Anaconda · Drink
Club Moderne
Streamline Moderne bar on Anaconda's Park Avenue, built in 1937, rebuilt after a 2016 fire, and still pouring daily.
At a glance
Bar in Anaconda, Montana, established 1937. Open.
- Status
- Open
- Address
- 801 E. Park Ave., Anaconda, MT, 59711
- Town
- Anaconda
- Region
- Southwest Montana
- Established
- 1937
- Phone
- 406-563-0333
- Why it's still old school
- A 1937 corner bar with a Moderne front that made it through a fire and came back with the same bar and look.
- Page updated
Club Moderne was designed by Fred F. Willson and built by Frank Wullus in 1937 for John Francisco, according to the National Register record summarized on Wikipedia. The front was clad in Carrara glass. The inside was custom-built to match.
In 2016 it won a National Trust for Historic Preservation contest as America’s favorite historic bar. A few months later, on October 3, 2016, fire badly damaged the building. The owners rebuilt, kept the bar, a few original furnishings and some of the original facade, and reopened to the public on May 13, 2017.
It is still a neighborhood bar. In May 2026 the Montana Standard reported it was hosting a “Just for Fun” car show. Directory listings show it open noon to 2 a.m.
If you’re nearby, stop in and keep them busy.
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