After nearly four decades in business, this Blackfoot restaurant does it the ‘old-fashioned way’

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BLACKFOOT — Across nan thoroughfare from respective concatenation restaurants, there’s a long-established section edifice that’s go a staple of nan community.

Homestead Family Restaurant has been unfastened astatine 1355 Parkway Drive and serving nan Blackfoot organization for 36 years running. Its concealed to staying successful business is consistency and their unthinkable staff, said owners Todd and Virginia Burke.

“(The concealed is) putting retired really bully merchandise time successful and time out,” said Todd.

“We person longtime unit present and they do an astonishing occupation pinch nan customers,” said Virginia. “Everyone present does an awesome job.”

Close to 4 decades ago, Todd spotted what would go their early building and thought it would beryllium nan cleanable spot to unfastened a restaurant.

This was astatine a clip erstwhile Virginia’s begetter was retiring from farming. Deciding to usage Virginia’s and her parent’s acquisition successful nutrient service, they each started Homestead Family Restaurant together.

“The first mates years were really touch-and-go, trying to fig retired what to do, but it’s turned retired very well,” Todd said.

One of nan astir celebrated meal items astatine Homestead is nan French Toast.

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This paper point tin beryllium served successful a assortment of ways to meet nan different sensation buds of customers. Homestead decided to service EastIdahoNews.com 3 slices of gallic toast, topped pinch scattered strawberries and a dollop of cream. It was easy to spot why this is 1 of nan restaurant’s astir ordered items.

A champion of nan edifice is its Country Chicken Fried Steak.

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Rather past propulsion a breaded steak retired of nan freezer, they bargain nan steak from a section root and nan edifice unit does nan breading themselves. They besides operation nan gravy successful house. Virginia said this repast is made nan “old-fashioned way.”

This activity pays disconnected erstwhile nan customer takes a juicy wound and gets a sensation of homestyle cooking.

Homestead Family Restaurant serves a assortment of homemade desserts, specified arsenic a immense action of pies arsenic good arsenic cinnamon rolls, which nan owners decided EastIdahoNews.com would sample.

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“They are a agelong process (to make),” Virginia said.

The full process takes astir 4 hours, pinch a unit personnel making nan mixed and balls successful nan morning. During nan baking process, personification will besides make nan frosting. When nan full process is finished, they only person astir 25 cinnamon rolls successful a batch.

This was different point wherever nan activity and dedication that went into it was evident.

Virginia said each nan activity pays disconnected erstwhile customers return a satisfying first bite.

For Virginia and Todd, utilizing locally originated ingredients is important to nan integrity of Homestead Family Restaurant.

“We for illustration to get arsenic overmuch section (ingredients) that we can,” Virginia said. “We effort and connection arsenic overmuch caller and unprocessed nutrient arsenic possible.”

For nan owners, uncovering section ingredients is 1 measurement to to show really proud they are of their community.

“This organization has been awesome. They’ve supported america very good and we’re grateful to everybody here. Without them, we couldn’t do this,” Todd said.

Homestead Family Restaurant is unfastened mundane too Sunday betwixt nan hours of 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. For anyone who hasn’t visited nan restaurant, Virginia said that they connection nan champion of some worlds, speedy hold times on pinch homestyle cooking.

“I dream everyone tin travel springiness america a try,” Virginia said.