About Us

Fork & Spoon is Montana’s first pay-what-you-can restaurant. We focus on creating homegrown, scratch-made cooking using locally sourced ingredients whenever possible. Everyone is invited to join us for a delicious evening meal at a price you can afford.

Because we operate on a unique pay-what-you-can model, each person who walks in our door receives a great meal and a welcoming experience, regardless of how much they pay. We seek to build a better community by providing a delicious affordable dinner at a price that meets your budget, offering a seat at the table for everyone. When diners walk in our door, they are greeted by a host who takes their order and asks if they would like to make a contribution for their meal. Diners who would like to contribute may give any amount. We set the menu, you set the price!

Fork & Spoon is perfect for families with children who seek a healthy, kid-friendly menu. Take-out orders are perfect for picking up on your way home from work. 

we are a Social Enterprise 

Fork & Spoon is Montana’s first social enterprise restaurant. A social enterprise is a business or organization whose profit supports the common good. Traditional business strategies are applied to generate sustainable income and profit, which in turn are reinvested into the organization to advance a chosen social mission. Examples of successful social enterprises around the country include LA KitchenHomeboy Industries, and Chrysalis.

Fork & Spoon operates as a social enterprise in several ways. First, our pay-what-you-can model generates a nightly income from patrons who are able to pay, which in turn offsets the cost of diners who are unable to contribute towards their meal. Second, we run a Catering & Space Rental for-profit initiative as well as The MIghty Spork Food Truck from which all income is directly reinvested back into Fork & Spoon to support the pay what you can dinner service.

Lastly, Fork & Spoon operates a workforce development component by employing individuals facing barriers to employment, such as homelessness, recovery from addiction, or incarceration. By providing employment to these individuals, we hope to provide them with a restaurant focused skill set and the opportunity to reintegrate into the local workforce.

 
 

how we fill our plate

Fork & Spoon sustains its socially-driven, pay-what-you-can dinner service through a variety of revenue streams. We are lucky to live in such a generous community!

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Fork & Spoon runs on donations from generous supporters,

like you!

 
 

Meet our Staff

 

Our talented and experienced staff looks forward to serving you and your friends and family homegrown, scratch cooking in our fresh, friendly dining room.

Email us at forkandspoon@thehrdc.org

 

Volunteering at Fork & Spoon is FUN a great way to give back to the community with friends or building connections with your coworkers. Click below to learn more about volunteering with us.