Ted Turner's Montana Grill is turning heads
From paper straws to bison burgers, Ted's Montana Grill proves red meat can be green.
EAT UP: You can find Ted's from New York to Montana, and many places in between. (Photos courtesy Ted's Montana Grill) 
Based in Atlanta, there are Ted's restaurants across the United States, as far north as New York, and as far west as — you guessed it — Montana. Ted's aims to be a 99 percent plastic-free establishment; it seems a lofty goal, but with the green tools it's implementing — resurrecting the paper straw and using corn- and potato-starch based to-go cups and cutlery — it's well on its way. In fact, the only plastics I observe while I'm there are maybe, maybe the handle of my steak knife (but then, it could not be. Materials are mischievous that way), the coated sticker on the eco-friendly hand dryer in the restroom and my own credit card, which I use to pay for my green meal.
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Ate there, the food, the service, everything was top rate...there are many restaurants to choose from - if you don't like what's on the menu - don't bash here on some ann just don't patronize...like I'd never go to a sushi bar, but I don't begrudge those who do...bashers.. get a life, really!
Your posts are biased and in some ways incorrect. The meat is processed in Colorado, but the Bison are not necessarily fed or from there. The bison are processed in a facility that specializes in their bison. I should know, I go to the processing facility to pick up the bison hides. There is still a large demand for meat and if people are going to continue to eat red meat, bison is a better alternative health wise and can be better for the environment. Grass fed is better than grain fed.... More
Oh c'mon! I realize you cannot bring yourself or this network to embrace vegetarianism BUT please do not try talking us into believing that a place like this, which feeds meat from dead animals to its patrons is green. It's all very well with the paper straws and all but it is meat and feedlots. Try a genuine green/bio restaurant and you can tell the difference.
Readers are not fools.
Please please MNN editors: define green for reporting purposes!!!
When Ted's Montana Grill opened in our little Montana town about one year ago, I stopped in to pick up a menu. Right on the menu it states that the bison comes from Great Range Brand Bison. So I looked it up on Google, and their tagline is "the nation's premier brand of fresh, all natural, grain fed, USDA bison meat products." Great Range is located in Colorado, not Montana. And anyone who actually knows or cares about beef and bison will tell you that feedlots are bad for the environment,.... More
