Captain Meriwether’s Landing, mostly known simply as “Meriwether’s”, was a local restaurant for over two decades located near the historic Port of Bismarck on the bank of the Missouri River. It began as an extremely casual restaurant, the type where you threw your used peanut shells onto the floor, but eventually changed formats to become an upper scale restaurant. It was noted for having an outdoor deck that overlooked the Missouri River.
Facing increasing financial difficulty, partly as a result of several long-term road closures near the restaurant, Meriwether’s closed on September 5, 2009. The building was demolished after 2011 flooding destroyed it.
In 2022, a Nordic-themed restaurant called Huckleberry House opened on the former Meriwether’s site.
The building that housed the restaurant was originally built in 1911 as the Northern Pacific train depot for Wilton, a town 26 miles north of Bismarck. The building was relocated to its position along the river in 1987. The building suffered severe damage from the 2011 Flood and is likely to be demolished.
The restaurant was named to honor Captain Meriwether Lewis, who, along with his partner William Clark, spent the winter of 1804-1805 at a camp near present-day Washburn (about 35 miles north of Bismarck).
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