Cougar Dave's Food & Spirits

Cougar Dave's Food & Spirits Cougar Dave's is a fun, family style restaurant on Main St. in Donnelly. We offer great food at affor C. Why did he refuse to let the word "Oregon" pass his lips?
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The state of Idaho named a mountain for him when he died in 1936. Cougar Dave Lewis, miner, guide and bounty hunter, was as wild and free as the mountain, as independent and solitary, as unfathomable and some would say as stubborn and immovable as the peak that bears his name. He lived alone in the center of what is now the Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness and played a part in establishi

ng the original Idaho Primitive Area. During the 1920's and '30's, David Lewis gCougar Dave Imageuided hunts for some of the most influential men in Idaho and across the country, including Governor H. Baldridge, Frederick Weyerhaeuser and Claude Fordyce, editor for Outdoor Life. The Idaho Statesman called him "one of Idaho's most colorful characters" and numerous articles in newspapers and magazines featured him, but he never told anyone where he was born and raised. In the 1910 census he claimed to have been born in Arkansas, in 1920 he said Wales, and in 1930 it was Illinois. Pat Cary Peek, author of One Winter in the Wilderness, the Idaho Library Association's book of the year for 1998, unravels the mystery of his early life through personal interviews and painstaking research. She follows his life from Oregon to Idaho where he worked as a miner, civilian packer during the Sheepeater War, professional hunter and guide. He maintained his silence about his origins until his life's journey came to a surprising end.

Tonight's dinner special : Sockeye salmon with a Dijon ,dill cream sauce with Baby Yukons and blistered tomatoes with wi...
09/04/2026

Tonight's dinner special : Sockeye salmon with a Dijon ,dill cream sauce with Baby Yukons and blistered tomatoes with wilted greens .

09/03/2026

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This weekend's seafood special: Chimichurri marinated shrimp with Idaho corn and tomatoes with Yukons.
08/21/2026

This weekend's seafood special: Chimichurri marinated shrimp with Idaho corn and tomatoes with Yukons.

This weekend's fish special: Pan roasted salmon with a huckleberry relish with herb roasted Yukon potatoes, and crispy b...
08/14/2026

This weekend's fish special: Pan roasted salmon with a huckleberry relish with herb roasted Yukon potatoes, and crispy brussels sprouts.
Have a great huckleberry festival

Tonight's dinner special: Teriyaki glazed Salmon over Basmati rice W/ sesame broccoli
08/07/2026

Tonight's dinner special: Teriyaki glazed Salmon over Basmati rice W/ sesame broccoli

Our weekly chicken dinner: chicken stirfry over rice. Yes it's as good as it looks.
07/28/2026

Our weekly chicken dinner: chicken stirfry over rice. Yes it's as good as it looks.

This weekend's special: Cod over chive mashed potatoes w/crispy potato stuffed with mussels a white w**e, shallot cream...
07/17/2026

This weekend's special: Cod over chive mashed potatoes w/crispy potato stuffed with mussels a white w**e, shallot cream sauce and green beans and sweet peppers

This weekend's fish special : Lemon and herb roasted cod and mahi-mahi. W/ mild sausage mashed potatoes and green beans ...
07/10/2026

This weekend's fish special : Lemon and herb roasted cod and mahi-mahi. W/ mild sausage mashed potatoes and green beans with lemon butter sauce 

This week's chicken dinner special: 8 ounce chicken breast with a Elote bowtie pasta with garlic bread.
07/08/2026

This week's chicken dinner special: 8 ounce chicken breast with a Elote bowtie pasta with garlic bread.

Address

263 N Main Street
Donnelly, ID
83615

Opening Hours

Tuesday 11:30am - 9pm
Wednesday 11:30am - 9pm
Thursday 11:30am - 9pm
Friday 11:30am - 9pm
Saturday 11:30am - 9pm
Sunday 11:30am - 8pm

Telephone

+12083254005

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