The EmporiumHawk Springs, Wyoming
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225 US Highway 85, Hawk Springs, WY · (307) 532-3442

The Emporium at dusk on US Highway 85 — the lit sign, a vintage pickup out front and the windmill against a deep blue Wyoming sky
Hawk Springs, Wyoming · US Highway 85

Population forty‑five.
Reservations recommended.

There is one restaurant in Hawk Springs and people drive from three states to sit in it. Smoked prime rib, hand‑cut steaks and a hundred‑year‑old pine room hung with everything this family owns.

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★★★★★ 4.7 from 481 Google reviews Smoked prime rib Friday & Saturday Two hours from Denver
Kitchen's on today. Today · 10am – 9pm · 225 US Hwy 85
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The signature

Six hours before you sit down

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On the smoker

Rubbed the night before, then low heat and clean smoke all day.

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On the smokerWhere it’s at

“Best Prime Rib I've ever had.”

Kevin BeldenGoogle review
What to order

Three things people drive here for

The rest of the menu is long and it's all made in this kitchen. But if it's your first time, order one of these.

Smoked prime rib plated with au jus and a baked potato

Smoked prime rib

Rubbed the night before, smoked low all day, pulled at temperature and carved to order. Friday and Saturday nights, by reservation, until it runs out.

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Hand-cut cajun potato chips fanned around a bowl of homemade onion dip

Hand‑cut cajun chips

Potatoes cut by hand in this kitchen and dropped to order, dusted cajun, with onion dip made in house. Not shaken out of a bag, and never sitting under a lamp.

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A slice of homemade buttermilk pie with coconut and pecans

Papa's buttermilk pie

Coconut, buttermilk, pecans and a little rum, from a recipe that belongs to this family. Order it when you order your entrée — it goes.

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The pine-timbered dining room at The Emporium, walls covered in western memorabilia The dining room
The room

A TV crew took the walls down. We put them back.

In 2020 a national television show came to Hawk Springs, filmed here, and decided the walls were cluttered. Off came the paintings, the carvings, the photographs, the pieces of this county that had been hanging there for years.

It aired. Then, quietly, everything went back up. A leather scabbard carved by bull rider Eugene Bechtel. Paintings and carvings by Dennis's father. Fixtures out of the barber shop he ran in Jackson — the Clip Joint. Photographs of Hawk Springs from when Hawk Springs was a bigger idea than it is now.

It turns out the clutter was the point. It's the reason people sit for an extra half hour reading the walls.

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Friday & Saturday nights

Ask for a cut of the prime rib

One roast goes on for the night. When the last of it is carved, that's the night. Tell us when you're coming and how many, and there'll be a cut with your name on it.

Friday & Saturday nights One roast a night · requests confirmed by phone, usually the same day
By reservation
Which nights

Friday and Saturday. One roast a night, carved to order, and when it's gone it's gone — which is why the table wants booking rather than chancing it.

Seatings

Between 5:00 and 7:30. Tell us roughly when you'd like to sit and we'll find you a time close to it.

How many of you

Any size. Parties over eight we'll put tables together for — worth mentioning on the call so the room is set before you arrive.

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We've got it.

Dennis or Dillon will call to confirm — usually the same day. If you need to change anything before then, just ring the restaurant.

4.7 stars · 481 reviews

People stop here on purpose

★★★★★

“The Emporium at Hawk Springs, Wyoming is a must‑stop if you're passing through. I had the steak, potato, and salad — simple, flavorful, and done without fuss. The atmosphere is wonderful, with a rustic western feel that makes you want to linger. Next time I'm coming back for the prime rib!”

LizGoogle review
★★★★★

“Best Prime Rib I've ever had.”

Kevin BeldenGoogle review
★★★★★

“I'm so glad I stopped by the Emporium for brunch! It's such a cute restaurant and you can tell they put a lot of time and care into making it a welcoming place.”

SavannahGoogle review
4.7★Google rating
481Reviews
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1900sThe building
US Highway 85 running north through the Wyoming prairie toward Hawk Springs US Highway 85
Getting here

Everybody who finds us was going somewhere else

US‑85 is the quiet way north — Denver to the Black Hills, Cheyenne to Torrington, Nebraska panhandle to anywhere. We're right on it, about two hours from Denver International, twenty minutes south of Torrington.

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    Two hours from DIA

    Straight up I‑25 and across, or all the way on 85. Either way you'll be hungry when you get here.

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    Twenty minutes from Torrington

    Close enough that Torrington and Lingle treat us as their steakhouse, which is the highest compliment a small town gets.

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    Room to park anything

    Trucks, trailers, bikes, RVs. Nobody has ever had to circle the block in Hawk Springs.

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Hawk Springs, Wyoming

Come sit in the pine room

Walk in for lunch any day. Call ahead for the prime rib. Ask about catering if you've got a crowd to feed.

(307) 532‑3442
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