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or the Legion baseball team or the coveted A+ certificate from
the County Health Department. It was Steve Marquesen who,
in 1979, bought the original Nite Owl, moving his family from
Minnesota to build and staff his new enterprise.
Breakfast is all day.
Then the day crowd wanders in, drawn by the luncheon spe-
cials. The parking lot is dominated by pickup trucks. The count-
er customers usually lean toward older men—many widowers—
in for, likely, their only hot meal of the day.
There's lots of beards and ball caps, Carhartt brown themes
and flannel shirts in the come-as-you-are tradition in small
towns. Their conversations are peppered with stories of hard-
ware stores, hunting, trucks, hobby projects, fuel prices and,
of course, weather and politics. At some of the four-tops, small
knots of women discuss gardening, grandkids, aging, and old
times gone by. On many days the Nite Owl resembles a senior
citizen center dressed up as the town café. Across the room—if
it is summertime—there will be tables full of tourists brimming
with excitement about visiting Glacier National Park.
There's lots of
BEARDS AND BALL CAPS, CARHARTT
BROWN THEMES AND FLANNEL SHIRTS
IN THE COME-AS-YOU-ARE TRADITION
IN SMALL TOWNS.
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