Beef Backer Awards Program
 

2006 Winners
 

The Idaho Beef Council salutes these restaurants for their leadership and creativity in menuing and promoting beef.  Please join us in supporting them!
 

Beef Backer Independent Operator

Ernie's Steakhouse & 41 Club

Grangeville, Idaho
 

This year's winner of the 2006 Beef Backer Independent Operator Award is Ernie's Steakhouse & 41 Club.  Owned by local ranchers Ernie and Judy Robinson, and their daughter Becky, Ernie's is best known for their signature prime rib which is slow-cooked on a rotating spit over an open cherrywood fire, located in the main dining room.   Menu items include locally grown beef from the Robinson's ranch and sides that are made from scratch.  Ernie's is located on the corner of Main and South C streets, near U.S. Hwy 95 in Grangeville.

Beef Backer Independent Operator Runners - Up
 
1st Runner - Up:

Montana Steakhouse Twin Falls, ID

IBC Director Laurie Lickley presents Bill and Margie Gress, owners of Montana Steakhouse in Twin Falls, with the 1st Runner - Up award in the 2006 Beef Backer Independent Operator category.
 
2nd Runner - Up:

Lou's Westside Diner Boise, ID

 
 

Special Awards Category
 

Beef Backer New Beef Cut "Innovator" Special Award

Mortimer's

Boise, Idaho

Program Coordinator Sarah Baker, presents the New Beef Cut "Innovator" Special Award to Chef Jon Mortimer. 

 

This year's winner of the 2006 Beef Backer New Beef Cut "Innovator" Special Award is Mortimer's, located in Boise.  Mortimer's is owned and operated by Chef Jon Mortimer and his wife Shara. 

Mortimer's Wins National Beef Backer Award!  Click here to read more!
 

Additional Information
 

  • For more information on the Idaho Beef Backer Awards contest, click here.

  • For more information on the National Beef Backer Awards contest, click here.

  • To read the press release announcing the 2006 Idaho winners, click here.

  • To view last year's Idaho Beef Backer winning restaurants, click here.

  • To view last year's National Beef Backer winning restaurants, click here.

 

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