Au jus poured over a plate of smoked prime rib

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Everything here is made here

Soups, chili, breading, pie crust, the rub on the prime rib. There is no freezer truck backing up to this building with somebody else's food on it.

Kitchen hours. Lunch and the burger board run from 10am. Entrees start at 5pm. Papa's Legendary Prime Rib is Friday and Saturday nights only, and it goes to the tables that called ahead — (307) 532‑3442. On Sundays the kitchen closes at 4pm.

Appetizers

Includes choice of dipping sauce

Emporium Onion Dip

$8

The hand‑cut cajun potato chips this kitchen is known for, dropped to order, with smoked onion dip. They come out hot and they do not last long on the table.

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Chicken Wings

$12

Crispy fried, tossed in Papa's special hot sauce, celery and carrots alongside.

Fried Green Beans

$8

Fresh green beans, battered and fried, with feta cheese and a spicy aioli.

Smothered Chili Fries

$11

Papa's world famous pork chili over fries, broiled cheddar on top.

Cheese Curds

$9

Lightly battered, golden fried.

Rocky Mountain Oysters

$14

Taste the west like a true cowboy. Available as a meal.

Ask if you don't know — then order them anyway

Burgers & More

All meals served with one side · from 10am

Hamburger

$12

Half a pound of ground chuck, flame broiled. Lettuce, tomato, onion and pickles on request.

Smothered Open‑Faced

$16

Burger or chicken under Papa's pork chili, pepper jack and shredded cheese.

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Patty Melt

$15

Half‑pound patty, 1000 Island, caramelized onions and swiss on marble rye.

Steakhouse Sandwich

$17

Open‑faced steak with grilled onions.

Open Faced Ground Round

$15

Half a pound of ground chuck, grilled onions and brown gravy over marble rye.

Smoked Pulled Pork Sandwich

$12

Lightly sauced, on a brioche bun.

Grilled Chicken Sandwich

$12

Marinated skinless breast, honey mustard, grilled sourdough.

Chicken Quesadilla

$12

Chicken, green chilies and shredded cheese.

Fantail Shrimp

$14

Lightly breaded, fried, cocktail sauce.

BLT

$12

Crispy bacon, sliced tomato, lettuce, real mayonnaise.

Add cheddar, pepper jack, swiss or green chilies +$1 · bacon +$2

Entrees

Starting at 5pm · include vegetable, potato and salad

Papa's Pork Ribs

$22

Marinated, dry rubbed and slow‑smoked, then lightly sauced. The fan favorite.

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Emporium Chicken Fried Steak

$22

Hand‑battered, with garlic mashed potatoes and country gravy. Wyoming's own standard, taken seriously.

Osso Bucco

$30

Marinated pork shank in a savory sauce over garlic mashed potatoes. Not what you expect to find in a town of forty-seven, which is rather the point.

Atlantic Salmon

$24

Pan fried in coconut oil, lemon pepper. The table's answer to a room full of beef.

Crab Legs

Ask

Served with drawn butter and lemon. The other reason people put a jacket on and drive out here.

Ask about tonight’s availability

Flame Broiled Chicken

$18

Marinated skinless breast, straight off the flame.

Steaks

Includes vegetable, potato and salad

Papa's Legendary Prime Rib

12oz$3816oz$48

Premium USDA Prime beef, marinated forty‑eight hours, then rubbed down with Dennis’s own blend of seasonings and sauce three hours before it goes on. Slow smoked and carved to order right off the smoker, with homemade rich au jus and real horseradish. One roast a night — when it’s gone, it’s gone.

Friday & Saturday nights only · by reservation

Choose your potato: cheesy twice‑baked · regular baked · homemade garlic mashed with brown or white gravy · loaded baked with bacon. Dinner is completed with the nightly in‑house sauteed and seasoned vegetable and a fresh garden salad.

Boneless Ribeye

12oz$3816oz$48

Local, well marbled, hand‑cut and lightly seasoned. Cooked the way you asked for it — if it comes back wrong, send it back.

Flat Iron Steak

$22

Eight ounces, flame broiled to perfection. The Goshen Hole favorite.

Add Two Fantail Shrimp

+$6

Fried, alongside any steak.

Soups & Salads

Soups change with the day

Papa's World Famous Pork Chili

cup$3bowl$5

A blend of roasted peppers, spices and smoked pork. The same chili that smothers half this menu.

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Soup of the Day

cup$3bowl$5

A special soup each day, made in this kitchen that morning. Inquire — it isn't the same twice in a week.

House Salad

dinner$3large$6

Mixed greens, red onion, tomatoes, dried cranberries and croutons.

Grilled Chicken Salad

$12

Fresh greens, cucumber, feta, tomato, red onion, crouton and cranberries.

Kids Corner

Served with one side

Chicken Tenders

$9

Two crispy fried tenderloins.

Hamburger

$10

Third‑pound patty, flame broiled. Additions available from the burger list.

Grilled Cheese

$8

Choice of cheddar, pepper jack or swiss.

Cheese Quesadilla

$8

Shredded cheddar cheese.

Desserts

A la mode +$2 · syrup +$1

Papa's Buttermilk Pie

$6

With chopped pecans, shredded coconut and a touch of chocolate, from a recipe that belongs to this family. There is a finite amount of it on any given night and regulars know to claim a slice early.

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Daily Pies

Ask

Delicious and homemade. Ask your server what came out of the oven — and ask early.

Vanilla Ice Cream

cup$3bowl$4

On its own, or on top of whatever pie is left.

The Bar

Full bar

Homemade Bloody Marys

Mixed here, not poured out of a bottle of somebody else's mix. Order one before you look at the menu.

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Tequila

A wide variety behind the bar, and it moves with the order. Dennis’s personal favorite is the Adictivo Añejo — 100% blue agave, golden amber, toasted aromas and an excellent flavor. Not the shot of tequila most people brace themselves for.

Dennis’s pick

Espresso Martinis

The espresso is pulled fresh in house for every one of them. No syrup, no shortcut — which is not what you expect from a bar on US‑85.

Made to order

Wine

One of the largest wine selections in the area, and not by a little. Ask what's open, or have a look at the rack.

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Beer

One beer on tap and a wide range in bottles and cans — domestics, imports, and Wyoming beer brewed close to home.

Mimosas

For the tables that got here early, and the ones celebrating something.

Catering

Goshen County and the surrounding towns

We'll Bring It To You

Brandings, weddings, funerals, company dinners, anniversaries. The same kitchen and the same smoker, moved to wherever you're feeding people. Call and tell us the headcount and the date.

Call (307) 532-3442

The Room Itself

For a party small enough to fit, you're welcome to have it here. Ask about taking the dining room on a quiet night.

Friday & Saturday nights

The prime rib goes to the tables that called

One roast a night. Tell us when you're coming and we'll set a cut aside.

Call (307) 532-3442 Prime Rib