Vegi Wrap with Black Bean Hummus $5
Burger and Chips $5
Cheezburger and Chips $6
Pulled Pork Sandwich $6
Deluxe Burger and Chips $7
Assortment of Wraps to go $4-$8


Steve was good at pounding nails. He was good at hanging cabinets. He was good at installing linoleum. But he hated it. He spent all his spare time cooking and prepping for his weekend job – selling his food at the local farmers market. He did so well that he purchased a food truck and started catering on weekends. People love his food because he puts love into his food. Not only does it taste good, it makes people feel good.
Steve grew up in San Francisco where his parents ran a bakery supply company. He was practically raised in the business, helping his parents starting at age 6. Every day before school, steve went with his dad on delivery rounds, Every day after school, steve helped his mom serve customers and clean the bakery.
“Having your own business is a ton of work.” Steve says. “ I was scared of getting into something that I couldn’t sustain. But cooking is my passion. I love to feed people.”
By chance, steve had a very close and dear friend who had lived and worked at Montana Whitewater.
Montana Whitewater’s Gallatin River operation is located nowhere near any restaurants. Owner Bill Zell felt so bad when hungry families would stock up on chocolate bars and bags of chips before or after the trip. When Steve contacted him about parking his food truck at the raft company, it was a no-brainer. Thus, the Blazing Paddles Café was born. Steve packed up his U Haul and became just another giddy Californian on his way to Montana. His wife happily joined him and never looked back.
The café serves burgers, hotdogs, sausages, black bean hummus with vegis and specialty tacos. The tacos are the real deal – smoked meat, beans, special sauce, vegis, soft corn or flour shells. They’re huge! People can make special requests - steve loves to make sure that all his patrons are happy and not hungry.
Steve is also pretty psyched about being able to go rafting at the end of a work day!