Belfield, North Dakota · Main Street

You'll only drive past it once.

Certified Angus steaks, house-smoked King Cut prime rib and a hand-painted dining room — in a town of eight hundred, fifteen minutes from Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Half the reviews start with the same two words: hidden gem.

★★★★★  4.7 on Google #1 restaurant in Belfield Certified Angus beef Prime rib Fri & Sat
Now hiring · Belfield

We'd rather train the right person than settle for the wrong one.

Kitchen, bar and front of house. Closed Sundays and Mondays, so you actually get two days off — the same two, every week. No experience needed for some of it.

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The King Cut · eight hours

Nobody smokes a prime rib because it's quick.

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Coarse pepper and salt, fat cap scored by hand. Nothing has seen heat yet.

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Friday & Saturday only

It goes on the board at four. It doesn't last.

Sixteen ounces, garlic horseradish and rosemary on top, au jus alongside — $44.99. We smoke a set number and when they're gone that's the week. No reservations, no holding one back.

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16oz King Cut Smoked Prime Rib · $44.99 · includes a side, and soup or salad Call ahead →
A small Main Street bar and steakhouse in a North Dakota prairie town at blue hourMain Street, Belfield
Why people keep saying it

A town of eight hundred. A steakhouse worth the exit.

Belfield isn't on the way to anywhere in particular unless you're headed for the Badlands — which, in summer, most people are. What catches them out is the food. You expect a small-town bar. You get Certified Angus beef, a prime rib that's been in smoke since morning, and a room somebody actually painted by hand.

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    Certified Angus, cut and cooked here

    Sirloin, New York strip, ribeye. Not a chain's portion-controlled patty in a bag.

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    Smoked in-house, not bought in

    The prime rib, the brisket, the pulled pork and the wings all go through our own smoker.

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    Owned by the people who run it

    Nate and Rhoda Dutchak. He runs the fire. She painted the wall.

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    #1 of 6 restaurants in Belfield

    Which sounds like faint praise until you've eaten here.

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“Talk about an absolute hidden gem! This food is delicious… the burgers we had were VERY juicy and tasted amazing. Even the fries were good!”

Jeffrey JensenGoogle review
In their words

The same phrase, over and over.

4.7 stars on Google, 4.9 on Facebook, and #1 of 6 restaurants in Belfield on Tripadvisor.

★★★★★

“Excellent ribeye! My Bloody Mary made exactly as asked and delicious. There were only 2 waitresses working a busy night and bar but they knew how to multi task while staying kind and attentive.”

Susie SchaapGoogle review
★★★★★

“Definitely a must try! A hidden gem with delicious, fresh food and efficient, friendly service! Got the bbq pork sandwich and it was packed and delicious — not overly sweet, just right.”

Joelle AnthonyGoogle review
★★★★★

“Taco salad was large and the meat was well seasoned!! The burgers we had were VERY juicy and tasted amazing!”

Jeffrey JensenGoogle review
If it's your first time

Order one of these three.

The whole menu is ninety items deep. These are the ones people drive back for.

A king cut slice of smoked prime rib plated with a baked potato and asparagus
$44.99 · Fri & Sat

16oz King Cut Prime Rib

Smoked all day, topped with a house-made garlic, horseradish and rosemary crust, served with au jus. From 4pm until it's gone.

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An enormous burger served inside a grilled cheese sandwich with pulled pork and brisket
$21.99

The Burly Burger

Blackened, coffee-seasoned patty with pepper jack, bacon, pulled pork and brisket in Burly sauce — all of it inside a grilled cheese sandwich.

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A Certified Angus ribeye steak on a warm plate
$43.99

16oz Certified Angus Ribeye

“Excellent ribeye” is a direct quote from a review, and it's the steak we'd point a first-timer at any night of the week.

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Rhoda Dutchak's hand-painted Badlands mural wrapping the back dining room wall at Burly's Roughrider, with timber posts and set tablesPainted by hand
The room

Somebody painted this wall.

Rhoda Dutchak co-owns Burly's and she's a working artist — RJD Studio. The mural on the dining room wall is hers, done by hand, on site. It is not vinyl, it is not a print, and it is not something you will find in the chain restaurants forty minutes east.

It's the clearest signal of what this place is: a room two people actually built, in a town they actually live in.

Nate & Rhoda's story →
Golden hour Badlands landscape, an original acrylic painting by Rhoda J. Dutchak
Golden HourOriginal acrylic
Golden Spirit, a wildlife oil painting by Rhoda J. Dutchak
Golden SpiritWildlife painting
Stallion Grey, a light gray wild horse photograph printed as fine art by Rhoda J. Dutchak
Stallion GreyFine art photograph
Fiery sunset over the North Dakota Badlands photographed by Rhoda J. Dutchak
Badlands sunsetFine art photograph

Rhoda is a Native American artist and photographer working in acrylics and fine art photography — the same Badlands you drove through to get here. The wildlife photography hanging in the restaurant is hers, and it is available — ask any of the staff, or get in touch through the studio. Originals, archival prints and commissions are at rjdvisualartstudio.com.

A rustic wooden bar with beer taps and warm back-bar lightingThe bar
Coming off the interstate

Fifteen minutes from the Badlands.

Belfield sits right where I-94 meets Highway 85, which makes it the last real meal before the Theodore Roosevelt National Park south unit — and the first one after. If you've spent a day at the Painted Canyon you have earned a steak, and there isn't a better one within an hour.

Park day plan

Hike in the morning, eat here at four, be at your motel by seven.

Come as you are

Boots and dust are fine. Nobody here is dressing for dinner.

Big groups

Travelling in a pack? Ring ahead and we'll make the room work.

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The real thing

Still ready for your photos.

This gallery is built and waiting. Real plates from real nights beat anything else you can put on a restaurant website — and Burly's already has them on Facebook.

The King Cut, platedYour single best photo
The Burly BurgerCut in half, layers showing
Nate at the smokerPeople buy from people
A full Friday nightBusy rooms sell tables
Find us

125 Main Street North, Belfield.

Straight off I-94. Park on the street, walk in, sit down.

Sunday
Closed
Monday
Closed
Tuesday
11am – 9pm
Wednesday
11am – 9pm
Thursday
11am – 9pm
Friday
11am – 9pm
Saturday
2pm – 9pm

Winter hours. Summer hours run longer — give us a ring if you're travelling.

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Belfield, North Dakota

Come hungry. Come Friday.

No reservations — just walk in. Bringing more than eight, give us a call and we'll sort the table.

(701) 575-4129
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