“After a long 28-hour road trip from Atlanta, my buddy and I went looking for food. Although every restaurant in Gardiner seems to close at 8pm, the Rusty Rail seemed as if it was our last but only option. Immediately upon walking in, I could tell this was a prime spot for more local residents to hang out in and mingle. As a newly 21-year old in college, who doesn’t prefer the EDM club atmospheres, this place has everything I was looking for: Coors banquet, elk chili (which was out of this world), rodeo and motocross on tv, and plenty of nice and talkative locals who love telling you about their humble town of Gardiner. We came back later in the week for more chili and a beer to end the day after 2 long hikes and getting stranded in the car for an hour in the morning. We met Mike, the bartender, who was more than kind enough to tell us about the bar and what brought him to Gardiner, as well as hear about our day, all throughout while we ate and while he maintained a busy crowd. At the end of the night before last call, we both spun the wheel (which has a 2nd smaller wheel inside of it) and both matched up two animals to get a free beer. Mike was more than happy to swap our beer chips out for two t-shirts which meant a lot to us. We will be back over the summer and will be recommending The Rusty Rail to everyone we know traveling to or through the town of Gardiner.“
“After a long 28-hour road trip from Atlanta, my buddy and I went looking for food. Although every restaurant in Gardiner seems to close at 8pm, the Rusty Rail seemed as if it was our last but only option. Immediately upon walking in, I could tell this was a prime spot for more local residents to hang out in and mingle. As a newly 21-year old in college, who doesn’t prefer the EDM club atmospheres, this place has everything I was looking for: Coors banquet, elk chili (which was out of this world), rodeo and motocross on tv, and plenty of nice and talkative locals who love telling you about their humble town of Gardiner. We came back later in the week for more chili and a beer to end the day after 2 long hikes and getting stranded in the car for an hour in the morning. We met Mike, the bartender, who was more than kind enough to tell us about the bar and what brought him to Gardiner, as well as hear about our day, all throughout while we ate and while he maintained a busy crowd. At the end of the night before last call, we both spun the wheel (which has a 2nd smaller wheel inside of it) and both matched up two animals to get a free beer. Mike was more than happy to swap our beer chips out for two t-shirts which meant a lot to us. We will be back over the summer and will be recommending The Rusty Rail to everyone we know traveling to or through the town of Gardiner.“