Jane's Home Cookin'

This is the first place I've ever been that offered a Reuben and a Low-Carb Reuben! The Reuben wasn't actually on their printed menu, but it was on their board behind the counter. This corned beef was weird. It was a corned beef patty in a rounded rectangle shape. It was pretty thick and seemed to be cubed or shredded corned beef in patty form--definitely not deli style, but acceptable. The meat was flavorful and the sauce good--however the bread they used was far too wimpy to hold up to the ingredients. I've never seen a Reuben this thin. Everyone in the restaurant kept staring at us while we ate there--a little disturbing but not unusual for such a small town. If I'm ever back in Baker, Montana, I'd be sure to stop at Jane's--partly because it was about the only place to eat, and partly because the food was pretty good, although of questionable quality.

This sandwich might have been slightly better than average had the cook not apparently up-ended a container of cooking grease over it. This was the most greasy Reuben I've ever eaten! The bread was wimpy, but in its defense, the grease factor would have sabotaged all but the heartiest of ryes. The corned beef patty was a new one on me, but it was decent beef; it also had the quality of--well, to put it delicately--sticking with you the rest of the day. Good coffee, and hot chocolate thick enough to make a straw stand up. The coconut cream pie gets a D-: too much crust which was much too dark, and it looked like someone had sat upon it. While this was not the greasiest spoon that we have ever encountered in our travels, it was not the Ritz, either. The interior was plain, and never before have we been scrutinized so closely upon entering a room. Conversations ground to a halt for a heartbeat or so as we took our seats at a nearby table. This was the first time that either Chris or Katherine had seen a table replete with a cup full of clean spoons.