Cornerstone Bar and Grille
Urban western cuisine
Celebrate the urban Wild West in Ketchum's oldest building. Longtime locals Meg and Erik Vorm introduce the Cornerstone Bar & Grill, a Main Street venue as stimulating to the eye as it is to the taste buds.
While the walls of the historic Greenhow & Rumsey Building (circa 1883) tell the story of Ketchum's early days, you'll enjoy a seasonally changing array of game, seafood and vegetable dishes, complemented by Jan Hegewald's hand-crafted cocktails and a list of beer and wine that's both familiar and eclectic.
It's a local twist on the casual, chic city-style grill, with an open kitchen featuring buffalo rib eye encrusted with coffee and cocoa nibs, braised halibut with spinach and parmesan polenta, and chicken ala Ketchum, prepared by Chef Stephen Berks and Sous Chef Ryley Eckersley. Regular items also include vegan and gluten-free dishes and a better-than-you'd-expect children's menu, all with a main street price point, so there really is something for everyone.
Call to reserve the Mafia Table downstairs in the intimate stone-walled Grotto, or watch the action from above in the spacious Skybox surrounded by historic bricks fired in old Ketchum, or make a night of it in the bustling main level bar with its comfortable banquette and Main Street Watcher Booth. Check out the guest bartender every Wednesday, and bring the kids for Happy Hour Playdate in the Skybox. Watch the calendar for the monthly Pirate Night and Use Your Words, an original poetry, prose and music event. The Cornerstone Bar & Grill always serves up a night to remember, making it the new Ketchum tradition. See for yourself in February, 2010.
Phone: 208.928.7777
Hours: Bar, 4 p.m. to midnight; Dining: 4:30 p.m. to 11 p.m., nightly
Outdoor dining: no
Beverages: full bar, excellent wine list, favorite beers
Reservations: welcome and encouraged
Type of cuisine: innovative American with French blessing
Service: bar, dining, above-average children's menu, private parties